![Woody Harrelson plays a character named Marcus, a minor-league basketball coach with a hot temper, alongside Casey Metcalfe as Marlon, James Day Keith as Benny, Ashton Gunning as Cody, and Tom Sinclair as Blair in ‘Champions.’ Photo Credit: Focus Features](/images/resized/images/news/2016/415_mar17/13_100_100.jpg)
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Running Time: 123 minutes
This film from Focus Features opens at movie theaters on Friday, March 10.
Filmmakers Peter and Bobby Farrelly got their start making notable and exaggerated comedies like Dumb and Dumber and There’s Something About Mary, which were massive hits. In the last decade, they’ve begun directing projects individually (with Peter even trying his hand at serious drama with the recent Green Book). Bobby Farrelly’s latest is Champions, a remake of a 2018 Spanish film.
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