Charged with the electricity of a heavyweight prizefight, " The Main Event " was filmed live at Madison Square Garden, a venue usually reserved for sporting events and rock 'n' roll concerts. Sinatrra dazzies the crowd with contemporay numbers as " You are the Sunshine of My Life ", " Let Me Try Again " and delivers the knockout blow with signature tunes " My Kind of Town " and " My Way ".
Acting
Sinatra's banter—part charming, part barely-contained contempt for the crowd.
Production
MSG as cathedral: boxing ring staging, 20,000 worshippers, one tuxedo.
Sound
That brass section hits like a freight train of nostalgia.
Director
Bill Carruthers
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Robert Redford attended as research for his role in 'The Great Waldo Pepper,' then got caught on camera looking vaguely bewildered.
This aired on ABC in October 1974, smack in Nixon's resignation aftermath—Sinatra's defiant individualism landed differently in that bruised American moment.
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