Bleed for This (Film)

bleed for this is a 2016 american biographical sports film written and directed by ben younger and based on the life of former world champion boxer vinny pazienza (officially vinny paz since 2001). the film stars miles teller as pazienza, with aaron eckhart, katey sagal, ciarán hinds, and ted levine in supporting roles, was produced by bruce cohen, emma tillinger koskoff, chad a. verdi, noah kraft, pamela thur and ben younger and executive produced by martin scorsese. the film had its world premiere at the 43rd annual telluride film festival on september 2, 2016, and was released in the united states on november 18, 2016, by open road films. it received generally positive reviews including a new york times critic's pick, but was a box office disappointment, grossing just $6.7 million against its $6 million budget.