PG | 2 h 2 min | Drama | 1979 An over-the-hill boxer, Billy “The Champ” Flynn (Jon Voight) treasures his 8-year-old son, Timothy Joseph or T.J. (Ricky Schroder), while battling his vices of gambling and drinking. Estranged for seven years on account of her careerism and now remarried, the boy’s mother, Annie (Faye Dunaway),…
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TV-14 | 1h 44 min | Drama, Family | 2018 You’re orphaned only when everyone gives up on you and you give up on yourself. That’s central to director Sean McNamara’s touching movie about coping with the pain of loss and abandonment. In spite of its name, McNamara’s film is about three orphans, not just…
Popcorn and Inspiration: ‘Conrack’: Jon Voight’s Teach-in on Learning and Living
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