I don't think I had ever seen this movie from beginning to end before but had the chance to do so when it came up recently on a cable channel. The VHS also cuts medium shot in which the referree says, "Come on, Mountain, let's get this show on the road!" and, more significantly, the closeup in which Mountain makes the crucial decision to embrace his humiliation and starts his warwhoop dance around the ring. As Mountain ascends (both literally and figuratively) to the wrestling ring, the deleted scene has Maish warning the newbie who wants to sign a boxing contract replacing Mountain to "Go home!" instead of starting a career in which there are only eight champions and everybody else is a loser. The VHS release adds an additional scene 1 minute 11 seconds) which was cut from both the theatrical and DVD releases.Maish says, "I wish you weren't a woman," and Ma replies, "Maishy darling, that's the nicest thing anyone ever said to me!" And Ma Greeny tells Maish that "we're cutting out the middleman" and that Pirelli will pay her directly for Mountain's wrestling contract. Ma Greeny's goon squad warns Maish that he has till tomorrow to come up with the cash. Pirelli is coaching Mountain in the gym to "make it look real!" Again Mountain starts punching his wrestling partner after his seriously injured eye is intentionally reinjured. A 6 minute 27 second sequence after Maish's reaction shot in the stairway following his confrontation with Grace Miller.Again he starts a fight after the boxer says, "I already got a punching bag!" A 1 minute 43 second transitional sequence after Mountain is rejected for the movie usher job shows him rejected as he tries to get a job on a moving van crew and as a sparring partner for a boxer who's training to fight Clay.Scene ends with Maish's clichés about the Three Musketeers and "Til death do us part" that reinforce the illusion that "Nobody jumps anybody in this group!" Following the fade on Ma Greeny's reaction shot as Maish is beaten in the boxing ring, there is a seven minute sequence in the hotel bar and adjacent alley: Maish asks Mountain if he has any money stashed away (to pay off Ma Greeny) Mountain recognizes and stops to help a bleeding, drunk fighter in the alley and gets into a fight with his scumbag promoter of illegal matches, which is broken up by Army and Maish, who rejects scumbag's idea of getting Mountain a wrestling career with Pirelli.Roy Hill used for another comedy set in the Depression, The Sting (1973).The original theatrical release 102 minutes) includes the following three segments which were removed from the VHS and DVD releases (both of which are approximately 86 minutes): To starring, and TV-hack director Michael Preece does Conway no favors withĬolorless direction that’s way too obviously patterned after the style George Much of the blame for this lifeless movie, since he co-wrote the script in addition Training montages and a weepie storyline about an orphaned kid are thrown intoĬhore to watch, no matter how innocent its intentions. Sycophant happy to let Bags do all the dirty work. Portrayed as a brainless man-child, or Shake, who is portrayed as a whiny Never quite gels, since it’s predicated on every character except the villainīeing a complete idiot, and it’s hard to care much what happens to Bags, who is One-while also tricking Pop Morgan into betting his gym on Bags’ victory. The world championship, and Mike fixes all of Bags’ fights except the last Mike arranges for Bags to re-enter the boxing ring as a contender for Wayne), the owner of a boxing gym that Mike wants to raze for development It seems Mike wants to use Bags and Shake to swindle Pop Morgan (David
Through incredibly convolutedĬircumstances, these two get involved with a brutal mobster named Mike (Robin Clarke). Set in theĭepression, The Prize Fighter follows dim-witted losers Bags (Conway), a former boxer,Īnd Shake (Knotts), a former boxing manager. To enjoy, even as the picture’s reliance on lame physical-comedy shtickĮnsures the film is too stupid for sensible adults to tolerate. Twists that it’s too tedious for very young kids For instance, The Prize Fighter-a PG-rated flick, as opposed to the duo ’ s usual G-rated fare-gets mired in so many numbingly predictable plot Considerable fame separately, funnymen Tim Conway and Don Knotts made several films together, mostly in the ’70s, that became popular among children butĭidn’t curry much favor from grown-ups.
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