Battle of the Sexes

Theatrical - Wide 2018-01-02

Cast Steve Carell Emma Stone Alan Cumming Sarah Silverman
Directed by Jonathan Dayton Valerie Faris
Written by Simon Beaufoy

Genres: Biography Comedy

Synopsis

The electrifying 1973 tennis match between World number one Billie Jean King (Emma Stone) and ex-champ and serial hustler Bobby Riggs (Steve Carell) was billed as “THE BATTLE OF THE SEXES” and became one of the most watched televised sports events of all time. The match caught the zeitgeist and sparked a global conversation on gender equality, spurring on the feminist movement.

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8/10

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Review: Battle of the Sexes (TIFF)

Posted 8 years ago

PLOT: The true story of Tennis champ Billie Jean King (Emma Stone) who, in 1973, accepted a challenge by Bobby Riggs (Steve Carell) to play an exhibition game that he marketed as an epic battle of the sexes. REVIEW: Despite...

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Battle of the Sexes clip shows Billie Jean fighting institutionalized sexism

BATTLE OF THE SEXES tells the true story the titular 1973 tennis match between female tennis wunderkind Billie Jean King and ex-champ and chauvinist Bobby Riggs. It’s an inspiring story of a woman competing in a man’s field, and even...

Posted 8 years ago

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Review: Battle of the Sexes (TIFF)

Posted 8 years ago

Emma Stone & Steve Carell go toe-to-toe in Battle of the Sexes trailer

Posted 8 years ago

Where there’s smoke there’s fire, and when it comes to BATTLE OF THE SEXES the smoke was the set of images we reported on not too long ago, and the fire is the first trailer. And what a fire it...

Steve Carell & Emma Stone are ready for tennis in Battle of the Sexes images

Posted 8 years ago

Emma Stone and Steve Carell have come a long way in the last decade or so, establishing themselves of two of Hollywood’s most diverse performers capable of broad comedy and intimate, award-worthy performances. Now the two actors will literally go...

Steve Carell & Emma Stone’s Battle of the Sexes serves up a release date

Posted 8 years ago

Oh tennis, you're a pleasant sport and all, but no thank you. Your need to have me run here, there and everywhere on a hard court while spectators follow your bouncing ball like some mesmerized human metronome is simply not my...

Brie Larson to take the court as Billie Jean King for Battle of the Sexes

Posted 10 years ago

Brie Larson is absolutely killing it right now. It's been one standout performance after another with her as of late, from SHORT TERM '12 to ROOM, which has been getting incredible buzz out of Telluride and Toronto, and everything in-between....

Elizabeth Banks & Paul Giamatti set for HBO’s Battle of the Sexes movie

Posted 10 years ago

HBO is developing a movie based on the historic "Battle of the Sexes" tennis match between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs, and it's being reported that Elizabeth Banks will play King, and Paul Giamatti has been cast as Riggs....