''Johnny Flynton'' is a 2002 American

short film A short film is any motion picture that is short enough in running time not to be considered a feature film. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences defines a short film as "an original motion picture that has a running time of 40 minutes ...

directed and co-written by

Lexi Alexander Alexandra Mirai ( ar, الكسندرا ميراي; born 23 August 1974), known professionally as Lexi Alexander, is a German-Palestinian film and television director, martial artist, and actress. She is a former World Karate Association world c ...

. It was nominated for

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at the 75th

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s.Short Film Oscar® Winners in 2003-Oscars on YouTube
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Plot

Based on a true story and starring

Dash Mihok Dashiell Raymond Mihok (; born May 24, 1974) is an American actor and director best known for playing Brendan "Bunchy" Donovan in the Showtime drama ''Ray Donovan''. Early life Mihok was born in New York City, the son of theater actors Andrea Mi ...

in the title role, the film follows an undefeated boxer, Johnny Flynton, in a small Alabama town on the day of a local exhibition fight that sparks a series of tragic events.

Cast

as Johnny Flynton * Michele Matheson as Samantha Flynton * Robert W. Hill as Sheriff Mayer * Austin Crim as Teddy * Georgine Gainey as Mrs. Derouville * Raymond Thorne as Coach Tagwood *

Jim Lampley James Lampley (born April 8, 1949) is an American sportscaster, news anchor, film producer, and restaurant owner. He was best known as a blow-by-blow announcer on ''HBO World Championship Boxing'' for 30 years. He also had covered a record 14 O ...

as himself *

Pat E. Johnson Pat E. Johnson (born in 1939) is a 9th degree black belt in the art of American Tang Soo Do. He is the president of the National Tang Soo Do Congress, which was originally created by Chuck Norris in 1973. Johnson is famous for the martial ar ...

as Referee (as Pat Johnson)

Background

''Johnny Flynton'' was the first film Alexander directed. She said that the film, about a boxer from Alabama who is charged with murder, is a fictional story that was inspired by meeting a boxer in Germany when she was 9 years old, an interaction that she remembered and was the basis of the idea for the film.

Production

The film, which Alexander entirely financed with a year's income from coaching martial arts, had a budget of $35,000.

Reception

A ''

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'' review says, "Fuck Rocky'',' this is the best film about a boxer that I've ever seen."

References

External links

''Johnny Flynton'' on Vimeo
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''Johnny Flynton'' on MUBI
{{Lexi Alexander American boxing films 2002 films 2002 short films American short films Films set in Alabama Films shot in Alabama Films directed by Lexi Alexander Films scored by Christopher Franke 2000s English-language films 2000s American films