Fallen Champ: The Untold Story of Mike Tyson

Fallen Champ: The Untold Story of Mike Tyson

1993 en 93 minutes

Rating: 8

Plot

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)

Michael Marley

Michael Marley

Self

Ruth Givens

Ruth Givens

Self

Tony Tubbs

Tony Tubbs

Self (archive footage)

Trevor Berbick

Trevor Berbick

Self (archive footage)

Jerry Izenberg

Jerry Izenberg

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