Robert De Niro trains Roberto Duran in “Hands of Stone” teaser (video)  April 20, 2016 - 16:31 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - The first trailer for Roberto Duran biopic “Hands of Stone” promises plenty of boxing as seen through the eyes of Robert De Niro as trainer Ray Arcel, Variety reports. “In 66 seconds, Roberto Duran changed my life,” De Niro says in a voiceover. “He came from nothing and changed everything.” Edgar Ramírez stars as the Panamanian boxer who rose from the slums of Panama to become one of the best boxers within memory. Jonathan Jakubowicz directed from his own script. His rivalry with Sugar Ray Leonard (portrayed by Usher in the film) is considered one of the fiercest in boxing history. Duran was nicknamed “hands of stone” because of his punching power. He won 103 of his 119 fights between 1968 and 2002, when he retired at the age of 50. He’s best remembered for refusing to fight further — declaring “No mas” — in his re-match against Leonard after defeating the popular boxer in 1980. “You’re Roberto Duran,” De Niro tells Ramirez in the corner during a brutal fight. “Get in there and act like it .” Ellen Barkin, John Turturro and Ana de Armas also star. “Hands of Stone” is produced by Jay Weisleder, Carlos Garcia de Paredes, Claudine Jakubowicz and Jonathan Jakubowicz. The Weinstein Company will release the movie on Aug. 26.  Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running”   Partner news |  Latest news The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity  The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization.Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia.Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty.Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. |
