Italy / Sep 03, 2023 / Venice Film Festival
Willie Pep has had 231 fights. What's one more?
1h 39min
Overall average
5.0/10
Trailer
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Plot
Set in 1964, a camera crew follows Willie Pep, retired featherweight boxing champion. Down and out in Hartford CT, married to a woman half his age and with a drug-addled son and mounting debts, Pep decides to make a return to the ring.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Imma Aiello | Mama Papaleo |
| Frank John Hughes | Mike Marino |
| Michael Siberry | Bill Lee |
| Jeremy Luke | Rocky Marciano |
| Bruce Carrington | Goose |
| David Lavine | Karl Rierson |
| Louis Vanaria | Event Organizer |
| Patrick Murney | Don Dunphy |
| Gino Cafarelli | Harry Balogh |
| Delano Montgomery | Sam Hornsby |
| Jay Giannone | Gerard |
| Tony Bonsignore | Tony |
| David Gere | Television Director |
| Gordon Silva | Salvatore Papaleo |
| Kevin Daigneault | Doctor |
| Kent R. Williams | Curly |
Genres
Drama
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | The Featherweight |
| Original language | English (EN) |
| Spoken languages | English |
| Production countries | United States of America |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Appian Way, Golden Ratio Films, Pep Films, Blisspoint Entertainment, Connecticut Public Television |
| Official site | thefeatherweight.com |
| Release date | 3 settembre 2023 |
| Executive producer | Abhay Deol, Steve James, Gerry Pass |
| Production | Steve Loff, Bennett Elliott, Asger Hussain, Brian Liebman, James Madio, Mike McGuirk |
| Writer | Steve Loff |
| Casting | Kimberly Graham |
| Editing | Robert Greene |
| Cinematography | Adam Kolodny |
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| Assistant directors | Robert Kolodny |
| Lighting | Jim Vitale |
| Production design | Sonia Foltarz |
| Music | Retail Space, Max Cooke |
| Sound | Retail Space, Max Cooke |
| Costume design | Naomi Wolff Lachter, Ray Cintron, Erica Ensminger, Stephanie Lyn |
| Makeup | Erica Ensminger, Stephanie Lyn, Naomi Wolff Lachter, Ray Cintron |
| Hairstyling | Naomi Wolff Lachter, Ray Cintron, Erica Ensminger, Stephanie Lyn |
Release dates
Premiere
Taiwan / Jun 22, 2024 / Taipei Film Festival
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