Fallen Champ: The Untold Story of Mike Tyson

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

8.0 93 min Movie
Documentary

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.

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Cast

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

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