Battle of the sexes
In the wake of the sexual revolution and the rise of the women's movement, the 1973 tennis match between women's world champion Billie Jean King and ex-men's-champ and serial hustler Bobby Riggs became one of the most watched televised sports events of all time, reaching 90 million viewers around the world. As the rivalry between King and Riggs kicked into high gear, off-court each was fighting more personal and complex battles.
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King, Billie Jean > Drama. Riggs, Bobby, 1918-1995 > Drama. Tennis players > Drama. Tennis > Drama. Sexism > Drama. |
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Sports films. Comedy films. Feature films. Fiction films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Video recordings for people with visual disabilities. Historical films. Drama. |
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Physical Description
videodisc
1 videodisc (121 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. - Publisher Beverly Hills, California: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2017]
Content descriptions
General Note: | Originally released as a motion picture in 2017. Wide screen (2.39:1) Bonus features: Raw footage: Billie Jean's grand entrance (no audio); Reigniting the rivalry; Billie Jean King: in her own words; Unit photography gallery; Set design gallery. GMD: videodisc. |
Creation/Production Credits Note: | Director of photography, Linus Sandgren ; editor, Pamela Martin ; music, Nicholas Britell. |
Participant or Performer Note: | Emma Stone, Steve Carell, Andrea Riseborough, Sarah Silverman, Bill Pullman, Alan Cumming, Elisabeth Shue, Austin Stowell, Natalie Morales. |
Target Audience Note: | MPAA rating: PG-13; for some sexual content and partial nudity QUE rating: G. |
System Details Note: | DVD; NTSC, region 1; Dolby digital 5.1 (English), English descriptive audio 5.1, Surround Dolby digital 2.0 (Spanish, French). |
Language Note: | English, Spanish or French dialogue; Spanish or French subtitles; subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH); closed captioned; described video. |