Warrior

Year of Publication
2011
Publication Type
Screenplay
Language
English
Contributors Author: Gavin O'Connor
Author: Cliff Dorfman
Author: Anthony Tambakis
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Abstract
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.
Notes
Nick Nolte was nominated for the Best Supporting Actor Academy Award.
Author Biography
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.
Time
2010s
Published
unpublished
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