Requiem for a heavyweight was adapted for the screen by rod serling, who originally wrote the script as a teleplay for the television show playhouse 90. A remake of rod serlings awardwinning teleplay, this movie proves to be equally powerful when undertaken by anthony quinn. Mountain rivera, a prizefighter, has come to the end of his days. Centering around a heavyweight boxer who is forced from the ring by a. With anthony quinn, jackie gleason, mickey rooney, julie harris. In 1930, he moved up a weight class and challenged maxie rosenbloom for the light heavyweight championship of the world in madison square garden, though he lost the bout. Requiem for a heavyweight 1962 ralph nelson synopsis. Can his devoted cutman and a sympathetic social worker help him find a life outside the ring, or will maish find a way to exploit him one more time. Mountain rivera, a punchy hasbeen managed by the unprincipled maish, is mauled in a fight and forced to quit boxing. After the fight, a doctor tells mountains manager, maish rennick, that any further fights will lead to a detached. The storys been done before, but this take has an odd and most sad ending. Staring julie harris, jackie gleason, anthony quinn and mickey rooney.
Jun 28, 2015 requiem for a heavyweight 1962 trailer. Requiem for a heavyweight 1962 the movie database tmdb. Rod serlings requiem for a heavyweight 1962, stars anthony quinn, jackie gleason, mickey rooney and julie harris. Requiem for a heavyweight 1962 directed by ralph nelson. Its available to watch on tv, online, tablets, phone. Rod serling wrote a teleplay that shows the steamy underbelly of professional boxing and its not a pretty picture. Rent requiem for a heavyweight 1962 starring anthony quinn and jackie gleason on dvd and bluray.
In its visual style and heady narrative, requiem for a heavyweight 1962 resembles few other films of its genre and ranks among the greatest boxing movies of all time. Requiem for a heavyweight, american film drama, released in 1962, that takes a grim look at the underbelly of the boxing world. Quinn has this rock hard concentration look anytime he stops to open his mouth to talk, what trickles. Anthony quinn, as perpetually punchdrunk boxer mountain rivera who has to hang up his gloves or risk going blind or face irreversible brain damage, gives one of the most astonishing performances ive ever seen for requiem for a heavyweight. This movie tells the story of a boxer, his trainer, and his manager. Requiem for a heavyweight 62 madame spivy anthony quinn. Nominally a film noir yet subverting the genres conventions, in just eightysix minutes it furthers investigation into the meaning of suffering plumbed in ancient greek tragedy, offering a grim vision of human nature as. Requiem for a heavyweight 1962 starring anthony quinn, jackie gleason, mickey rooney, julie harris requiem for a heavyweight is a very powerful, very hardhitting movie about boxing. The writing of rod serling of twilight zone fame is masterful to say the least. See what the critics had to say and watch the trailer. He tries to find another job but his manager, maish rennick gleason, owes the mob big, and persuades the fighter to help him pay off his debts by joining the wrestling cir cuit, so mountain humiliates himself to help out his old friend.
Requiem for a heavyweight is a 1962 drama about an aging boxer. Requiem for a heavyweight blood money1962after 17 years, mountain rivera quinn is a washedup heavyweight risk ing his life if he continues boxing. Were your movie poster source for new releases and vintage movie posters. Watch requiem for a heavyweight online stream full movie. Requiem for a heavyweight 1962 fictional aging heavyweight louis mountain rivera anthony quinn is felled by young cassius clay, the future muhammad ali, and finds his professional career over. In fact, quinns mountain rivera opens the movie being beaten to a pulp by a young cassius clay later to become ali. A movie usher job doesnt pan out because hes too big for the uniforms. Quinn has this rock hard concentration look anytime he stops to open his mouth to talk, what trickles out is a kind of underdeveloped garble like interpreting a footinmouth. Requiem for a heavyweight on dvd 043396083387 from sony pictures home entertainment.
Requiem for a heavyweight film by nelson 1962 britannica. Requiem for a heavyweight is another example of an art form that had too brief a heyday, and a comparison with the many later inferior film versions of these. Abie bain august 10, 1906 april 9, 1993 was a rated jewish middleweight boxer from newark, new jersey. Rent requiem for a heavyweight 1962 on dvd and bluray. Requiem for a heavyweight 1962 is a gritty boxing drama with excellent performances by anthony quinn, mickey rooney, jackie gleason. Requiem for a heavyweight was a teleplay written by rod serling and produced for the live television show playhouse 90 on 11 october 1956. Quinn has this rock hard concentration look anytime he stops to open his mouth to talk, what trickles out is a kind of underdeveloped garble like. Defeated mountain rivera anthony quinn learns from manager maish jackie gleason and trainer army mickey rooney that he cant risk another fight, early in requiem for a heavyweight, 1962, directed by ralph nelson from rod serlings script. Requiem for a heavyweight 1962 general discussions. Movies tv shows news live fashion learning spotlight 360 video browse channels. Never capturing the heavyweight title he dreamed of, he loses to young upstart, cassius clay. Nov 20, 2019 in its visual style and heady narrative, requiem for a heavyweight 1962 resembles few other films of its genre and ranks among the greatest boxing movies of all time. Even with maish, were kept in an uncertain, edgy state, one minute wanting his schemes to succeed, the.
Mountain rivera is at the end of his boxing career after a knockout by cassius clay in the seventh round. Actor anthony quinn shot this film during a twomonth break in the filming of lawrence of arabia 1962. Ali has appeared as himself in numerous scripted films and television series, including the films requiem for a heavyweight 1962, body and soul 1981, and doin time 1985. Rod serlings requiem for a heavyweight 1962, stars anthony quinn. Defeated mountain rivera anthony quinn learns from manager maish jackie gleason and trainer army mickey rooney that he cant risk another fight, early in requiem for a heavyweight, 1962, directed by. It feels real, even though its fiction, as this exploration of the afterlife of a boxer. Requiem for a heavyweight 62 madame spivy anthony quinn michael conrad. I enjoyed watching this motion picture because of the drama. Buy requiem for a heavyweight movie posters from movie poster shop. Six years later, it was adapted as a 1962 feature film starring anthony quinn, jackie gleason and mickey rooney. Requiem for a heavyweight 1962 movie clip no more fights. His left eye is one punch from permanent trauma, his ears turned to cauliflower, his speech slurred from being hit a million times, and he slings punches anytime he hears a bell, but his trainer and cutman army, and miss miller, a manipulative social worker, support his illusion that.
Media in category requiem for a heavyweight 1962 film this category contains only the following file. Mar 19, 2015 rod serlings requiem for a heavyweight 1962, stars anthony quinn, jackie gleason, mickey rooney and julie harris. His left eye is one punch from permanent trauma, his ears turned to cauliflower, his speech slurred from being hit a million times, and he slings punches anytime he hears a bell, but his trainer and cutman army, and miss miller, a manipulative social worker, support his illusion that he could be a movie usher, a camp counselor, or a. Requiem for a heavyweight is another example of an art form that had too brief a heyday, and a comparison with the many later inferior film versions of these early classics shows conclusively their superiority.
The film was requiem for a heavyweight, which began life as a playhouse 90 tv episode and originally starred jack palance as the central character, louis mountain rivera, a burnedout heavyweight fighter who comes out of his last bout in which hes brutally beaten over seven rounds before hes finally knocked out with only the. Title sequence from requiem for a heavyweight 1962, directed by ralph nelson, starring anthony quinn, jackie gleason, mickey rooney, julie harris. Watch requiem for a heavyweight starring anthony quinn in this drama on directv. His doctor warns rivera that his fighting days are over.
Watch requiem for a heavyweight online 1962 movie yidio. Requiem for a heavyweight 1962 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Six years later, it was adapted as a 1962 feature film starring anthony quinn, jackie gleason and mickey rooney the teleplay won a peabody award, the first given to an individual script in television, and helped establish serlings reputation. This movie is about a boxer who never quite gets there, and is on the down side. Requiem for a heavyweight 1962 movie theaters moviefone. Requiem for a heavyweight 1962 trailer video dailymotion. His left eye is one punch from permanent trauma, his ears turned to cauliflower, his speech. Does anyone know how many versions of requiem for a heavyweight there are for sure. The four principals are excellent, especially quinn, who as mountain rivera seems to be channeling a punchier version of rocky graziano. Rivera suffers a grueling loss in the ring to a young cassius clay muhammed ali. This film produced by david susskind sticks pretty much to the playhouse 90 version with a few variations and a couple of characters. Released 1962, requiem for a heavyweight stars anthony quinn, jackie gleason, mickey rooney, julie harris the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 27 min, and received a score of out of 100 on.