He announces his retirement during a party, but when maureen is accidentally killed during an altercation. Southpaw s latest trailer also makes effective use of the tune phenomenal, which is an original song written and performed by eminem for the film. Louis newspaper had called him a southpaw in 1875 because he was a lefthanded batter. See the movie for gyllenhaal alone, though it helps that nearly all of his costars are also in fine form. Southpaw is a 2015 american sports drama film directed by antoine fuqua, written by kurt sutter and starring jake gyllenhaal, forest whitaker and rachel mcadams.
Jake gyllenhaal on southpaw boxing training, fight scenes. Jake gyllenhaal on southpaw boxing training, fight. Movie info from acclaimed director antoine fuqua training day and screenwriters kurt sutter sons of anarchy and richard wenk the mechanic, southpaw tells the riveting story of billy the. Starring jake gyllenhaal, rachel mcadams, forest whitaker, oona laurence. Jul 24, 2015 the increasingly remarkable jake gyllenhaal transforms himself yet again as billy hope, a boxing champion near the end of his career. The corresponding boxing designation for a righthanded boxer is orthodox and is generally a mirrorimage of the. Jul 23, 2015 southpaw presents boxing as a huge, headlinedominating enterprise in 2015 roughly the way it was three or four decades ago instead of a disreputable cultural sideshow associated. The increasingly remarkable jake gyllenhaal transforms himself yet again as billy hope, a boxing champion near the end of his career. Antoine fuquas southpaw seems like an ideally timed movie. Slick direction and meaty performances may be enough for some viewers, but this boxing dramas complete lack of originality keeps it from being something memorable. A taut boxing yarn about a champ who loses it all and has to fight his way back to keep custody of his daughter, southpaw sticks to triedandtested genre rules, yet an edgy cast led by. Southpaw 2015 plot summary 6 a champion boxer fights to get his daughter back from child protective services as well as revive his professional career, after a fatal incident sends him on a rampant path of destruction. For her work in the latter film, mcadams received her first academy award nomination. Southpaw is a dramasports film directed by antoine fuqua and stars jake gyllenhaal.
Although cliched, the way the story of this film is told is what makes it great. With jake gyllenhaal, rachel mcadams, oona laurence, forest whitaker. Impossible rogue nation, the seventh dwarf and staten island summer. Southpaw producers on the 5year fight to make jake. I am a total sucker for a boxing movie, especially when it has its roots in a true story. Southpaw is a film by antoine fuqua who is best know for how work on training day, the equalizer, and olympus has fallen. Since our founding in 1978, southpaw has been dedicated to developing and manufacturing sensory integration dysfunction and neurodevelopmental products to help therapeutic professionals, people with special needs, their families and other professionals solve problems and overcome challenges. Southpaw featurette training 2015 jake gyllenhaal, rachel mcadams movie hd from director antoine fuqua training day and writers kurt sutter sons of anarchy and richard wenk the. Jake has never impressed me so much as he has in, of all things, a boxing movie. Jake gyllenhaals southpaw has this major problem the actor appears to be using an orthodox stance instead of a southpaw stanceeven though the film is called southpaw. The boxing drama southpaw has the chilling feel of a movie made to fit the. When youre that high up on the totem pole of life, theres only one. Jake gyllenhaal in the drama southpaw and as an investigative journalist in spotlight both 2015, about the the boston globe expose on the child molestation coverup by the citys roman catholic archdiocese. United states july 31, 2015 nationwide canada july 31, 2015.
And yet southpaw is a tourdeforce, thanks in large part to outstanding performances from the cast, most notably an utterly transformed gyllenhaal. Played with downcast eyes and rockhard abs by jake gyllenhaal. A champion boxer fights to get his daughter back from child protective services as well as revive his professional career, after a fatal incident sends him on a rampant path of destruction. This is the time of year when tent pole fatigue starts to set in a bit and audiences start looking for a solid piece of.
T he boxing movie is the ultimate temptation for screen actors keen to prove their macho mettle. The earliest baseball mention of a southpawas found by tom. Jake gyllenhaals workout routine is the most impressive thing about this boxing flick. Southpaw is a throwbackin the worst way the new yorker.
Southpaw enters the long filmography of boxing flicks, and puts up a surprisingly good fight. The film follows a boxer who sets out to get his life back on track after losing his wife in an accident and his young daughter to protective services. A lefthanded pitcher facing west would therefore have his pitching arm toward the south of the diamond. Released july 24th, 2015, southpaw stars jake gyllenhaal, forest whitaker, naomie harris, 50 cent the r movie has a runtime of about 2 hr 3 min, and received a score of 57 out of 100 on. Southpaw opens with an atypically difficult fight for the champ, one that goes into the late rounds and leaves him battered and bloodied. Jul 23, 2015 southpaw follows the rise, fall and eventual redemption of prizefighter billy hope, played by the 34yearold actor. But when the lights go down in movie theaters on southpaws opening night, itll be the happy ending of a fiveyear journey for the. Jake gyllenhall is a junior middleweight boxing champion of the world trying to redeem himself in the latest. Southpaw cast and crew cast photos and info fandango. Jake gyllenhall is a junior middleweight boxing champion of. With a movie that relies heavily on its cliched genre, southpaw suffers more from its darkness rather than its redemption into the.
Everything you need to know about southpaw movie 2015. Southpaw movie clip family 2015 rachel mcadams, jake gyllenhaal movie hd from director antoine fuqua training day and writers kurt sutter sons of anarchy and richard wenk the. Anyone who has heard of the film knows that it stars jake gyllenhaal, not eminem. In boxing and some other sports, a southpaw stance is where the boxer has their right hand and right foot forward, leading with right jabs, and following with a left cross right hook. Jul 27, 2015 this movie works not on a cerebral level, but on a gut level. Southpaw 2015 trailers and clips billy the great hope jake gyllenhaal, the reigning junior middleweight boxing champion, has an impressive career, a loving wife and daughter, and a lavish. This movie is finally coming out this summer, but is southpaw an 8 mile sequel.
Jake gyllenhaals followup to nightcrawler sees the actor roaming the ring as a beatup boxer looking for one last fight in order to win back. Southpaw movie clip the more you get hit 2015 jake. A boxer fights his way to the top, only to find his life falling apart around him. There were 11 other movies released on the same date, including mission. Southpaw soundtrack list movie 2015 tracklist ost list listen to original score and full songs, theme music, film score list, the playlist of all of the songs played in the movie, who sings them, including end credits. After doing his variation on a tent pole movie with the notsowarmly received elysium, south african director neill bloomkamp is going back to his roots with. Hes ferocious and vulnerable and believable, sometimes all at once. Southpaw presents boxing as a huge, headlinedominating enterprise in 2015 roughly the way it was three or four decades ago instead of a disreputable cultural sideshow associated. Southpaw is a 2015 american sports drama film directed by antoine fuqua, written by kurt sutter and starring jake gyllenhaal, forest whitaker and rachel. The film costars rachel mcadams and 12year old oona laurence. Jul 23, 2015 southpaw producers on the 5year fight to make jake gyllenhaals boxing movie fatherandson team alan and peter riche discuss why eminem fell out of the lead, who else they considered and. The 36yearold actress looked stunning in a plunging red blazer and matching.
Southpaw producers on the 5year fight to make jake gyllenhaals boxing movie fatherandson team alan and peter riche discuss why eminem fell. Jake gyllenhaal delivers an impressively committed. Rachel, spectacular and sexy, shows that she is in the same class. Im fully of the belief that in an era of cgidrenched extravaganzas, that kind of raw human drama still has a place. While southpaw is not a perfect film and, in fact, on more than one occasion harkens to deja vu moments of multiple rocky films and every boxing cliche imaginable, it is high octane emotion on. Jul 24, 2015 southpaw is a throwbackin the worst way. Rachel mcadams attends espys 2015 with southpaws jake. If antoine fuquas new film, southpaw, were a boxer, if would be a lot like its hero, a light heavyweight named billy hope. Her acting has really improved as is evident from this movie. Southpaw follows the rise, fall and eventual redemption of prizefighter billy hope, played by the 34yearold actor. From acclaimed director antoine fuqua training day and.
All the regular story line of a boxing epic, but superbly acted. When tragedy strikes and he loses it all, billy hope junior middleweight boxing champion of the world enters the battle of his life as he struggles to become a contender once again and win back those he loves. I love greggs this article is more than 4 years old the actor, who recently underwent a full body transformation to play a boxer in southpaw, reveals a fondness for the british. The boxing drama southpaw has the chilling feel of a movie made to fit the requirements of a dictatorshipnot a political one but, rather. Southpaw was released in 2015 on friday, july 31, 2015 in nationwide movie theaters.
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