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When Billie Beat Bobby

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Director
  
Jane Anderson

Writer
  
Jane Anderson

Running time
  
1h 30m

Producer
  
Goldie Hawn

Language
  
English

6/10
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Genre
  
Comedy, Drama, Sport

Duration
  

Initial DVD release
  
August 2, 2005

Country
  
United States

When Billie Beat Bobby movie poster

Release date
  
2001

Cast
  
Holly Hunter
(Billie Jean King),
Ron Silver
(Bobby Riggs),
Bob Gunton
(Jerry Perenchio),
Jacqueline McKenzie
(Margaret Court),
Elizabeth Berridge
(Rosie Casals),
Fred Willard
(Howard Cosell)

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When Billie Beat Bobby is a 2001 ABC docudrama detailing the historic 1973 "The Battle of the Sexes" tennis match between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs and what lead up to it. The match was filmed at the Great Western Forum in Inglewood, California.

At the 53rd Primetime Emmy Awards, Holly Hunter was nominated for the Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie but lost out to Judy Davis who won for Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows.

In 2013, New Black Films released the documentary movie Battle of the Sexes in cinemas, with television broadcast following soon after. It was directed by James Erskine and Zara Hayes. The film was released on DVD in 2014.

On April 20, 2015, it was announced that Fox Searchlight Pictures had set Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris to direct a tennis drama film based on the title Battle of the Sexes, scripted by Simon Beaufoy.[1]

Cast

  • Holly Hunter as Billie Jean King
  • Ron Silver as Bobby Riggs
  • Matt Letscher as Lawrence King
  • Bob Gunton as Jerry Perenchio
  • Jacqueline McKenzie as Margaret Court
  • Elizabeth Berridge as Rosie Casals
  • Vincent Van Patten as Lornie Kuhle
  • Patrick Kerr as Rheo
  • Stockard Channing as Narrator (uncredited)
  • Johnny Luckett as Bobby's Trainer
  • Earl Maddox as Reporter
  • Jim Abele Match Emcee
  • Sal Viscuso as Sports Writer Mike

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