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The Battle of the Sexes 2013 123movies

The Battle of the Sexes 2013 123movies

Jun. 26, 201383 Min.
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Watch: The Battle of the Sexes 2013 123movies, Full Movie Online – It was a match made in heaven: she was the darling of American tennis, an outspoken activist against sexism in sport and society; he was the charismatic, fast talking, hustling chauvinist showman. Yet their unlikely ‘courtship’, in the midst of a social revolution, captured the imaginations of people around the world, empowered a generation, and changed sport forever..
Plot: Tennis star and women’s rights activist Billie Jean King won a total of 12 Grand Slam titles, but the biggest match of her career took place in 1973 against former men’s champion Bobby Riggs, a self-proclaimed male chauvinist pig who declared that, even at the age of 55, he could beat any woman in the world.
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6.9/10 Votes: 705
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N/A Votes: 14 Popularity: 2.836 | TMDB

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A pleasant surprise
When I saw this documentary, I expected a story leading up to the famous tennis match (still the most watched tennis match) between Bobby Riggs and Billie Jean King, and that certainly happened. What I was not expecting was that this film was so thoroughly researched and put together. A very informative selection of actual interviews and voiceovers led us through the years leading up to “the match” and then afterwards right up till now. There are even short excerpts of other material which were very clever. I especially liked the little animation – watch out for it. In Melbourne (Australia) this was released onto just one screen, but it deserves more. The writers certainly had an obvious agenda, but that did not detract from the viewing experience for me. A very good addition to our stock of historical feature length documentaries.
Review By: marklear-1
Inspirational film that goes beyond tennis
This is a sports doc that is about a match of extreme triviality in sporting terms but of huge significance in so many others. Aging tennis star Bobby Riggs had being going around spouting off a ridiculous amount of sexist drivel, including the fact that he, even at his advanced age, would be able to defeat the top women’s tennis stars of the day. He managed to convince top player Margaret Court into playing him but the very different pressure involved in this game left Court crumbling and Riggs easily won. The film-makers managed to unearth footage of this match that was hitherto thought lost. It was a very ugly spectacle, with Riggs patronising Court with intentionally weak shots. It was massively unseemly, cruel and disgraceful. This situation left the number one woman player, Billie Jean King, deciding she had to play Riggs in a game where she would be playing for a lot more than herself.

Battle of the Sexes is about many things besides tennis. In fact it’s not really about tennis as a sport at all. Like the best sports documentaries the sport itself is merely something for the really important stuff to hang off. These were turbulent years in American history in any case, what with all the changes that were happening all around and the women’s lib movement was one of the key forces for change. King was one of the figureheads for this movement and a very political person. She, therefore, seemed the perfect match for the unreconstructed Riggs and the one who would be best placed to put his outdated opinions in their place. She was a much stronger personality too compared to Margaret Court.

The follow up encounter was a different story. King is a truly inspirational figure in many ways. I didn’t really know a great deal about her before watching this other than she was a tennis superstar. On the evidence of this film she was extremely engaging and likable. And a very strong-minded tennis opponent (although it seems that Bobby Riggs evidently missed the meeting where that was made clear). Contrastingly, Riggs came across like a complete idiot. His views now seem hilariously out-dated. Admittedly, he does provide the humour in this film so utterly brazen are his ludicrous statements. Surprisingly, it looks like King had some affection for Riggs, as their various joint press conferences conveys a certain joviality. She most probably thought he was an okay guy and it was what he represented that was what was really awful.

The match itself was the most watched tennis match ever, which is quite shocking when you think about it. The whole concept is really pretty ugly. It’s actually pretty bad that it had to happen at all but it was made necessary and important. Watching it, I just couldn’t understand how even back in less enlightened times anyone in their right mind would wish for Riggs to defeat King. He and his supporters seemed to represent something so deeply cretinous. Anyway, when the match itself kicks in, it’s a pretty exciting affair as the battle lines have been well and truly drawn. Our audience burst into applause when the winning shot was made. The result certainly put an end to some of the rubbish spouted by the likes of Riggs but it was ultimately only a small step on the road to equality. For instance, it took Wimbledon a further 35 years to equal the pay between the sexes. Well better late than never I suppose although in fairness tennis is seemingly the only sport where equal pay actually exists at all. Ultimately this is an enlightening film about a murky episode but one where good values at least won out in the end.

Review By: Red-Barracuda

Other Information:

Original Title The Battle of the Sexes
Release Date 2013-06-26
Release Year 2013

Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 23 min (83 min)
Budget 0
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated PG-13
Genre Documentary, Biography, History
Director James Erskine, Zara Hayes
Writer N/A
Actors Billie Jean King, Virginia Wade, Lornie Kuhle
Country United Kingdom, United States
Awards 1 nomination
Production Company N/A
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The Battle of the Sexes 2013 123movies
Original title The Battle of the Sexes
TMDb Rating 6.6 14 votes

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