Fat City (1972)
The hard times of poor white fighters in California provide the background for this brilliant, unflinching and sorely overlooked masterpiece by director John Huston. Stacy Keach is Tully, a down-on-his-luck alcoholic boxer earning money as a field worker while trying for a comeback. Tully tries to pass his wisdom on to Ernie (Jeff Bridges), his 18-year-old protégé, attempting to give the kid the chances he missed.
Country: USA
Directed By: John Huston
Written By: Leonard Gardner
Starring: Stacy Keach, Jeff Bridges, Susan Tyrrell, Nicholas Colasanto, Candy Clark, Art Aragon, Curtis Cokes, Sixto Rodriguez
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Given the sloppy pacing of this, it's the individual scenes here that impress. The romance in particular is done well, it evolving in a realistic way that films rarely depict. Good ol' quiet American town depressed and broken dreams/loves kind of film.
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Interesting gritty look at a couple of boxers. Keach does a great job with his character. Good boxing action. Fav scene: Keach arguing w/girlfriend.
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yapmak istediği yaptığından daha ilgi çekici sanki.
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The performances work in this film and they are what really carry this production. The script has a number of good moments and the story works. Overall I would recommend this film.
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| Feb 01, 2019 | kjones77 | 80 71% |
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| Sep 28, 2018 | CesarCastag (CinePlayers.com) | 73 58% |
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Huston's vision of the US is certainly modern for his generation (which shows better in his previous films), but by 1972 this vision of America is already typical. Fat City is not up to the punch and mastery of the early Huston, but it's still a good film (and better than most films made on this theme)
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Strong film focused on characterization and dramatizing the ruts we can so easily fall into. Huston develops a pretty interesting tension between Bridges' young up and comer and Keach's older, on the outs fighter. That he is able to do this without throwing the two of them into direct conflict is especially good. The end result is to create a palpable sense of despair, as the younger man has no greater prospects for getting out than Keach's older character ever had.
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Luk92 | 60 28% |
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laika | 74 56% |
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astrakhan | 75 38% |
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Just another run-of-the-mill boxing film as far as I'm concerned. A film about a would-be Rocky without the skill or drive or the brains to realise it. Keach and Bridges looked the part, but any meaningful point that the film was trying to make was lost on me. Too subtle or just too plain, everyday, boring. Surely even these washed up people of minimal ambition have more going on in their lives than bars, boxing and casual labour. Where was it?
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A good character piece. I think it's probably one of those film that will grow even better on a rewatch.
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letterboxdvo | 38 79% |
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After a string of failures, veteran director Huston made a big comeback with Fat City, a gritty tale of sad sacks desperately seeking success that will forever elude them. It is a deceptively simple film that quietly captures the spirit of New Hollywood without resorting to shock tactics or geeky Euro art moves. Fat City is the flipside of Rocky: it captures a place where dreams go to die. It is full of indelible moments, great performances and a gut punching realism that never seems cold.
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One of those movies you just know Springsteen drew inspiration from when writing his great down-on-their-luck working-class ballads. Beautiful acting. Kinda goes nowhere, but also that's sort of the point.
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while other films were selling an alluring, romanticised counter-culture and ensuring their posters would be littering every teenager's wall, huston made a film that truly dwelt in the margins among the lost and forgotten: the kind of failures, bums and deviants who nobody gives a shit about, least of all moviegoers. FAT CITY has no interest in being cool or even being successful; all it cares about is being human. the entirety of tully's opponent's wordless cameo is a miniature masterpiece.
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Luxuriates in its love of the losing.
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| Jan 18, 2015 | petcor80 | 80 70% |
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Very gritty and realistic, with great performances by Bridges and Keach. The ending was great and subtle; a perfect reflection on what transpired over the course of the film. It's probably what made me put it over to an 80. The character arcs could have used a little more fleshing out, but besides that, the script is well done. Though Trully and Ernie only interact once in a while, the movie is stronger because it showcases the different paths. When the ending comes it's more poignant that way.
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comepelicula | 70 70% |
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This movie really has an interesting plot and at some times it feels painfully real. It covers some underground subjects without being preachy and self righteous which is a fresh view. The only thing that put me off is the outdated aesthetic of the seventy's movies which I've never been a fan of.
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The one performance in the movie I'm certain I will never put behind me comes from Sixto Rodriguez, an actor who doesn't speak one line. He plays a Mexican boxer, who once, momentarily, had repute, and comes in by bus to fight Tully. He comes to the stadium contained by a cosmic stillness and solitude. He pees blood, and we recognize his skeleton in the cupboard. He's in such agony he can hardly stand. But he goes out and fights.
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Oh man. So so gritty, so much a product of the seventies! Huston adapts to the New Hollywood well and churns out a great film. Stacy Keach, Jeff Bridges, Susan Tyrrell (RIP, she just died today), Candy Clark and Coach all give top-notch performances. The seediness literally bleeds out of the screen and into your home. In case I don't say it enough: the 70's were the best!!
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