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When Billie Beat Bobby (TV)

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Original title

When Billie Beat Bobby

Year

2001

Running time

90 min.

Country

Canada

Director

Jane Anderson

Screenwriter

Jane Anderson

Cast

Music

Brian Kirk

Cinematography

Paul Elliott

Producer

Co-production Canada-United States;

Alliance Atlantis Communications, Cherry Alley Productions

Genre

Comedy. Drama | Tennis. Sports. TV Movie

Synopsis

This 2001 TV docudrama relates the story of tennis' 1973 "Battle of the Sexes" between Wimbledon champions Billie Jean King (Holly Hunter) and Bobby Riggs (Ron Silver), an event considered by many to be an early victory for feminism. Riggs, 20 years past his prime, lives to wager on anything and everything. Seeing the rise of feminism, he decides he can make some money by challenging top female players, 30 years his junior, into exhibition matches. His first choice for an opponent is Billie Jean King, but she turns him down because she is too busy organizing the members of the female tennis tour into a de facto union, and winning tennis tournaments. After Bobby defeats the number one female tennis player in the world, Margaret Court, King realizes she needs to beat him. Following months of hype in which Bobby's bluster is matched at every point by Billie's confidence, the two face off in the Astrodome before a huge live and television audience.

Awards: 2001: Emmy: Nominated for Best Actress (Holly Hunter) and Casting

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When Billie Beat Bobby (TV)

2001

Jane Anderson