Summary: During the Great Depression, an everyday common-man hero, James J. Braddock was to become one of the most surprising sports legends in history. With the Depression going strong in the early 1930s, the impoverished ex-boxer was seemingly as broken-down and out-of-luck as the rest of the America. Driven by love and determination, he returned to the ring. He did not have much of a shot, but James...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2005

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD CIN RATED PG-13

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA CIN

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Summary: During the Great Depression, an everyday common-man hero, James J. Braddock was to become one of the most surprising sports legends in history. With the Depression going strong in the early 1930s, the impoverished ex-boxer was seemingly as broken-down and out-of-luck as the rest of the America. Driven by love and determination, he returned to the ring. He did not have much of a shot, but James...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Pictures 2005

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD CIN

Summary: De Niro stars as champion boxer Jake La Motta, who rose from the streets of the Bronx to the heights of his sport, only to find disillusionment and corruption as well as fame.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: MGM Home Entertainment 2005

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Summary: George Foreman makes a name for himself by channeling his childhood anger in the boxing ring, but when he has a near-death experience, he gives it all up to become a preacher.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2023

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Summary: Inspiring tale about Rocky Graziano's rise from poverty and rage to the middleweight title.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2006

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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF SOM