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Released
1972 · FILM

Fat City

Life is what happens in between rounds.

Directed by
Written by
Runtime
97 min
DramaSport
Streaming on
  • Paramount+

Synopsis

The film follows two men whose lives and boxing careers intersect as they move in opposite directions—one is a veteran boxer in decline, the other a young man just beginning his life and career in the ring. Director John Huston presents their stories with a level, unsentimental honesty, resulting in one of his most acclaimed films.

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How many hands made this film

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Principal cast & crew: 20

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Margaret BoothShot by Conrad L HallDesigned by Richard Sylbert

Also known as

  • La Dernière Chancefr

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