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New GRUDGE MATCH Photo Features Robert De Niro And Sylvester Stallone
Copyright: 2013 WARNER BROS. ENTERTAINMENT INC. Photo Credit: Ben Rothstein
Henry “Razor” Sharp (Sylvester Stallone), Louis “Lightning” Conlon (Alan Arkin), Dante Slate Jr. (Kevin Hart), Billy “The Kid” McDonnen (Robert De Niro) and BJ (Jon Bernthal) head into the boxing ring in this second photo from Warner Bros. Pictures’ comedy GRUDGE MATCH.
Billy “The Kid” McDonnen and Henry “Razor” Sharp are two local Pittsburgh fighters whose fierce rivalry put them in the national spotlight. Each had scored a victory against the other during their heyday, but in 1983, on the eve of their decisive third match, Razor suddenly announced his retirement, refusing to explain why but effectively delivering a knock-out punch to both their careers.
Thirty years later, boxing promoter Dante Slate Jr., seeing big dollar signs, makes them an offer they can’t refuse: to re-enter the ring and settle the score once and for all. But they may not have to wait that long: on their first encounter in decades, their long-festering feud erupts into an unintentionally hilarious melee that instantly goes viral.
The sudden social media frenzy transforms their local grudge match into a must-see HBO event. Now, if they can just survive the training, they may actually live to fight again.
The film also stars Kevin Hart as Dante Slate Jr.; Oscar winner Alan Arkin (“Little Miss Sunshine,” “Argo”) as Razor’s former trainer, Louis “Lightning” Conlon, who gets to put Razor through his paces again; and Oscar winner Kim Basinger (“L.A. Confidential”) as Sally Rose, who was once the love of Razor’s life. Rounding out the cast are Jon Bernthal as BJ, who becomes The Kid’s instinctive but untested trainer; and young film newcomer Camden Gray.
Peter Segal is directing from a screenplay by Rodney Rothman, story by Tim Kelleher.
The film will bow in theaters December 25th.
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