Lionel

Lionel was released on 12 lipca 2008.

Lionel was directed by Eddie Martin.

Lionel has a runtime of 80 min.

Lionel was produced by Lizzette Atkins.

In 1968 a young aboriginal boxer with a charming smile punched his way to history when he stopped Fighting Harada in Japan over fifteen rounds. His name was Lionel Rose and he became the undisputed world bantamweight champion. Two hundred and fifty thousand people hit the streets of Melbourne to welcome him back and he went on to become a symbolic figure in the interracial politics of the times. Combining a remarkable selection of archival and present day observational footage and interviews, the film explores how Lionel became a mythic sporting figure and his struggle with the dimensions of that myth in his every day life.

The key characters in Lionel are Himself (Lionel Rose), Himself (Jack Rennie), Himself (Gary Foley).

Lionel is a Dokumentalny, Biography, Sport film.

Lionel has an audience rating of 7.9 out of 10.