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Contents. Battle of the Sexes (2017 film) Battle of the Sexes is a 2017 sports comedy-drama film directed by Valerie Faris and Jonathan Dayton and written by Simon Beaufoy. The plot is loosely based on the 1973 tennis match between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs. The film stars Emma Stone and Steve Carell as King and Riggs, leading an ...
Battle of the Sexes turns real-life events into a crowd-pleasing, well-acted dramedy that ably entertains while smartly serving up a volley of present-day parallels. It's a sports movie, complete ...
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- Valerie Faris, Jonathan Dayton
- PG-13
- Comedy, Drama
Filled with heart, humor and biting wit, Battle of the Sexes is a triumphant celebration of the historic contest that changed the game! Duration: 2h 3m. Release date: 2017. Genre: SportsHistorical. Rating: Director: Valerie Faris Jonathan Dayton. Starring: Emma Stone Steve Carell Andrea Riseborough Sarah Silverman Bill Pullman Alan Cumming. The ...
- Fact: Billie Jean King Came Into Conflict with Jack Kramer
- Fact: Virginia Slims Sponsored That Women’s Tennis Tour
- Fiction: King and Riggs Were Old Friends
- Fact: King Did Initially Turn Riggs Down For The Match
- Fiction: Barnett Showed Up Right Before King’s Match to Give Her A Haircut
- Fact: Riggs Was Taking 415 Vitamins A Day Before The Match
- Fact: Larry Riggs Did Not Attend The Match
- Fact: When King Won, Riggs said, “I Really Underestimated you.”
- Fiction: King Cried Alone in The Locker Room After Winning
Once a tennis champ himself, Kramer (Bill Pullman) was running the Pacific Southwest Tennis Tournament in 1970. That tournament offered women just 15% of the prize money that it awarded the men, despite that the women’s final sold as many tickets as the men’s final did. King challenged Kramer about the pay gap, and when he would not agree to up the...
In retrospect, the cigarette company was probably not the best sponsor of an athletic tournament. But it was the only advertising money they could get. Sarah Silverman’s character, Gladys Heldman, did indeed arrange the Virginia Slims tour. She asked the players to sign symbolic $1 contracts before they had enough money to pay the players and then ...
In the movie, the two tennis players seem to know each other well — not only does Riggs call King in the middle of the night to challenge her to a match, but King dismisses the call as typical Riggs behavior. In reality, King saysshe barely knew the former champion, who was 25 years her senior. However, after the Battle of the Sexes the two became ...
And he did then ask Margaret Court (Jessica McNamee) to play him instead. Riggs defeated Court in the “Mother’s Day Massacre,” which changed King’s mind about playing Riggs. King and Court really were rivals, their careers intertwined. King’s first major singles success came in 1972 when she upset the top-seeded Court in the second round of Wimbled...
The scene in which Barnett runs out of her salon to find King and give her a confidence boost (and a haircut) right before her face-off with Riggs is Hollywood fabrication. The haircut did happen but in Los Angeles before King left for the match in Houston.
Before the match with Margaret Court, the 55-year-old Riggs enlisted the help of Hollywood nutrition guru Rheo Blair. He began a protein and dairy-focused diet and popped hundreds of vitamins every day.
Selena Roberts writes in A Necessary Spectacle that Bobby Riggs’ son foresaw his father’s downfall when Bobby didn’t take his training seriously. In protest, he refused to attend the King-Riggs match.
King has shared the mid-court conversation, included in the movie, with reporters. Riggs reportedly later saidafter the match, “This is the worst thing in the world I’ve ever done.” ESPN once reported that the entire match was rigged by the mob. King denies that this was true, and the directors saythat those they spoke to close to Bobby thought the...
King says didn’t get a moment to herself after the historic match. “They kept me so busy after that, but that’s how I was feeling, such relief,” King told USA Today.
- Eliana Dockterman
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May 16, 2017 · May 16, 2017 10:21am PT. Emma Stone and Steve Carell Face Off in First Trailer for ‘Battle of the Sexes’ (Watch) By Justin Kroll. krolljvar. Fox Searchlight has released the trailer for the ...
Sep 2, 2017 · ‘Battle of the Sexes’: Film Review | Telluride 2017. Emma Stone and Steve Carell play Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs in 'Battle of the Sexes,' an account of the highly publicized 1973 tennis ...
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Sep 22, 2017 · The true story of the 1973 tennis match between world number one Billie Jean King and ex-champ and serial hustler Bobby Riggs. Emma Stone and Steve Carell are terrific. 'Battle of the Sexes' is an interesting look on the famous tennis match from 1973 between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs. I'm sure it takes all the usual creative license that ...
