Boom! Boom! The World Vs Boris Becker

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Boom! Boom! The World Vs Boris Becker
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Official release poster
Directed by Alex Gibney
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  • John Battsek
  • Alex Gibney
  • Erin Edeiken
  • George Chignell
Screenplay by Alex Gibney
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  • Peter Nashell
  • Eric V. Hachikian
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  • Michael J. Palmer
  • Graeme Butler (co-editor)
Distributed by Apple TV+
Release dates
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  • 19 February 2023 (2023-02-19) (part one - Berlin)
  • 7 April 2023 (2023-04-07)
Running time
 96 minutes (part one)[1]
Country United Kingdom
Language English

Boom! Boom! The World Vs Boris Becker is a 2023 documentary film by Alex Gibney. It details the life of troubled tennis champion Boris Becker including exclusive access to three years of his life up to his incarceration in the United Kingdom in April 2022. It is a co-production between Ventureland and Jigsaw Productions, with financing from Lorton Entertainment. The first part premiered at the 2023 Berlin Film Festival on 19 February 2023. The film was released in two parts on Apple TV+ from April 7, 2023.

Synopsis

Narrated by Gibney, the first part of the documentary details the precocious rise of Becker the tennis player from teenage Wimbledon champion to becoming world number one. It concludes with the warning that the traits that drove Becker to tennis greatness would in turn also lead to his downfall, to be investigated in part two.[2]

Cast

Production

The project is a co-production between Ventureland and Jigsaw Productions, with financing from Lorton Entertainment and boasts exclusive access to Boris Becker over a three-year build-up to his prison sentencing in the UK courts for hiding assets and loans to avoid paying debt, in April 2022.[3] The title is a nod to his "Boom Boom" nickname as a big-serving tennis player. Interviews in the documentary include Novak Djokovic, Ion Tiriac, John McEnroe and Bjorn Borg.[4] Other talking heads include Michael Stich, Brad Gilbert and Nick Bollettieri.[5]

Release

The first part premiered at the Berlin Film Festival on 19 February 2023. Both parts will be available to stream on Apple TV+ on 7 April 2023.[6][7]

Reception

Kevin Maher in The Times gave the film a positive review saying it was "fabulously paced, nicely shot, and with snappy, illuminating contributions from Borg, McEnroe and an unexpectedly wry Mats Wilander. Gibney also re-examines crucial career matches with revealing hindsight".[8]

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