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Battle of the Sexes
The true story of the 1973 tennis match between world number one Billie Jean King and ex-champ and serial hustler Bobby Riggs.
2017 · Directed by Valerie Faris · 121 min · Drama · Comedy · History · 10 frames
Tagline
He made a bet. She made history.
Crew
- Written by: Simon Beaufoy
- Cinematography: Linus Sandgren
- Edited by: Pamela Martin
- Music: Nicholas Britell
- Production design: Judy Becker
- Produced by: Christian Colson, Danny Boyle, Robert Graf
Cast
- Emma Stone as Billie Jean King
- Steve Carell as Bobby Riggs
- Andrea Riseborough as Marilyn Barnett
- Sarah Silverman as Gladys Heldman
- Bill Pullman as Jack Kramer
- Elisabeth Shue as Priscilla Riggs
- Alan Cumming as Ted Tinling
- Austin Stowell as Larry King
- Eric Christian Olsen as Lornie Kuhle
- Natalie Morales as Rosie Casals
Production
- Country: United Kingdom, United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Fox Searchlight Pictures, Decibel Films, Cloud Eight Films, Ingenious Media
- Budget: $25,000,000
- Box office: $12,638,526
- Themes: sports, tennis, 1970s, tennis player, biography, based on true story, femme fatale, female athlete, determination, women's rights
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