What 2017 comedy-drama sports film directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Farris has a plot loosely based on Billie Jean King and Booby Riggs?
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Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris Jonathan Dayton (born July 7, 1957) and Valerie Faris (born October 20, 1958) are a team of American film and music video directors, and also husband and wife, that received critical acclaim for their feature film directorial debut, "Little Miss Sunshine". Later the couple went on to direct the 2012 romantic comedy-drama "Ruby Sparks", and the 2017 biographical comedy-drama sports film "Battle of the Sexes", which were also met with a positive critical consensus.
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Battle of the Sexes (film) Battle of the Sexes is a 2017 American biographical sports film, directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris and written by Simon Beaufoy. The plot is loosely based on the between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs. The film stars Emma Stone and Steve Carell as King and Riggs, respectively, with Andrea Riseborough, Elisabeth Shue, Austin Stowell, and Sarah Silverman in supporting roles.
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Hannah Montana: The Movie Hannah Montana: The Movie is a 2009 American teen musical comedy-drama film based on the Disney Channel television series of the same name. It was the second theatrical film based on a Disney Channel Original Series, after "The Lizzie McGuire Movie" (2003). The film was directed by Peter Chelsom with screenplay penned by Daniel Berendsen. The film was produced by David Blocker, Billy Ray Cyrus, Alfred Gough, Miles Millar, Steven Peterman and Michael Poryes. The film stars series regulars Miley Cyrus, Billy Ray Cyrus, Emily Osment, Jason Earles, Mitchel Musso, and Moisés Arias, as well as Lucas Till, Vanessa Williams, Margo Martindale, and Melora Hardin.
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Rosewood (film) Rosewood is a 1997 American historical fiction drama film directed by John Singleton. While based on historic events of the 1923 Rosewood massacre in Florida, when a white mob killed blacks and destroyed their town, the film introduces fictional characters and changes from historic accounts. In a major change, it stars Ving Rhames as an outsider who comes into Rosewood and inspires residents to self-defense, wielding his pistols in a fight. The supporting cast includes Don Cheadle as Sylvester Carrier, a resident who was a witness, defender of his family and victim of the riot; and Jon Voight as a sympathetic white store owner who lives in a village near Rosewood. The three characters become entangled in an attempt to save people from racist whites attacking the blacks of Rosewood.
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Britney Ever After Britney Ever After is a 2017 American television drama film directed by Leslie Libman and written by Anne-Marie Hess. It is based on the life of Britney Spears. The film stars Natasha Bassett, Peter Benson, Clayton Chitty, Nathan Keyes and Nicole Oliver. The film premiered on Lifetime on February 18, 2017.
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Charlie Bubbles Charlie Bubbles is a 1967 British comedy-drama film starring Billie Whitelaw and Albert Finney, and also featuring a young Liza Minnelli. It was listed to compete at the 1968 Cannes Film Festival, but the festival was cancelled due to the events of May 1968 in France.
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Farewell to the King Farewell to the King is a 1989 American action adventure drama film written and directed by John Milius. It stars Nick Nolte, Nigel Havers, Frank McRae, and Gerry Lopez and is loosely based on the 1969 novel "L'Adieu au Roi" by Pierre Schoendoerffer. Longtime Milius collaborator Basil Poledouris composed the musical score.
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Molly's Game Molly's Game is a 2017 American crime drama film written and directed by Aaron Sorkin in his directorial debut, based upon the memoir "Molly's Game: From Hollywood's Elite to Wall Street's Billionaire Boys Club, My High-Stakes Adventure in the World of Underground Poker" by Molly Bloom. It stars Jessica Chastain as Bloom, along with Idris Elba, Kevin Costner, Michael Cera, Brian d'Arcy James, Chris O'Dowd, Bill Camp, Graham Greene, Claire Rankin, Joe Keery and Jeremy Strong. The film follows the 26-year-old Bloom who becomes the target of an FBI investigation following her running of an underground poker empire for Hollywood celebrities, athletes, business tycoons and the Russian mob.
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Nessie &amp; Me Nessie & Me is a 2017 American adventure comedy-drama film directed by Jim Wynorski starring John Henry Richardson, Walker Mintz, Jolie Ledford, and Michael Paré. "Nessie & Me" is Jim Wynorski's debut in directing a children's film, and is in a shared universe with Wynorski's 2010 film "Monster Cruise" due to a good portion of that film's cast returning to their roles for this film.
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Me Him Her Me Him Her is a 2015 American comedy film written and directed by Max Landis, in his directorial debut. The film stars Luke Bracey, Dustin Milligan, and Emily Meade. The film had its world premiere at the Seattle International Film Festival on June 5, 2015. The film was released in a limited release and through video on demand on March 11, 2016, by FilmBuff.
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Amateur Night (2016 film) Amateur Night is a 2016 American comedy film written and directed by Lisa Addario and Joe Syracuse. Their early experiences in Hollywood were the basis for the plot of the film. The film stars Jason Biggs, Jenny Mollen, Janet Montgomery, Ashley Tisdale and Eddie Murphy's daughter Bria Murphy (in her film debut).
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You Get Me (film) You Get Me is a 2017 American thriller film directed by Brent Bonacorso and written by Ben Epstein. The film stars Bella Thorne, Halston Sage, Taylor John Smith, Anna Akana and Nash Grier. It was released on Netflix on June 23, 2017.
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Woodlawn (film) Woodlawn is a 2015 American Christian sports drama film directed by The Erwin Brothers, Andrew and Jon Erwin. The film, which is based on the true story of Tandy Gerelds and Tony Nathan, stars Sean Astin, Nic Bishop, Caleb Castille, Sherri Shepherd, Jon Voight and C. Thomas Howell. It was produced by Kevin Downes and Daryl Lefever with Crescent City Pictures and Red Sky Studios and was released on October 16, 2015 by Pure Flix Entertainment.
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Mississippi Grind Mississippi Grind is a 2015 American drama film directed and written by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck. It stars Ryan Reynolds, Ben Mendelsohn, Sienna Miller, Analeigh Tipton, Robin Weigert, and Alfre Woodard. The film was released by A24 on September 25, 2015.
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Tragedy Girls Tragedy Girls is a 2017 American comedy horror film directed by Tyler MacIntyre and written by Chris Lee Hill and Tyler MacIntyre. The film stars Alexandra Shipp, Brianna Hildebrand, Josh Hutcherson, Craig Robinson, Kevin Durand and Jack Quaid. The film is scheduled to be released on October 20, 2017, by Gunpowder & Sky.
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Brave New Jersey Brave New Jersey is a 2016 American comedy film directed by Jody Lambert written by Michael Dowling and Jody Lambert. The film stars Tony Hale, Anna Camp, Sam Jaeger, Heather Burns, Dan Bakkedahl and Raymond J. Barry. The film was released on August 4, 2017, by Gravitas Ventures.
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Caren Lissner Caren Lissner is an American novelist, essayist, and newspaper editor. Her published novels include "Carrie Pilby" (2003) and "Starting from Square Two" (2004). She has also published essays, articles, and satire in "The New York Times," "The Philadelphia Inquirer," "The Atlantic," and McSweeney's Internet Tendency. She is editor-in-chief of the "Hudson Reporter" group of newspapers based in Hoboken, New Jersey. Her novel "Carrie Pilby" was re-released July 1, 2010 by Harlequin Teen and was made into an independent film starring Bel Powley and Nathan Lane The film debuted in theaters in March, 2017 and was scheduled to debut on Netflix in September, 2017.
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Dax Shepard Dax Randall Shepard (born January 2, 1975) is an American actor, writer and director. He is best known for his work in the feature films "Without a Paddle" (2004), "" (2005), "Employee of the Month" (2006), "Idiocracy" (2006), "Let's Go to Prison" (2006), "Hit and Run" (2012), and "CHiPs" (2017), the last pair of which he also wrote and directed, and the MTV practical joke reality series "Punk'd" (2003). He portrayed Crosby Braverman in the NBC comedy-drama series "Parenthood" from 2010 to 2015.
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Little Miss Sunshine Little Miss Sunshine is a 2006 American comedy-drama road film and the directorial debut of the husband-wife team of Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris. The screenplay was written by first-time writer Michael Arndt. The film stars Greg Kinnear, Steve Carell, Toni Collette, Paul Dano, Abigail Breslin, and Alan Arkin, and was produced by Big Beach Films on a budget of US$8 million. Filming began on June 6, 2005 and took place over 30 days in Arizona and Southern California.
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Jonny Bogris Jonny Bogris is an American actor and director known for films such as "End of Days" and "One Eight Seven", as well as television projects "NYPD Blue", "Rake", and HBO's "The Newsroom".
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Youth in Oregon Youth in Oregon is a 2016 American comedy-drama film directed by Joel David Moore. The film stars Frank Langella, Billy Crudup, Christina Applegate, Nicola Peltz, Mary Kay Place, and Josh Lucas.
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Lady Bird (film) Lady Bird is a 2017 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Greta Gerwig. It stars Saoirse Ronan, Laurie Metcalf, Tracy Letts, Lucas Hedges, Timothée Chalamet, Beanie Feldstein, Stephen McKinley Henderson and Lois Smith.