RING OF FIRE: GRIFFITH;EMILE

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• Release Year: 2004
• Genre: Documentary, Sports
• Plot: In this tender yet haunting story, filmmakers Dan Klores and Ron Berger (directors of The Boys of 2nd Street Park) capture a provocative saga of love, violence and redemption.; ; New York City, March 24, 1962: Rival boxing champions Emile Griffith and Benny 'Kid' Paret entered the ring for their feverishly anticipated world title bout. Earlier, Paret had taunted his allegedly homosexual opponent with a shocking slur. That night, as millions of fans watched the fight on live television, Griffith brutally beat Paret to death. The sport of boxing, the life of Emile Griffith, and the innocence of America would be changed forever.; ; Through startling archival footage and revealing new interviews with journalists, historians, champion boxers, Paret's widow, and Griffith himself, experience the Sundance sensation that begins with one tragic night nearly 45 years ago whose impact is still being felt today.
• Cast: Emile Griffith, Howie Albert, Manuel Alfaro, Carmen Basilio, Jimmy Breslin, Gil Clancy, Joe Cortez, Eckhard Dagge, Angelo Dundee, Don Dunphy, George Foreman, Gene Fullmer, Neal Gabler, Bill Gallo, Herb Goldstein, Ruby Goldstein, Juan Gonzalez, Franklin Griffith, Sadie Griffith, Marvelous Marvin Hagler, Pete Hamill, Charles Kaiser, Hank Kaplan, Jake LaMotta, Juan LaPorte, Norman Mailer, Garry Moore, Jack Newfield, Ken Norton, Jimmy O'Farrell, Gaspar Ortega, Benny 'The Kid' Paret, Lucy Paret, Jimmy Powers, Sugar Ray Robinson, Nelson Rockefeller, Luis Rodrigo, Ron Ross, José Torres, Max Turshen, Dan Klores, Ron Berger, Larry Burday, Jake Bandman, Adam Schiff
• Director: Dan Klores
• Runtime: 1:27
• Company: Anchor Bay
• Media Format: Movie