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Southpaw\u00a0<\/strong>
\n\"Southpaw<\/a><\/p>\n

Release Date: July 24, 2015
\nDistributor: The Weinstein Company
\nDirector: Antoine Fuqua
\nRating: R (for language throughout, and some violence)
\nScreenwriter: Kurt Sutter
\nCast: Jake Gyllenhaal, Forest Whitaker, Rachel McAdams, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, Oona Laurence, Clare Foley, Miguel Gomez, Victor Ortiz, Rita Ora, Naomie Harris, Miguel Gomez, Beau Knapp, Grace Marie Williams, Skylan Brooks
\nWebsite:\u00a0Southpawfilm.com<\/a>| Facebook<\/a>| Twitter<\/a>| Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Southpaw<\/a><\/p>\n

Billy \u201cThe Great\u201d Hope (Gyllenhaal) is the reigning Junior Middleweight Champion whose unorthodox stance, the so-called \u201cSouthpaw,\u201d consists of an ineloquent, though brutal, display of offensive fighting\u2026 one fueled by his own feelings of inadequacy and a desperate need for love, money and fame. With a beautiful family, home and financial security, Billy is on top both in and out of the ring until a tragic accident leaves his wife dead and sends him into a downward spiral.<\/p>\n

\"SOUTHPAW\"<\/a><\/p>\n

His days now an endless haze of alcohol and prescription drugs, his daughter taken by Child Services and his home repossessed by the bank, Billy\u2019s fate is all but sealed until a washed up former boxer named Tick (Forest Whitaker<\/strong>) agrees to take the bereaved pugilist under his wing so long as he agrees to his strict ethos. Relentless and utterly committed to a fighter that thinks as much as he throws punches, Tick rebuilds Billy into a new man: one that is agile, fearsome and uncompromising in the ring while thoughtful, loving and disciplined outside of it. Now, as he works to regain custody of his daughter and mounts a professional comeback, Billy must face his demons head-on as he learns that, sometimes, your greatest opponent can be yourself.<\/p>\n

\"Southpaw<\/a><\/p>\n

Rachel McAdams<\/strong> plays his wife, with Oona Laurence<\/strong> as his kid, and Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson<\/strong> as a boxing promoter. Beau Knapp<\/strong> plays Jon Jon, the fighter\u2019s lifelong best friend who came up with him through foster care and is on the payroll. Naomie Harris<\/strong> plays Angela, a social worker who works with Gyllenhaal\u2019s character and his daughter. Singer Rita Ora<\/strong> plays a drug addict.<\/p>\n