Tough Guys

Tough Guys (2017)


  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release Date: 2017-09-15
  • User Rating: 7.5/10 from 2 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 16min
  • Production Company: Warrior Poets
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Directors: Henry Roosevelt, W.B. Zullo.
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Summary

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.

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  • Bill Viola

    as Himself
  • Frank Caliguri

    as Himself
  • Dann Carr

    as Himself
  • Jacquet Bazemore

    as Himself
  • Jimmy Cvetic

    as Himself
Directing Henry Roosevelt Director
Production Morgan Spurlock Executive Producer
Directing W.B. Zullo Director

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