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How did John Huston use his boxing experience while directing Fat City?
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John Huston (left) on the set of The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948).
John Huston drew upon his personal history as a former amateur lightweight boxing champion of California to direct the 1972 film Fat City. By utilizing the experiences he gained in the ring five decades earlier, Huston was able to deftly tease out the essence of the downbeat story, which focused on the lives of small-time boxers.21