Requiem for a Heavyweight

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American film boxing film drama feature film sports drama film teleplay television play

Requiem for a Heavyweight is a critically acclaimed American drama, originally a 1956 teleplay by Rod Serling and later a 1962 film, about an aging boxer facing the end of his career and his struggle for dignity outside the ring.

Aliases (1)

Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962 film) ×21

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American film → boxing film → drama → feature film → sports drama film → teleplay → television play →
adaptedAs	Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962 film) →
award	Peabody Award → Primetime Emmy Award for Best Teleplay Writing →
basedOn	Requiem for a Heavyweight →
cinematographyBy	Arthur J. Ornitz →
countryOfOrigin	United States → United States →
creator	Rod Serling →
criticalReception	critically acclaimed →
director	Ralph Nelson →
distributor	Columbia Pictures →
editedBy	Ralph Rosenblum →
genre	boxing film → drama → drama film → sports drama → sports drama film → television drama →
mainCharacter	Harlan "Mountain" McClintock →
medium	live television →
musicBy	Laurence Rosenthal →
narrativeFocus	aging boxer facing the end of his career →
notableFor	portrayal of an aging boxer’s struggle for dignity outside the ring →
originalAirDate	1956-10-11 →
originalLanguage	English → English →
originalNetwork	CBS →
partOfSeries	Playhouse 90 →
producer	David Susskind →
releaseYear	1962 →
runningTime	95 minutes →
screenwriter	Rod Serling → Rod Serling →
starring	Anthony Quinn → Jackie Gleason → Julie Harris → Mickey Rooney →
theme	dignity → exploitation in professional sports → loss of identity → transition to life after sports →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962 film) → Requiem for a Heavyweight (teleplay adaptation) →	basedOn
Requiem for a Heavyweight ("Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962 film)") →	adaptedAs
Ralph Nelson →	directed
Ralph Nelson →	notableWork