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Fallen Champ: The Untold Story of Mike Tyson

Fallen Champ: The Untold Story of Mike Tyson

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📜 Overview: Fallen Champ: The Untold Story of Mike Tyson is a 1993 film made by acclaimed American documentary filmmaker Barbara Kopple. Though Tyson was in jail serving a sentence for rape, Kopple used existing interviews with the boxer, as well as her own extensive interviews with those closest to Tyson, to explore the man's history. The film traces Tyson's story from his troubled and tumultuous upbringing, through his rapid ascendancy in the ranks of the boxing world and his subsequent struggle with the trappings of fame. Fallen Champ earned Barbara Kopple a Directors Guild of America award as Best Documentary Director of 1993.
🌏 Languages Available: English
📆 Date Released: 1993-02-12
⌚ Running Time: 93 mins
⭐ Vote Average: 8.0

Beloved Cast

Mike Tyson original image
Self (archive footage)
Mike Tyson
Cus D'Amato original image
Self (archive footage)
Cus D'Amato
Don King original image
Self (archive footage)
Don King
Robin Givens original image
Self (archive footage)
Robin Givens
Curtis Ratliff original image
Self - Friend
Curtis Ratliff
Tracy Trey Travis original image
Self - Friend
Tracy Trey Travis
Louis Farrakhan original image
Self (archive footage)
Louis Farrakhan
Joyce Carol Oates original image
Self
Joyce Carol Oates
Evander Holyfield original image
Self (archive footage)
Evander Holyfield
Larry Holmes original image
Self (archive footage)
Larry Holmes
James Douglas original image
Self (archive footage)
James Douglas
Michael Spinks original image
Self (archive footage)
Michael Spinks
Michael Marley original image
Self
Michael Marley
Ruth Givens original image
Self
Ruth Givens
Tony Tubbs original image
Self (archive footage)
Tony Tubbs
Trevor Berbick original image
Self (archive footage)
Trevor Berbick
Jerry Izenberg original image
Jerry Izenberg

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