Tough Guys (2017)

Directed by

Henry Roosevelt, W.B. Zullo

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 16m

Rated

NR

Rating

7.5 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary covers the early days of mixed martial arts in the United States between 1979 and 1983. It follows Bill Viola and Frank Caliguri as they create CV Productions and try to turn the sport into a mainstream event.

informativeretrospectiveenergeticnostalgicunderdograweducational

What happens

Tough Guys is a 2017 documentary film that explores the development of mixed martial arts as a mainstream sporting event in the United States from 1979-1983. The principal characters are Bill Viola and Frank Caliguri, who founded CV Productions together. The film made its debut at the AFI Film Festival of 2017. Its first network television showing premiered on Showtime, September 15, 2017. Filming took place at 18 locations throughout Pennsylvania, New York, and Florida including Allegheny Shotokan Karate and Denny's restaurant. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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