Monkey on My Back

Description

Cameron Mitchell (Carousel, How to Marry a Millionaire) turns in a "keen, powerful tour-de-force" (The Hollywood Reporter) performance in this "realistically scripted [and] graphically directed" (Variety) biography of a professional boxing legend. Nicknamed "ThePride of the Ghetto," three-time world champion Barney Ross (Mitchell) is used to hitting hardand winning! But after serving his country in Guadalcanal, Barney must battle his own personal demons before they destroy everything he's fought for all his life.

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Lb. for lb.:The Worst Movie Of All-Time.......2006-08-31

Actually,this may not be as bad as,say, 'My Dinner With Andre';but,based on what coulda been,it's worse. Cameron Mitchell wasted his talent on portraying Barney Ross,who would've been one of the leading characters in The Torah(aside from Moses)if he didn't live in the twentieth century(see reviews for the autobiography 'No Man Stands Alone).But,rather than attempt to detail the life of the Hall of Fame boxer and war hero,who became addicted to morphine after enlisting in the Marines and fighting on Guadalcanal,the film focuses instead on his drug addiction;Ross sued and won-and you can regularly bid for film posters on Ebay of 'Barney Ross' with a needle in his arm.

like it if you want , but realize this;.......2005-11-09

Barney Ross, the great champion boxer and war hero that this movie is supposedly based on, sued the producers and won an out of court settlement. Considering how seldom such lawsuits go in favor of the complainant, this movie must be about as untruthful as possible.

Great Movie Classic!!!!!!!!1.......2005-10-05

This is a great movie classic about the true story of Barney Ross, boxing champion and war hero who becomes addicted to morphine.It's a must see!!!

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Combines two other sports movie giftsets plus 8 additional films

The Ultimate Sports Giftset

Manufacturer: MGM
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

General | Action & Adventure | Genres | DVD | Video

General | Drama | Genres | DVD | Video

Sports | Drama | Genres | DVD | Video

Drama | Boxed Sets | Stores | DVD | Video
ASIN: B000NSGUKS
Release Date: 2007-04-10

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Combines two other sports movie giftsets plus 8 additional films.......2007-03-17

This bundle combines two very good sports giftsets:
The Grand Slam Giftset -(Bull Durham/Pride of the Yankees/Eight Men Out/Jackie Robinson Story)
Sports Giftset - (Bull Durham / Hoosiers / Raging Bull / Rocky )
This total of seven movies are five star films, and if your interests are mainly baseball, or you prefer the finest films from several sports, you might be better off getting just one of these two giftsets. However, this Ultimate Sports Giftset also has several good films not included in these other two giftsets, such as the more watchable sequels in the Rocky series - Rocky II and Rocky III, along with That Championship Season, and Diggstown, which is an unusual vehicle for James Woods and Lou Gossett Jr. that did end up working well for both of them. Also included is a rarely seen documentary film from 1970 entitled "AKA Cassius Clay", which has Ali talking about his career with his usual verbal wit along with some great footage of Ali's early career fights.

Finally, there are three films in the turkey category that get slipped into the total package. "Monkey on My Back" is a 1957 film that was supposed to be about fighter Barney Ross. The movie is bad, but the accuracy must have been even worse, because Ross sued the producers of this film over the content and won. "Body and Soul" is not the classic version starring John Garfield. Instead this is the poor 1998 pseudo-remake. There's plenty of bad acting to go around in this movie, and even the good actors seem to think they're all performing in different films. Worst of the pack is the 2002 version of Rollerball. Like many of the 23-year-olds that make today's films, the producers of this remake of the 1975 classic just don't get that the original was great because of its portrayal of futuristic society, not because of violent action scenes. Weighing the good with the bad, this set is probably worth purchasing for the 12 good films in the bunch.

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