El triunfador

Título original: Sam's Son

1984
PG
1h 44min

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Una autobiografía basada en los años de adolescencia de Michael Landon, que lucha con su identidad y finalmente encuentra el éxito en el equipo de atletismo de la escuela.Una autobiografía basada en los años de adolescencia de Michael Landon, que lucha con su identidad y finalmente encuentra el éxito en el equipo de atletismo de la escuela.Una autobiografía basada en los años de adolescencia de Michael Landon, que lucha con su identidad y finalmente encuentra el éxito en el equipo de atletismo de la escuela.

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Curiosidades
Due to distribution problems with Utah-based distributor Invictus Entertainment, the movie never got a wide theatrical release and went straight to video in most territories.

Pifias
Eugene's hairstyle changes throughout the film.

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Gene Orowitz: [after their vehicles collide at the drive-in] Aw, shit. Look at that fender!
Gene Orowitz: Well, look what you did to my car! Why don't you look what you're doing?
Robert Woods: Are you trying to say it was my fault?
[he shoves Gene]
Gene Orowitz: Will you lay off?
Robert Woods: [smiles] Well, lookie here. Little Gene is bad. Come on, what are you going to do about it, huh?
[shoves Gene again]
Gene Orowitz: Lay off!
Robert Woods: [shoves Gene again] What are you going to do about it?
Cathy Stanton: [fearful] Gene, get in the car, please.
Robert Woods: That's right, Gene. You better get in that car before you get another set of bandages.
Bonnie Barnes: [firmly] Robert.
Robert Woods: [annoyed] What?
Bonnie Barnes: Leave him alone.
Robert Woods: I am not doing anything! He's the one looking so mean. In fact, I think he wants to fight. I told you. I'll give you two punches. Come on, give me your best shot.
[Gene just stands there]
Robert Woods: Well, come on, jew boy, give me your best shot, huh?
[Gene still does not move]
Robert Woods: Well, come on!
[after a brief pause, Gene strikes Robert in the face sending him into a series of food trays, much to his and everyone else's shock, and he returns to his car]
Gene Orowitz: [to Cathy] I'm sorry you had to see that.
Cathy Stanton: [smiles] It's perfectly all right with me.
[they drive off while an injured Robert is seen struggling trying to get up]

Versiones alternativas
When NBC premiered this movie, the network cut out the entire sequence where Eugene and his friends go to a rowdy neighborhood bar and the fight scene that follows it.

Conexiones
Featured in Michael Landon: Memories with Laughter and Love (1991)

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By Johnny Mercer
WB Music Corporation & Michael H. Goldsen, Inc.
Performed by The Four Aces
Courtesy of MCA Records

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8/10

A nice Jewish boy's struggle against 50's conformity

First, Eli Wallach and Anne Jackson are an acting dynamic duo. Second, this film is unique among teen movies in that while it doesn't have the most progressive view of girls, it doesn't objectify them either. It's suggested that Gene does secretly masturbate in the bathroom, but we fortunately don't see more than that. Third, Gene is flawed, but a nice kid who respects his parents. Moreover, you don't see many teen movies told from a Jewish perspective. In one heartbreaking scene it shows the devastating effects of institutional oppression and workplace bullying. The script has some odd moments, but it's poignant and intelligent. Not one of the top movies of the 80's but it's up there for me.