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5.3A bankrupt entrepreneur attempts to recoup some of her losses by getting a washed-out boxer she picked up as a tax loss back into the ring — an idea her protégé isn't fond of.
Released: 1979-06-22112 minDir: Howard ZieffComedy, RomanceBox office: $44.8M
Cast
- Barbra Streisand as Hillary Kramer
- Ryan O'Neal as Eddie "Kid Natural" Scanlon
- Paul Sand as David
- Whitman Mayo as Percy
- Patti D'Arbanville as Donna
- Chu Chu Malave as Luis
Themes
- sports
- boxer
- romcom
- perfume
- financial ruin
- boxing manager
- driving instructor
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Ratings
IMDb
5.5/10
3,393 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
33%
- Year
- 1979
- Runtime
- 112 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Romance, Sport
- Rated
- PG
- Awards
- 4 wins & 5 nominations
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Howard Zieff
- Cast member
- Art Evans
- Composer
- Mike Melvoin
- Producer
- Barbra Streisand
- Cinematographer
- Mario Tosi
- Duration
- 109
- FilmAffinity ID
- 792786
- Performer
- Barbra Streisand
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1979-09-13
- title
- The Main Event
- distributed by
- Netflix
- review score
- 33%
- capital cost
- 6000000
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