Fallen Champ: The Untold Story of Mike Tyson
1993-02-12 | 93 minutes
Plot Summary
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
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Mike TysonSelf (archive footage)
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Cus D'AmatoSelf (archive footage)
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Don KingSelf (archive footage)
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Robin GivensSelf (archive footage)
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Louis FarrakhanSelf (archive footage)
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Joyce Carol OatesSelf
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Evander HolyfieldSelf (archive footage)
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Larry HolmesSelf (archive footage)
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James DouglasSelf (archive footage)
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Michael SpinksSelf (archive footage)
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Trevor BerbickSelf (archive footage)
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