Battle of the Sexes

Battle of the Sexes (2017)

Timing: 2:1 (121 min)

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Actors and characters

Release date

2017-09-22

Country

United Kingdom, United States

Production

Ingenious Media, Fox Searchlight Pictures, Cloud Eight Films, Decibel Films

Genre

Comedy, Drama, History

Budget

$25 000 000

Revenue

$12 638 526

Website

http://www.battleofthesexesmovie.co.uk/

Director

Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris

Actors

Emma Stone, Steve Carell, Andrea Riseborough, Sarah Silverman, Bill Pullman, Elisabeth Shue, Alan Cumming, Austin Stowell, Eric Christian Olsen, Natalie Morales
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Scenario

Simon Beaufoy

Producer

Danny Boyle, Robert Graf, Christian Colson

Operator

Linus Sandgren

Composer

Nicholas Britell

Artist

Alec Contestabile

Audition

Justine Arteta, Kim Davis-Wagner

Editing

Pamela Martin, Bart Lipton
All team (120)

• Emma Stone was initially cast as Billie Jean King, formerly the top-ranked female tennis player in the US, but her commitments to other projects forced the actress to drop out of 'Battle of the Sexes'. The role was given to Brie Larson, but she left the project a few months later. Stone's schedule had become less busy by then, and she ultimately portrayed King on screen.
• Emma Stone, who played a tennis star in the film, doesn't play tennis very well herself.
• The film only briefly touches upon the homophobic attitude of Australian tennis player Margaret Court. She suspects tennis player Billie Jean King of having an affair with a hairdresser and speaks of immorality and sin. In real life, things went even further: after finishing her sports career, Court became an activist in the anti-homosexual movement and repeatedly spoke out against same-sex marriage in Australia.
• Emma Stone gained almost 7 kilograms of muscle mass for the filming.
• The Fox film company logo at the beginning of the film is altered to resemble the logo used in 1973.
• The love story between Billie Jean King and Marilyn Barnett is embellished in the film. In 1981, Barnett sued King, and the lawsuit nearly destroyed King's career. It took her years to recover.
• In reality, Billie Jean King was very close friends with tennis player Bobby Riggs. Their friendship lasted until his death in October 1995 at the age of 77.