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The Main Event

1979 · 112 min

A breezy, bubbly romp with screwball banter and a sweet underdog charm, easy to watch and hard to resist.

Directed by
Howard Zieff
Genres
Comedy, Romance
Tagline
A Glove Story
Overview
A bankrupt entrepreneur attempts to recoup some of her losses by getting a washed-out boxer she picked up as a tax loss back into the ring — an idea her protégé isn't fond of.

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Directed by
Howard Zieff
Genres
Comedy, Romance
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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • ambition
  • redemption
  • class
  • betrayal
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror0
Humour7
Realism6
Romance7
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight4

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Genres
comedy, romance
Directed by
Howard Zieff
Written by
Andrew Smith, Gail Parent
Starring
Barbra Streisand, Ryan O'Neal, Paul Sand, Whitman Mayo, Patti D'Arbanville, Chu Chu Malave, Richard Lawson, James Gregory
Music
Michael Melvoin
Cinematography
Mario Tosi
Runtime
112 min
Country
United States of America

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