Broken Noses (1987)
ジャンル : ドキュメンタリー
上映時間 : 1時間 15分
演出 : Bruce Weber
シノプシス
Photographer Bruce Weber profiles boxer Andy Minsker, including his pro career and family relations, and the boys' boxing club Minsker runs.
19世紀のアイルランド。死んだ父親の仇を討つため、地主の屋敷に乗り込んだ農民の青年ジョセフ。しかしそこで会った美しい娘とともに、自由と夢を求めて遥かなる新天地へ旅立つことに……。アメリカン・ドリームを描き出した迫力のスペクタクル・ロマン。
アポロとの死闘で判定負けしたロッキーは、危険なボクシングから足を洗い、恋人エイドリアンと結婚。正業に就いて家庭を築こうとするが、ボクシング一筋に生きてきた彼はどんな仕事をしてもうまくいかない。一方、無名のロッキーをKOできなかったアポロはチャンピオンとしてのプライドを打ち砕かれ、評価も人気も失っていた。復讐に燃えるアポロはマスコミを使ってロッキーを挑発、再戦のリングに引きずり上げようと画策する。
武器を使わず200以上もの銀行を襲った全米屈指の銀行強盗のジャック・フォーリー。しかし、ある日刑務所から脱獄した彼は、今度はセクシーで切れ者の女性の心を盗むのだが……。
Lionel Rose, Australia's first Aboriginal world champion boxing hero - the man behind the myth
失業中のスポーツ記者エディはある日、ボクシング界のプロモーター、ニックからトロという選手の売り込みを頼まれた。トロに力量はないが、7フィートもある大男。彼を利用して八百長試合で一儲けしようというのだ。裏工作によって次々と相手を倒すトロの人気は上昇するが、ある試合でトロのパンチを受けた対戦相手が死亡してしまう。トロを食いものにするニックのやり方に憤りを感じたエディは、敢然と立ち向かうことを決意する。
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