The Champ

About this episode

Matthew Booth joins Steve Hunt to discuss the 1979 film The Champ directed by Franco Zeffirelli.

In this episode, Matthew Booth joins me to discuss The Champ (1979) directed by Franco Zeffirelli and starring Jon Voight, Faye Dunaway and Ricky Schroder. You can listen to his Matthew's Mean Streets podcast in all the usual places including Apple podcasts You can follow him on Twitter/X and Instagram You can also find all of my writing at my website which is Steve Hunt Boxing You can order my book, Heavyweight Title Fights of the 1980s, from Amazon You can also follow me on Twitter or Instagram I hope you enjoy the show. You can contact me via my website. I'd love to hear from you.

People in this episode

Host: Steve Hunt

Guest: Matthew Booth

Topics covered

• film review
• boxing history
• 1970s cinema
• director analysis
• actor spotlight

Keywords

• The Champ
• Franco Zeffirelli
• Jon Voight
• Faye Dunaway
• Ricky Schroder
• boxing movies
• film analysis

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Apple podcasts, Steve Hunt Boxing, Amazon

Products: Heavyweight Title Fights of the 1980s

Books & works: The Champ

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