Levi Alexander, who plays Young Pete in the prologue, and Gareth Reeves, who plays his father, are actually related. They are first cousins, once removed.
The Champ - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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The film was originally intended for father and son Ryan O'Neal and Griffin O'Neal. Ryan O'Neal instead appeared in another boxing movie, The Main Event (1979).
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Playing a boxing coach in this movie was Jack Warden who had just played a sports trainer in another movie, as Warren Beatty's football coach in Heaven Can Wait (1978).
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One of several remakes directed by Franco Zeffirelli.
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Filmed in one take, the start of the movie's end big boxing match which included the fighters' entrance, ringside introduction of the boxers and the first three minute round.
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To play Billy "The Champ" Flynn, Jon Voight had to learn a lot of things quickly and had a tough time physically working on this movie. To do the fight scenes, Voight had to undertake an intensive training schedule.
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The name of the horse that was a gift from Billy Flynn (Jon Voight) to his son Timothy (Ricky Schroder) was "She's a Lady".
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Both of the stars of John Schlesinger's Midnight Cowboy (1969) both starred in films about divorce, separation, and step-families afterwards. Jon Voight starred in this movie and in Table for Five (1983), while Dustin Hoffman starred in Kramer vs. Kramer (1979).
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The nickname of Billy Flynn (Jon Voight) was "The Champ".
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Faye Dunaway played a mother in this movie. Around the time that the film was made, motherhood was a dream ambition for her. Dunaway became a mother in real-life the year after this movie was released.
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Kristoff St. John's scenes were cut from the film.
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Director Franco Zeffirelli wanted to contrast the stark realism of the ring fighter boxing world and racetrack and gambling scene with something colorful and flamboyant so he chose the Vizcaya Fashion Show, with outfits and costumes from the Helen Larson Collection, as a fashion show set-piece for the film. Also, Faye Dunaway's previous movie had been the fashion photography thriller Eyes of Laura Mars (1978).
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The name of the title that Billy "The Champ" Flynn (Jon Voight) had previously won was the Light Heavyweight Champion of the World.
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This was the first feature film of Ricky Schroder's big child star period. The later movies were The Earthling (1980), Little Lord Fauntleroy (1980), and The Last Flight of Noah's Ark (1980).
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Jon Voight was Golden Globe Award nominated for Best Actor (Drama) but lost out to Dustin Hoffman, his Midnight Cowboy (1969) co-star, for Kramer vs. Kramer (1979).
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One of the final films of Strother Martin and Joan Blondell.
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Jack Warden played a character, Jackie Shroll, with a similar first name to his own.
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This, the third screen version of "The Champ", was, like the two previous versions released in 1931 and 1953, a production of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
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At just age nine, Ricky Schroder won the Golden Globe Award for "Best New Male Star of the Year in a Motion Picture" for his performance as T.J. Flynn in this film.
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Corey Feldman auditioned for the role of T.J. Flynn.
The Champ - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
The Champ - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
The Champ - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
The Champ - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
The Champ - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
The Champ - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
The Champ - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
The Champ - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
The Champ - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
The Champ - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
The Champ - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
The Champ - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
The Champ - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
The Champ - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
The Champ - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
The Champ - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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The Champ - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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