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

★ 8.0 1993-02-12 1h 33m

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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.

Director: Barbara Kopple Starring: Mike Tyson, Cus D'Amato, Don King, Robin Givens

Fallen Champ: The Untold Story of Mike Tyson Cast

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

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