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Battle of the Sexes
Synopsis
The electrifying 1973 tennis match between World number one Billie Jean King and ex-champ and serial hustler Bobby Riggs was billed as THE BATTLE OF THE SEXES and became the most watched televised sports event of all time. The match caught the zeitgeist and sparked a global conversation on gender equality, spurring on the feminist movement. Trapped in the media glare, King and Riggs were on opposites sides of a binary argument, but off-court each was fighting more personal and complex battles. With a supportive husband urging her to fight the Establishment for equal pay, the fiercely private King was also struggling to come to terms with her own sexuality, while Riggs gambled his legacy and reputation in a bid to relive the glories of his past. Together, Billie and Bobby served up a cultural spectacle that resonated far beyond the tennis courts and animated the discussions between men and women in bedrooms and boardrooms around the world.
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Full Credits
  • Director:
    Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris,
  • Writer:
    Simon Beaufoy,
  • Producer:
    Danny Boyle, Christian Colson, Robert Graf,
  • Cinematographer:
    Linus Sandgren,
  • Editor:
    Pamela Martin,
  • Cast:
    Elisabeth Shue, Andrea Riseborough, Emma Stone, Natalie Morales, Bill Pullman, Sarah Silverman, Steve Carell,
  • Associate Producer:
    Karen Ruth Getchell,
  • Assistant Editor:
    Audrey Evans,
  • First Assistant Director:
    Thomas Patrick Smith,
  • Second Assistant Director:
    Robert E. Kay,
  • Second Second Assistant Director:
    David Marnell,
  • Supervising Sound Editor:
    Ai-Ling Lee, Mildred Iatrou,
  • Script Supervisor:
    Lyn Matsuda Norton,
  • ADR Mixer:
    Chris Navarro, Carlos Sotolongo, Charleen Richards, Mark DeSimone,
  • Art Department Coordinator:
    Danielle Osborne,
  • Boom Operator:
    Ben Greaves,
  • Construction Coordinator:
    Lars Petersen,
  • Location Manager:
    Chris Baugh,
  • Production Coordinator:
    Elizabeth Tyson,
  • Property Master:
    Dwayne Grady,
  • Set Dresser:
    Gregory Byrne, Gregg Szabo,
  • Sound Effects Editor:
    Chris Diebold,
  • Makeup Artist:
    Lufeng Qu, Natasha Marcelina De Poyo, Akiko Matsumoto, Albert Elizondo, Yukiko Kinkel, Jen Fregozo,
  • Extras Casting:
    Teresa Brown, James P. Driscoll,
  • Special Effects Supervisor:
    Sam Dean, Sam Dean,
  • First Assistant Editor:
    Staci Pontius,
  • Art Department Assistant:
    Alexander Linde, Wes Hottman,
  • Foley Mixer:
    James Ashwill, Jack Cucci, Roberto Dominguez Alegria,
  • Dolly Grip:
    Charles Simons,
  • Visual Effects:
    David Robinson, David Robinson, Edson Williams,
  • Key Grip:
    Anthony Cady,
  • Additional Camera:
    Davon Slininger, David J. Frederick, Jessica L. Lopez, David J. Frederick,
  • Hairstylist:
    Ketty Gonzalez, Alyson Black-Barrie,
  • Stunt Driver:
    Donny Bailey,
  • Steadicam Operator:
    Ari Robbins,
  • Sound Mixer:
    Lisa Pinero,
  • Graphic Designer:
    Sara Escamilla, Kelly Hemenway,
  • Leadman:
    Nicholas Rymond,
  • Post Production Assistant:
    Russell Parks,
  • Key Makeup Artist:
    Haruyo Sawada,
  • Orchestrator:
    Matt Dunkley,
  • Dialect Coach:
    Elizabeth Himelstein,
  • Casting:
    Kim Davis-Wagner, Justine Baddeley,
  • Second Assistant 'B' Camera:
    John Parson,
  • Gaffer:
    Brad M. Hazen,
  • Digital Compositors:
    John Stewart, John Stewart, Scott Gastellu, Scott Balkcom,
  • Assistant Property Master:
    Jennifer Dawson,
  • Costume Supervisor:
    Lynda Foote,
  • Post Production Supervisor:
    Jason Miller, Jason Miller,
  • ADR Recordist:
    Tim Ryan, Tim Ryan, Nick Jimenez,
  • Costume Design:
    Mary Zophres,
  • Key Costumer:
    Leigh Bell, Robin Borman,
  • Second Assistant Camera:
    Jenna Hoffman,
  • Music Editor:
    John Finklea,
  • Still Photographer:
    Melinda Sue Gordon,
  • Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
    Doug Hemphill,
  • Production Accountant:
    Hunter James Cox, Paul Belenardo,
  • Set Costumer:
    Mark Avery, Laura Wolford,
  • ADR Editor:
    David V. Butler, Galen Goodpaster,
  • Driver:
    Frank Annunziata,
  • Sound Designer:
    Ai-Ling Lee,
  • Casting Associate:
    Faryn Einhorn,
  • Seamstress:
    Pernilla Nylander,
  • Makeup Department Head:
    Torsten Witte,
  • Chief Lighting Technician:
    Brad Hazen,
  • Studio Teachers:
    Mandy Friedrich,
  • Dialogue Editor:
    David V. Butler,
  • Electrician:
    Brent Studler, Vince Manocchia,
  • Transportation Co-Captain:
    Chris Raines,
  • First Assistant 'A' Camera:
    Jorge Sánchez, Jorge Sánchez,
  • Assistant Costume Designer:
    Jo Kissack Folsom,
  • Musician:
    George Doering,
  • Production Supervisor:
    Bart Lipton,
  • Set Decoration:
    Matthew Flood Ferguson, Camille M. Bratkowski,
  • Transportation Coordinator:
    Paul E. Stroh,
  • Production Secretary:
    Megan Marquardt,
  • Assistant Art Director:
    Alec Contestabile,
  • Production Design:
    Judy Becker,
  • First Assistant 'B' Camera:
    Keith B. Davis,
  • Foley Artist:
    John T. Cucci, Dan O'Connell,
  • Stunt Coordinator:
    Erik Solky,
  • VFX Editor:
    Derek Drouin,
  • Best Boy Grip:
    Matt Landry,
  • Art Direction:
    Alexander Wei,
  • Original Music Composer:
    Nicholas Britell,
  • Second Assistant 'A' Camera:
    Melissa Fisher,
  • Rigging Grip:
    Darin Devonshire,
  • Mix Technician:
    Jared Marshack,
  • Lighting Technician:
    Michael Lowrance,
  • Lighting Programmer:
    Christopher Ferguson,

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