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

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

Documentary
Release Date: 1993, February 12
Directors: Barbara Kopple
Countries: United States of America
Production: The Sokolow Company, TriStar Television, Cabin Creek Films
Cast: Mike Tyson, Don King, Evander Holyfield, James Douglas, Robin Givens, Larry Holmes, Louis Farrakhan, Michael Spinks, Cus D'Amato, Trevor Berbick, Curtis Ratliff, Tracy Trey Travis

Overview:

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.

Keywords:

boxing