4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on April 24, 2024

Rooney, Gleason, and Quinn in the film version Requiem for a Heavyweight was an early live television production that was so popular it garnered a feature-length adaptation a few years later. It’s relatively easy to see the merits in both because although they enlisted the same director and sc   read more

Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on July 29, 2017

Requiem for a Heavyweight Directed by Ralph Nelson Written by Rod Sterling from his teleplay 1962/USA Columbia Pictures Corporation Repeat viewing/Amazon Instant Why are all boxing movies so darned sad? Mountain Rivera (Anthony Quinn) is coming to the end of his seventeen-year career.  He’s   read more

Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on September 6, 2014

(Yes, I know, this is a little late going up this week, but here it is, nonetheless.) Last week, in writing about the Twilight Zone episode “The Obsolete Man”, I stated about Rod Serling “[E]ven if the only thing he ever wrote was Requiem for a Heavyweight, he would still...   read more

Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on September 6, 2014

(Yes, I know, this is a little late going up this week, but here it is, nonetheless.) Last week, in writing about the Twilight Zone episode “The Obsolete Man”, I stated about Rod Serling “[E]ven if the only thing he ever wrote was Requiem for a Heavyweight, he would still...   read more

Hollywood Revue Posted by Angela on August 21, 2012

After seventeen years in the ring, Louis “Mountain” Rivera’s (Anthony Quinn) career as a boxer comes to an end after being knocked out by Cassius Clay.  Rivera has reached a point where he could go blind if he continues to fight so he’s left with no other option but to...   read more