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Plot: The life of Primo Carnera a.k.a. “Ambling Alp”, Italian professional boxer and the World Heavyweight Champion from June 1933 to June 1934, but also accused by some of having ties to the mob.
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At Least They Provided a Disclaimer, But There’s No Schmaltz Alert!
They played hard and fast with the facts, but I’ve got no problem with that. What I do have a problem with is all the schmaltz. I’m talking here about corny lines and ham acting, the epitome of the latter being the Carnera character’s “Do you know what it’s like to be hungry?” soliloquy. Laughable. The musical score was annoying. Why do so many movies these days use tepid strings arrangements? The movie was interesting enough, but still, it was formulaic and uninspired. The characters were shallow, especially Max Baer’s, which was really a caricature. I had the feeling they shot this thing in a week and a half, just to get it over with. I had to cringe when Primo proposes to his sweetheart after beating Jack Sharkey for the championship. Ludicrous. They should have stuck a tad bit more to the facts regarding Primo’s handlers, and forgone all that schmaltz! To this day, questions linger over Carnera’s career, especially as to which of his fights were fixed (if indeed they were) and which weren’t (if indeed they weren’t). The man in real life was abused by his handlers and his life as a boxer was a lonely one, but you wouldn’t know it from this schmaltzy film. They could have explored this aspect of Carnera’s life a bit more. Furthermore, Carnera had a full and interesting life after his boxing career ended, and they could have explored this more as well. Instead, Carnera gets short shrift here by his depiction as a one-dimensional character. Okay, one-and-a-half, he gets to throw a couple of tantrums here and there. Yeesh!
At least more faithfully then the harder they fall
This movie is hardly a must see and is inevitable the comparison with the harder they fall…keeping as pivot point the story of Primo Carnera there was some pro e some cons:Pro much more faithfully with the story of Carnera, a good talent that failed to establish himself among the greatest ( thinks mma career of Brock Lesnar) with some shadows in his early career. The movie with Bogart is a totally defamation and is amazing how people take it seriously . The names of the characters are right .
Cons
Not so faithfully..the movie is full of errors and mistakes. The actor puts an effort playing Carnera but he has just the height..as a boxer the style is totally different ( Carnera uses his fine jabs and his right uppercut, this one only direct punches). Antonio Cupo plays a dwarf Baer that is over a full foot shorter then Carnera and half his size ( Baer was a few inches shorter, a giant of his own) with a brutish face, Cupo was choice because is an handsome male model. in others hands Baer cheated during that match and Primo dislocated his ankle at the beginning of the match and the movie portrayed those details.
Judging it as a pure movie it does not lace the boots of Harder they fall.
Original Language en
Runtime 2 hr 5 min (125 min)
Budget 0
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated R
Genre Biography, Drama, Sport
Director Renzo Martinelli
Writer Renzo Martinelli, Franco Ferrini, Alessandro Gassmann
Actors Andrea Iaia, Anna Valle, Paolo Seganti
Country Italy, Romania
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Aspect Ratio 2.35 : 1
Camera Arriflex Cameras
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Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process Digital Intermediate (2K) (master format), Super 35 (3-perf) (source format)
Printed Film Format 35 mm