 Against the Ropes
Starring: Meg Ryan, Omar Epps, Tony Shalhoub, Tim Daly, Kerry Washington
Directed by: Charles S. Dutton
Screenplay by: Cheryl Edwards
Release Date: February 20, 2004
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for crude language, violence, brief sensuality, drug material.
Studio: Paramount Pictures
 Domestic: $5,884,190 (89.0%)
Foreign: $730,090 (11.0%)
Total: $6,614,280 (Worldwide)
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 Tagline: She gave the boxing world the one-two punch they never saw coming.
The true story of the first female boxing manager Jackie Kallen, who guided the careers of several major careers, including four world champions, like middleweight champ James Toney, as well as Bronco McKart and Thomas Hearns.
Jackie Kallen defied the odds when she stormed into the male-dominated world of boxing and became the most successful female manager in the history of the sport.
Now, three-time Golden Globe nominee Meg Ryan brings Kallen to life in "Against the Ropes," a fictionalized drama inspired by this gutsy woman who dared to play the fight game and win. The daughter of a trainer, Jackie Kallen (Meg Ryan) grew up skipping rope in a downtown Detroit gym alongside her uncle, a fighter himself. She watched in wonder as young men struggled to become champions, and hoped that one day she would be involved in the sport that was in her blood.
Now, at 36, Jackie's ready to carry on the family tradition. She's tired of playing executive secretary to Irving Abel (Joe Cortese), director of the Cleveland Coliseum, when both of them know she's the one really running the place. Trying to make her mark in the boxing world, Jackie spends a lot of her free time working the room at D'Agostino's, a pugs and thugs hangout known for its stiff drinks and bloody steaks.
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