Movie
The Battle of the Sexes
2013 · 83 min
A lively, crowd-pleasing look at a famous showdown, mixing archive footage with talking heads to make a cultural clash feel like a thrilling contest.
- Directed by
- James Erskine, Zara Hayes
- Genres
- Documentary
- Starring
- Billie Jean King, Chris Evert, Bobby Riggs
- Overview
- Tennis star and women’s rights activist Billie Jean King won a total of 12 Grand Slam titles, but the biggest match of her career took place in 1973 against former men’s champion Bobby Riggs, a self-proclaimed male chauvinist pig who declared that, even at the age of 55, he could beat any woman in the world.
- How it feels
- Earnest, uplifting, satirical and tense. Brisk and needs your attention.
- About
- Gender, sport, justice, identity
- Content
- Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- James Erskine, Zara Hayes
- Genres
- Documentary
- Starring
- Billie Jean King, Chris Evert, Bobby Riggs
