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Play It to the Bone

1999 124 min English R

Two aging fighters in LA, friends, get a call from a Vegas promoter because his undercard fighters for a Mike Tyson bout that night are suddenly unavailable. He wants them to box each other. They agree as long as the winner gets a shot at the middleweight title. They enlist Grace, Cesar's current and Vinnie's ex girlfriend, to drive them to Vegas.

Cast

28 people

Ron Shelton Director · Alex Wurman Composer

Worldwide gross $8.7M · Budget $24M · United States release December 25, 1999

Box office

Budget

$24,000,000

Worldwide gross

$8,678,812

Gross vs. budget

0.4×

Production

T

Touchstone Pictures

Production · Studio

S

Shanghai'd Films

Production

P

Play It Inc.

Production

United States

Produced in

Languages

Original language

English

Spoken on screen

English · French

Release dates

United States · December 25, 1999

Limited theatrical

United States

January 21, 2000 · Theatrical

Czechia

October 26, 2000 · Theatrical

Germany

March 30, 2000 · Theatrical

Philippines

January 12, 2000 · Theatrical

United Kingdom

September 22, 2000 · Theatrical

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