Tough Guys
20171h 16m7.5
Documentary
- Runtime
- 1h 16m
- Genre
- Documentary
- Certificate
- NR
- Origin
- United States of America
About
10 years before the debut of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. In 1979, Bill Viola and Frank Caliguri dreamed up a contest pitting barroom bigmouths against wrestlers, martial artists, boxers, bouncers and brawlers, billed as no-holds-barred new type of competitive fighting. When the fights succeeded beyond their wildest expectations, they were swept up in a chain of events that ended in the first mixed-martial arts ban in the nation. “Tough Guys” chronicles the inception of Caliguri and Viola’s first bouts and the colorful, crazy cast of fighters who made them a hit as well as the politicians who brought it all crashing down. The film brings to life a moment when the national martial arts craze was building to a crescendo as the economies of Pennsylvania steel towns were plummeting to levels of unemployment never seen, breeding desperate men looking for a chance to prove their worth and make some money in the ring.
Where to watch
Details
- Director
- W.B. Zullo, Henry Roosevelt
- Status
- Released
- Released
- Sep 15, 2017
- Studio
- Warrior Poets, Fictionless
Cast
If you like this
My Mom Jayne
20257.9
Beyond Infinity: Buzz and the Journey to Lightyear
20227.0
Heart of a Dog
20156.5
I Am Ali
20146.7
Looking for Richard
19966.8
Being James Bond
20217.8
Embrace the Panda: Making Turning Red
20226.8
Naqoyqatsi
20026.2
Why We Fight: Prelude to War
19426.4
Unknown: Cave of Bones
20237.1
Daft Punk Unchained
20157.2
I Am Heath Ledger
20177.4
The Mole: Undercover in North Korea
20207.1
Woody Allen: A Documentary
20116.9
Burma VJ: Reporting from a Closed Country
20087.3
O.J.: Made in America
20168.4
For the Love of Spock
20167.4
National Gallery
20147.3
Maria by Callas
20177.4
Altman
20146.6
Similar
The Thing About Greece... A Snowboard Documentary
2015
Gold: You Can Do More Than You Think
20136.7
Lionel Messi - The Greatest
20204.5
Liverpool FC: 501 Goals
20039.0
The Python Hunt
20265.5
Merci Bocuse
20197.2
Um Samurai em São Paulo
2023
CatFight
20066.0
Golden Girl
20165.7
Le Jérôme Bosch 9000
Movie
Mutt
2022
Haus of Pain
20176.5
Building a Snowboarders Dream
2017
Germany: A Summer's Fairytale
20066.9
Burn the Ships
20175.7
Men in the Arena
20178.0
Nervous Laughter
2017
Antwerp - The City Game
2014
Bad Boys
20147.7