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I wish I Could Fight Like Roberto Duran

Synopsis

Max wants to learn to box, but his parents want him to stay a choirboy. After a beating from the local bullies, Max goes to a gym where he finds a vicious boxer.

Details

Year: 2000
Type of project: Shorts
Director: Kim Moore
Dir: Kim Moore 16mm. 15mins. Prod: Joel Austin. Scr: Simon Crowther. DoP: Tunji Akinsehinwa. Cast: Ryan Horan, Steve Spiers, Dicken Ashworth, Lisa Dickson-Gray, Steve Huison.

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Northern Film School Metropolitan University 2 Queens Square Leeds LS2 8AF, UK Tel: 0113 283 2600x4326 Fax: 0113 283 1901 E-mail: l.marshall@lmu.ac.uk Web: www.lmu.ac.uk/hen/add/nfs

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