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Bruckheimer Takes on "Golden Boy"
Wednesday, April 28, 2004 10:46 AM EDT
Disney and producer Jerry Bruckheimer are getting in the ring with "Golden Boy".
Scripted by Gregory Allen Howard ("Remember the Titans"), the drama is based on the story of welterweight contender Dmitriy Salita and his relationship with his trainer, Jimmy O'Pharrow.
A Ukrainian Jew who moved to Coney Island at age 9, Salita sought out the Starrett City Boxing Club and its fabled trainer Jimmy O when he was 13 because he was getting pounded by his schoolmates. At the club, most of the fighters were African-Americans and Puerto Ricans who turned Salita into a human punching bag until he grudgingly gained their respect because of his resilience. A few years later, Salita won his weight class in the Gotham Golden Gloves and was named outstanding fighter in the tournament. He turned pro and is now 17-0.
Howard, who corralled life rights for the fact-based gridiron hit "Remember the Titans" and then set up the film with Bruckheimer exec Chad Oman, did the same on "Golden Boy".
Howard has two other projects at Disney - "We Are a Chain", about a group of Mennonite kids who won a state hoops title, led by a black coach and "Drummer Boy", a coming-of-age story set during the Civil War.
Source: Variety
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