Fallen Champ: The Untold Story of Mike Tyson (1993)

Fallen Champ: The Untold Story of Mike Tyson (1993)

1993-02-12 United States of America 93 Min. PG-13
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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.

Cast

Mike Tyson is Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
Cus D'Amato is Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
Don King is Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
Robin Givens is Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
Curtis Ratliff is Self - Friend
Self - Friend
Tracy Trey Travis is Self - Friend
Self - Friend
Louis Farrakhan is Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
Joyce Carol Oates is Self
Self
Evander Holyfield is Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
Larry Holmes is Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
James Douglas is Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
Michael Spinks is Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)

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