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Champions

Horizons 2023 / Champions / USA 2023

Champions Champions

Synopsis

Woody Harrelson is one of the most versatile actors around today: he is particularly valued for the formidable complexity of his acting craft, his intelligence and sense of humour. His Marcus in the delightful and heartwarming remake of the successful 2018 Spanish comedy of the same name is a noted basketball coach, whose career prospects are hampered by his own irascibility, stubbornness and lack of empathy. When Marcus’s foot fault becomes a series of missteps, punishment follows in the form of community service, which requires him to train a team of disabled basketball players. This cinematic lesson in humanity, with its masterful blend of humour and sentiment, is the work of Bobby Farrelly, co-creator of comedies such as There’s Something About Mary and Me, Myself & Irene.

Karel Och

About the film

124 min / Color, DCP

Director Bobby Farrelly / Screenplay Mark Rizzo / Dir. of Photography C. Kim Miles / Music Michael Franti / Sound Chris Baker / Editor Julie Garcés / Art Director Gary Barringer / Producer Paul Brooks, Scott Niemeyer, Jeremy Plager / Production Focus Features / Coproduction Gold Circle Films, Seven Deuce Entertainment / Cast Woody Harrelson, Kaitlin Olson, Ernie Hudson, Cheech Marin / Sales Focus Features / Distributor CinemArt, a.s.

About the director

Bobby Farrelly

Bobby Farrelly (1958, Cumberland, Rhode Island). Selected filmography: Dumb & Dumber (1994), There's Something About Mary (1998), Me, Myself & Irene (2000), Dumb and Dumber To (2014), Champions (2023).

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Focus Features
100 Universal City Plaza, CA 91608, Los Angeles
United States of America
Phone: +1 818 777 1000
E-mail: [email protected]

CinemArt, a.s.
Národní 60/28, 111 21, Praha 1
Czech Republic
Phone: +420 224 949 110
E-mail: [email protected]

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