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Renée

United States

2011

75 Min
Color, Black and White
English
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DIR Eric Drath

EXEC Barry Murphy, Eric Drath, Connor Schell, John Dahl

PROD Eric Drath, Elizabeth Geist

DP James Fideler, Leo Lawrence

CAST John McEnroe, Billie Jean King, Martina Naratilova, Mary Castillo, Virginia Wade, Renée Richards

ED Brian Hartough, Kate Hirson

Tribeca (Spotlight)

Synopsis

Despite his alpha-male reputation, tennis ace Dick Raskind always felt different from other guys. But it wasn’t until his 40s, after getting married and having a son, that Dick was reborn as Renée Richards. Renée was still dynamite on the tennis court, but being the first transsexual player in the women’s US Open would put her in a spotlight she—or her troubled son—couldn’t escape. This fascinating doc is a testament to both personal and athletic perseverance.

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Movie Poster of the Week: "The Ides of March" and other new posters

By Adrian Curry on July 29, 2011

After the feast of design from the 1920s and 30s over the past two weeks I thought it was time to return to the present and look at a few of

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