TY - SER
KW - teachers
KW - martial arts
KW - high schools
KW - addiction
KW - Pittsburgh Public Schools
KW - drive-in movie theaters
KW - mixed martial arts
AU - Gavin O'Connor
AU - Cliff Dorfman
AU - Anthony Tambakis
AB - When ex-Marine Tommy Riordan (Tom Hardy) returns home to the Steel City, his recovering alcoholic father, Paddy Conlon (Nick Nolte), trains him to win a big purse in an MMA tournament. Tommy’s brother, Brendan (Joel Edgerton), is a Pittsburgh Public Schools physics teacher struggling to make ends meet and returns to the amateur ring, as an underdog, to upset his brother Tommy.
C1 - 2010s
C2 - unpublished
C3 - Allegheny County; Pittsburgh; Oakland; University of Pittsburgh; Petersen Events Center; Strip District; Robinson Twp.; Washington County; N. Strabane Twp.; Meadows Racetrack and Casino
C4 - Sports
LA - English
M3 - Screenplay
N1 - Nick Nolte was nominated for the Best Supporting Actor Academy Award.
N2 - When ex-Marine Tommy Riordan (Tom Hardy) returns home to the Steel City, his recovering alcoholic father, Paddy Conlon (Nick Nolte), trains him to win a big purse in an MMA tournament. Tommy’s brother, Brendan (Joel Edgerton), is a Pittsburgh Public Schools physics teacher struggling to make ends meet and returns to the amateur ring, as an underdog, to upset his brother Tommy.
PY - 2011
RN - Anthony Tambakis (1967- ) is a fiction writer and teacher of creative writing. Cliff Dorfman is a screenwriter. Gavin O'Connor, born Long Island, is an actor, screenwriter, and film director.
TI - Warrior
ER -