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Jacobs — who first coined the
phrase "We was robbed" — became
Schmeling's manager in 1929 and
quickly began a big publicity cam-
paign for the boxer.
"He sponsored him and got rid of
some poor management that
Schmeling had when he first came
over [to America] in the 1920s. There
was a real bond that developed. Jacobs
fronted Schmeling money when he
needed it at that time," says Paymer.
"There was this irony that they were
calling Schmeling a Nazi and calling
Jacobs a traitor to his country as a Jew
supposedly supporting a Nazi.
"In that regard, Joe Jacobs and

Jack Blackburn; Peta Wilson (La
Femme Nikita) as Schmeling's wife,
Czechoslovakian actress Anny Ondra;
and Bruce Weitz, as boxing promoter
"Uncle" Mike Jacobs.
"[Mike] Jacobs was, at the time and
for about 20 years, the most powerful
figure in the fight game in New York,"
says Weitz, best known for his role of
Mick Belker on Hill Street Blues.
"He actually controlled all of the box-
ing in New York City and surrounding
areas. So, every big fight had to go
through him. He was Joe Louis' pro-
moter, and a little bit of a scoundrel."
James, now working on several new
projects including a documentary

Left: Til Schweiger as Max
Schmelina
6 and Leonard
Roberts as Joe Louis.
The prizefighters remained
iends until Louis'
death in 1981. Schmeling
celebrated his 96th
birthday in September
and lives near
Hamburg, Germany.

Right: David Paymer as
Max Schmeling's
longtime manager .
and friend Joe Jacobs.

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Known for his work in City Slickers,
Nixon, State and Main and Mr.
Saturday Night, Paymer is glad he had
the opportunity to work with James
and portray such a "colorful charac-
ter."
In Joe and Max, he is part of a dis-
tinguished cast that includes Richard
Roundtree (Shaft), as Louis' trainer

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about baseball great Roberto Clemente
and a PBS miniseries about immi-
grants to America, believes that the
relationship at the heart of Joe and
Max will resonate with viewers.
"Beyond the political and social rele-
vance," he says, "I hope that people
will see the film as a story of two men
who came to love each other in a way
for the rest of their lives." ❑

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Schmeling shared this sense of outrage
that they were both being misrepre-
sented in such a way."

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