The Main Event (1979)
- Directed by
- Howard Zieff
- Genre
- romantic comedy, boxing film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 49m
- Rated
- PG
- Rating
- 5.3 of 10 from 68 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A woman inherits a washed-up boxer as a tax write-off and tries to revive his career. She trains him against his will and they clash and bicker along the way.
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What happens
The Main Event is a 1979 American sports romantic comedy film starring Barbra Streisand and Ryan O'Neal, written by Gail Parent, directed by Howard Zieff, and produced by Jon Peters and Streisand. The film received negative reviews from critics, but was among the top 20 highest-grossing films of the year at the box office. It was also the impetus for Streisand's first foray into disco singing the Golden Globe-nominated theme song written by Paul Jabara and Bruce Roberts. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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