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The Treatment

Ben Younger: Bleed for This

Director Ben Younger talks to Elvis Mitchell about his return to filmmaking with Bleed for This.

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By Elvis Mitchell • Nov 23, 2016 • 29m Listen

After 12 years away, director Ben Younger is again making movies. In Bleed for This, he highlights the story of Vinny Pazienza, a boxer from New Jersey who was thought to perhaps never walk again after experiencing a spinal injury in a near-fatal car crash. He not only recovered but went on to experience championship success.

Starring Miles Teller and Aaron Eckhart, the film highlights the touching side of the Pazienza family and Vinny's undying perseverance. Younger chats with Elvis about making a family drama as opposed to a boxing movie and why exactly he enjoys family dinner scenes so much.

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    Elvis Mitchell

    host of KCRW’s The Treatment

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    Blake Veit

    Producer, 'The Treatment'

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    Ben Younger

    screenwriter and film director

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