THE FEATHERWEIGHT
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THE STORY OF Willie Pep
⋆THE HARTFORD TORNADO⋆
⋆WILL O’ THE WISP⋆
TWO TIME FEATHERWEIGHT CHAMPION OF THE WORLD
⋆ 241 Fights ⋆ 229 WINS ⋆ 65 Knock outs ⋆
Set in the mid-1960s, The Featherweight presents a gripping chapter in the true-life story of Italian-American boxer Willie Pep (PLAYED BY James Madio)—the winningest fighter of all time—who, down and out in his mid-40s and with his personal life in shambles, decides to make a return to the ring, at which point a documentary camera crew enters his life. Painstakingly researched and constructed, the film is a visceral portrait of the discontents of twentieth-century American masculinity, fame and self-perception.