Tough Guys
10 years before the debut of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. In 1979, Bill Viola and Frank Caliguri dreamed up a contest pitting barroom bigmouths against wrestlers, martial artists, boxers, bouncers and brawlers, billed as no-holds-barred new type of competitive fighting. When the fights succeeded beyond their wildest expectations, they were swept up in a chain of events that ended in the first mixed-martial arts ban in the nation. “Tough Guys” chronicles the inception of Caliguri and Viola’s first bouts and the colorful, crazy cast of fighters who made them a hit as well as the politicians who brought it all crashing down. The film brings to life a moment when the national martial arts craze was building to a crescendo as the economies of Pennsylvania steel towns were plummeting to levels of unemployment never seen, breeding desperate men looking for a chance to prove their worth and make some money in the ring.
Year: 2017
Genre: Documentary
Studio: Warrior Poets, Fictionless, MinusL Productions
Director: Henry Roosevelt, W.B. Zullo
Cast: Bill Viola, Frank Caliguri, Dann Carr, Jacquet Bazemore, Jimmy Cvetic
Crew: Henry Roosevelt (Director), Morgan Spurlock (Executive Producer), W.B. Zullo (Director)
Runtime: 76 minutes
Release: Sep 15, 2017
IMDb: 7.50/10 by 2 users
Popularity: 1
Country: United States of America
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Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
Keyword : sports, competition, wrestling, karate, mixed martial arts (mma), bouncer, fighting, pittsburgh, pennsylvania, boxing, tough man, brawlers
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