The electrifying 1973 tennis match between World number one Billie Jean King (Emma Stone) and ex-champ and serial hustler Bobby Riggs (Steve Carell) was billed as the Battle of the Sexes and became the most watched televised sports event of all time.
The match caught the zeitgeist and sparked a global conversation on gender equality, spurring on the feminist movement.
Battle of the Sexes will debut in theaters September 22.