Exclusive The Featherweight Clip Previews Willie Pep Boxing Movie

ComingSoon can exclusively debut a new clip from The Featherweight. It will be released in theaters in New York and Connecticut on September 20, 2024, and then play in Los Angeles theaters on September 27, 2024.

The Featherweight is a new sports movie about the Italian-American boxer Willie Pep, who is played by James Madio. The film premiered at the 80th Venice International Film Festival.

Check out the exclusive The Featherweight clip below (watch more trailers and clips):

What happens in the exclusive The Featherweight clip?

The exclusive clip sees Stephen Lang’s character tell Madio’s Pep that he doesn’t belong in the boxing ring anymore, given his age, and that he should just get a job. Pep, however, refuses to quit and tells Lang to give him “his best.”

“Set in the mid-1960s, The Featherweight presents a gripping chapter in the true-life story of Italian-American boxer Willie Pep—the winningest fighter of all time—who, down and out in his mid-40s and with his personal life in shambles, decides to make a return to the ring, at which point a documentary camera crew enters his life,” the synopsis for the movie reads. “Painstakingly researched and constructed, the film is a visceral portrait of the discontents of twentieth-century American Masculinity, fame, and self-perception.”

trailer for The Featherweight here:

Robert Kolodny is making his feature film directorial debut with The Featherweight. The script was written by Steve Loff, who produced the movie alongside Madio, Bennett Elliott, Robert Greene, Asger Hussain, and Abhayanand Singh. Jennifer Davisson, Michael Hampton, Steve James, Brian Liebman, Mark Hantoot, Donna Collins, and Angelo DeFazio serve as executive producers.

Along with Madio and Lang, the film stars Ruby Wolf, Keir Gilchrist, Ron Livingston, Lawrence Gilliard Jr., and Bruce Carrington.

Brandon Schreur

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