Poster movie

Fallen Champ: The Untold Story of Mike Tyson

Documentary

Lenguage:93 min

Duration:en

Release date:Feb 12, 1993

Calificacion:8.0

Description:

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
Mike TysonSelf (archive footage)
Cus D'Amato
Cus D'AmatoSelf (archive footage)
Don King
Don KingSelf (archive footage)
Robin Givens
Robin GivensSelf (archive footage)
Curtis Ratliff
Curtis RatliffSelf - Friend
Tracy Trey Travis
Tracy Trey TravisSelf - Friend
Louis Farrakhan
Louis FarrakhanSelf (archive footage)
Evander Holyfield
Evander HolyfieldSelf (archive footage)
Larry Holmes
Larry HolmesSelf (archive footage)
James Douglas
James DouglasSelf (archive footage)

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