Resurrecting the Champ

Name: Resurrecting the Champ
Genre: Drama
Released: 2007-06-14T00:00:00.000Z
Rating: 6.3

About Resurrecting the Champ

Up-and-coming sports reporter rescues a homeless man ("Champ") only to discover that he is, in fact, a boxing legend believed to have passed away. What begins as an opportunity to resurrect Champ's story and escape the shadow of his father's success becomes a personal journey as the ambitious reporter reexamines his own life and his relationship with his family.

Resurrecting the Champ (2007) is a drama film directed by Rod Lurie. It runs 112 minutes and was released in June 2007.

Samuel L. Jackson stars as Champ, Josh Hartnett as Erik Kenman Jr., Alan Alda as Ralph Metz, and Teri Hatcher as Andrea Flak. Written by Allison Burnett and Michael Bortman.

Shelv files it under boxing and sports. It streams on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, and Howdy Amazon Channel in the United States.

Million Dollar Baby, Real Steel, and Rocky make useful companions to Resurrecting the Champ. It scores 6.3 out of 10 from 279 TMDB voters and it carries a PG-13 rating.