Battle of the Sexes

OT: Battle of the Sexes

Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris // USA, 2017
Fiction Feature // FF2017
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Houston, 1973. The exhibition match between the best female tennis player in the world, Billie Jean King (Emma Stone) and ex-tennis champion Bobby Riggs (Steve Carell) is portrayed as the “Battle Of The Sexes”. While the rivals prepare, they also have their own, personal battles to fight: King is passionately involved in the women’s rights movement and feels more than just friendship for her confidante Marilyn, while Riggs is a notorious gambler. Together, the pair provide a spectacle that goes well beyond the tennis court. With a superb performance from Emma Stone, this gripping film tells the story of an early triumph in the battle for emancipation.

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Original title: Battle of the Sexes

Film type: Fiction Feature

Original language: English

Section: Transatlantik//FF2017

Production country: USA

Produced: 2017

Runtime: 122 min

Language and subtitles: OV with German subtitles

Director: Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris

Screenplay: Simon Beaufoy

Cast: Emma Stone, Steve Carell, Andrea Riseborough, Sarah Silverman, Bill Pullman, Alan Cumming, Elisabeth Shue

Producer: Christian Colson, Danny Boyle, Robert Graf

DoP: Linus Sandgren

Editor: Pamela Martin

Music: Nicholas Britell

Production design: Judy Becker

German Distributor: Twentieth Century Fox of Germany

Production Company: Fox Searchlight Pictures präsentiert eine Decibel Films/Cloud Eight Films Produktion

Film contact: Janina Dicke, Twentieth Century Fox of Germany: Janina.Dicke@fox.com

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