Miles Teller Makes One of the Greatest Comebacks in Boxing History. There are plenty of sports dramas about boxers fighting against all odds to become champions of the world. But the true story of Vinny Pazienza, better known as “The Pazmanian Devil,” is one of the most harrowing you’ll ever hear. Vinny Pazienza had a promising boxing career after winning the light middleweight title, but then a car accident left him with a broken neck and the possibility of never being able to walk again. Bleed for This tells the story of Pazienza’s comeback, as the boxer (played by Whiplash star Miles Teller) defied caution from his doctors, friends and family to get back to full health, just so he could get pummeled in the boxing ring again. Watch the Bleed for This trailer after the jump. Buy Fight or Die: The Vinny Paz Story on Amazon.com FREE SHIPPING on qualified orders. Vinny Paz (born Vincenzo Edward Pazienza; December 16, 1962), formerly Vinny Pazienza, is an American former professional boxer who held world titles at lightweight.
Here’s the trailer which debuted over at Sports Illustrated: It took just 1. Pazienza to return to the ring after his life- changing accident, which created a fight in him that couldn’t be destroyed. Even after being knocked to the ring floor three times by his champion opponent, he stood back up and raised his fists to keep the fight going. This story is more than a troubled boxer trying to win to prove his right to be in the ring, and it’s all true. Miles Teller definitely got toned up to play the boxer, and this looks like it could be an opportunity for the young actor to get some awards attention. Open Road Films is certainly hoping to be in the running with a fall release date right in the heart of awards season. Even though we’ve seen countless movies like this before, it’s the kind of story that usually gets the Academy’s attention. The rest of the cast includes Katey Sagal, Ciar. Aaron Eckhart costars as renowned boxing trainer Kevin Rooney, and Katey Sagal and Ciaran Hinds play Paz’s understandably concerned parents. Bleed for This starts hitting theaters on November 4. Cool Posts From Around the Web. That it finally errs way on the side of sports- movie conventionality won. But, even condensed for Hollywood purposes, Paz. It would be distracting if it weren? You wonder if any scenes of actual tenderness with Paz and a love interest might have been scripted and abandoned. Watching the trailer, you might think the crux of the movie will be the moral dilemma Vinny and his posse face when the question arises of whether to have an operation that will ensure his safety but ruin his ability to box or proceed with the riskier one that will allow him to re- endanger his life in the ring. Problem: for Vinny, there. If you have any compunctions about men beating the hell out of each other for profit, a film in which it. But if you ever yearned to see a version of “Million Dollar Baby. Vinny offers a reporter about the importance of always doing the things that people insist you can. Which still leaves open the question begged by the title: Bleed for what, again, exactly?
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