The Main Event (1979 film)
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| The Main Event | |
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| Directed by | Howard Zieff |
| Starring | Barbra Streisand Ryan O'Neal |
| Release date(s) | 1979 |
| Running time | 112 min. |
| Country | U.S.A. |
| Language | English |
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The Main Event is a 1979 comedy starring Barbra Streisand and Ryan O'Neal, written by Gail Parent and directed by Howard Zieff.
[edit] Plot
Hillary Kramer, a successful perfume magnate awakes one morning to find that her accountant has robbed her blind and left for South America. Going through all of her remaining assets she finds a boxer, purchased as a tax write off. She decides to take Kid Natural, (Eddie Scanlon) who is much more at home giving driving lessons, into the ring and use him as her key to riches. Eddie thinks this will only get him killed and resists.
The film reveived negative reviews from critics, but was one of the among the Top 10 highest grossing films of the year at the box office. It was also the impetus for Barbra Streisand's first foray into disco, singing the theme song written by Paul Jabara and Bruce Roberts.
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