Cast of the great white hype

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It stars Samuel L. The film satirizes racial preferences in boxing, and was inspired by Larry Holmes 's fight with Gerry Cooney who was known as "The Great White Hope" and Mike Tyson 's return fight vs. Peter McNeeley. Fred Sultan Samuel L. Jackson a " Don King -clone. The film was distributed by 20th Century Fox and was released on May 3, James "The Grim Reaper" Roper Damon Wayans , the undefeated heavyweight boxing champ of the world, defeats his latest challenger with ease and visits an after-party thrown by Rev.

Cast of the great white hype

The boxing champ's promoter thinks, change is needed. He finds the one man who's beaten his black champ at 17 , a white man now in a rock band. Like Rocky, he trains heavily whereas the cha Read all The boxing champ's promoter thinks, change is needed. Like Rocky, he trains heavily whereas the champ slacks. Fred Sultan : if there isn't a white heavyweight out there for you, I'm going to create you one. James Roper : [Confused] "white heavyweight? Sign In Sign In. New Customer? Create account. The Great White Hype R 1h 31m. Play trailer Comedy Sport.

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Cast of the great white hype

Sign In. Edit The Great White Hype Fred Sultan Jeff Goldblum Mitchell Kane Peter Berg Terry Conklin Corbin Bernsen Peter Prince Jon Lovitz Sol Cheech Marin

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Christy House Pretty Young Woman 3. Though Conklin was never believed to stand a chance in the fight, Kane recognizes that he may actually win, and has Conklin sign with him rather than Sultan. Brian Setzer. White Middle American. James Roper : [Confused] "white heavyweight? James H. Corbin Bernsen. After telling the attendees that the fight was a financial flop, Sultan concludes that boxing events have become far less profitable because audience members are tired of watching only black boxers fight each other. How long is The Great White Hype? Stu Nahan. Download as PDF Printable version.

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Berry Berg. Director 1 Credit. Samuel L. Theatrical release poster. Brad Blaisdell. Camp Lo 's single "Coolie High" became a minor hit, peaking at 25 on Rap charts. Chi McBride Rowdy Spectator uncredited. Toggle limited content width. Boxing pundits and officials easily see the scam unfolding and label the fight a disgrace. A soundtrack containing rap music was released on April 30, by Epic Records. Gary Wayton. Michael Satterfield Fight Attendee uncredited. Shabazz, refusing to wait any longer, attacks Roper inside the ring and gets into a fistfight with him, while Sultan screams to not give away something they can sell. Marvin Shabazz. Christal L.