Tough Guys (2017)
76 min
10 years before the debut of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. In 1979, Bill Viola and Frank Caliguri dreamed up a contest pitting barroom bigmouths against wrestlers, martial artists, boxers, bouncers and brawlers, billed as no-holds-barred new type of competitive fighting. When the fights succeeded beyond their wildest expectations, they were swept up in a chain of events that ended in the first mixed-martial arts ban in the nation. “Tough Guys” chronicles the inception of Caliguri and Viola’s first bouts and the colorful, crazy cast of fighters who made them a hit as well as the politicians who brought it all crashing down. The film brings to life a moment when the national martial arts craze was building to a crescendo as the economies of Pennsylvania steel towns were plummeting to levels of unemployment never seen, breeding desperate men looking for a chance to prove their worth and make some money in the ring.
- Data de estreia
- 15 de setembro de 2017
- País de origem
- Estados Unidos
Trailer
Elenco
- Amber Banaszewski como Waitress
- Jacquet Bazemore como Self - Referee
- Jack Bodell como Self - Referee
- Ann Butler como Self - Pittsburgh Press Reporter
- Frank Caliguri como Self
- Dann Carr como Self - Ringman
- Jamie Crowder como Danny Mad Dog Moyak
- Jimmy Cvetic como Self
- Anthony DeNunzio como Frank Caliguri
- Richard DiBiase como Bar Patron
Equipe
- Henry Roosevelt · Diretor(a)
- W.B. Zullo · Diretor(a)
- Craig DiBiase · Produtor(a)
- Matt Kelly · Compositor(a)
- Dan Krysa · Compositor(a)
- Brad Grimm · Diretor(a) de fotografia
- Brock Bodell · Editor(a)
- Jill DiBiase · Editor(a)
- Henry Roosevelt · Editor(a)
- Joel Thomas 'JT' Camp · Diretor(a) de arte