Trailer for the 1960s-Set Boxing Film THE FEATHERWEIGHT Tells the Story of Willie Pep
Here’s an interesting trailer for the upcoming film The Featherweight, which is a fake documentary that tells the story of a boxer, Willie Pep, as he attempts to make a comeback.
Set in the mid-1960s in Hartford, Connecticut, “The Featherweight presents a gripping chapter in the true-life story of Italian-American boxer Willie Pep (James Madio) the winningest fighter of all time—who, down and out in his mid-40s and with his personal life in shambles, decides to make a return to the ring, at which point a documentary camera crew enters his life.
“Painstakingly researched and constructed, the film is a visceral portrait of the discontents of twentieth-century American masculinity, fame and self-perception.”
The story of Pep is told in a unique way as a camera crew follows him around as he is looking to make his big comeback. Madio (Band of Brothers) trained for months to accurately capture the techniques & movement of Pep.
The film also has a great supporting cast that includes Ruby Wolf, Keir Gilchrist, Stephen Lang, Ron Livingston, Lawrence Gilliard Jr., Shari Albert, and boxer Bruce Carrington.
The movie was directed by Robert Kolodny and it will be released in select US theaters starting on September 20th, 2024.