Conversations with SOUTHPAW

Q A with Jake Gyllenhaal, Rachel Mc Adams, Curtis 50 Cent Jackson, Miguel Gomez and Oona Laurence. Moderated by Dave Karger, Fandango. SYNOPSIS From acclaimed director Antoine Fuqua (TRAINING DAY) andscreenwriter Kurt Sutter (Sons of Anarchy), SOUTHPAW tells the riveting storyof Billy The Great Hope, reigning Light Heavyweight Boxing Champion of the World (Academy Award nominee Jake Gyllenhaal). Billy Hope seemingly has it all with an impressive career, a beautiful and loving wife (Rachel McAdams), an adorable daughter (Oona Laurence) and a lavish lifestyle. When tragedy strikes and his lifelong manager and friend (Curtis 50 Cent Jackson) leaves him behind, Hope hits rock bottom and turns to an unlikely savior at a rundown local gym: Tick Willis (Academy Award winner Forest Whitaker), a retired fighter and trainer to the city s toughest amateur boxers. With his future riding on Tick s guidance and tenacity, Billy enters the hardest battl br, br,