Turner Classic Movies is broadcasting the under appreciated Fat City (1972) on June 18. Stacy Keach plays a boxer on the slide, his skills unraveled by his alcoholism. He inspires a kid (a very young Jeff Bridges), who becomes a boxer on the rise. Keach and Susan Tyrrell give dead-on performances as pathetic sad sack barflies. Tyrrell was nominated for the Best Supporting Actress Oscar.
The great director John Huston shot the film in Stockton, and Fat City is a time capsule for the Central Valley in the early 70s.
Fat City has made two of my lists: Best Boxing Movies and Best Drug Movies.
