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Fighting Tommy Riley
Fighting Tommy Riley is a 2004 independent American sports drama film. It tells the story of Tommy Riley and Marty Goldberg, a boxer and his trainer, as they work to secure a title shot for Tommy. Their plans are complicated by the unrequited feelings Marty develops for Tommy. When a big-time promoter seeks to acquire Tommy's contract, Tommy endangers his future career because of his loyalty to Marty. Marty, seeing only one way to free Tommy to take his shot, takes his own life.
Plot
Tommy Riley (J. P. Davis) stands in boxing gear in a dingy dressing room. There is a knock at the door and a voice calls out, "Are you ready?"
More details
author | J. P. Davis |
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director | Eddie O'Flaherty |
editor | Aram Nigoghossian |
genre | drama |
keywords | 2000 u.s. olympic boxing team boxing at the 2000 summer olympics boxing trainer business partner cabin in the woods coach cornerman cry don wallace dressing room flashback flashes back high school teacher homosexuality injured meet middleweight morning open paul raci school teacher set up sleeping pill spar train yell |
musicBy | Tim Simonec |
producer | Bettina Tendler O'Mara Eddie O'Flaherty |
productionCompany | 1st Chance Productions Visualeyes Productions |
publisher | Freestyle Releasing |
theme | independent lgbt-related |