| Johnny Flynton | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Lexi Alexander |
| Written by | Lexi Alexander Fabian Marquez |
| Produced by | Christopher R. Mans |
| Starring | Dash Mihok Michele Matheson Robert W. Hill Austin Crim |
| Cinematography | Alexander Buono |
| Edited by | Christopher Klonecke |
| Music by | Christopher Franke |
Production companies | Hunter Films Red Corner Productions |
Release date |
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Running time | 37 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Johnny Flynton is a 2002 American short film directed and co-written by Lexi Alexander.[1] It was nominated for Best Live Action Short Film at the 75th Academy Awards.[2][3]
Based on a true story and starring Dash Mihok 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.
Johnny Flynton was the first film Alexander directed.[4] 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.[5]
The film, which Alexander entirely financed with a year's income from coaching martial arts, had a budget of $35,000.[6]
A Film Threat review says, "Fuck 'Rocky,' this is the best film about a boxer that I've ever seen."[7]