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The Great White Hype (1996) | User Rating
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Release Date
• USA: May 3, 1996
DVD Release Date
• R1: Jun 1, 2004
MPAA Rating
R
Running Time
1 hour, 31 minutes
Country USA
Studio 20th Century Fox, Atman Entertainment, Fred Berner Films Production
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Other Titles
• The Great White Hype
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Genre: Comedy, Satire, Sports, Society, Scams And Cons, Investigation, Blaxploitation
Tagline: If you can't find the perfect contender....make one.
Plot: The Reverend Fred Sultan, an ebullient, underhanded boxing promoter, is upset that his Black champ, James Roper, is not exactly raking in the dough. Sultan thinks that the solution is to have Roper fight a White boxer -- who will bring in White fans. But there are no Caucasian contenders, leaving him to recruit Irish Terry Conklin, a one-time boxer who defeated Roper when they were amateurs. The stage is set for a lucrative prize fight, but there are two obstacles in Sultan's way: one is Marvin Shabazz, a top Black contender, who is furious at not getting his shot. The other is Mitchell Kane, an investigative reporter who's on to Sultan's scheme, and could very easily expose it.
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Tony Hendra
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Samuel L. Jackson
Pulp Fiction, Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith, Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones |
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Independence Day, Jurassic Park, The Lost World: Jurassic Park |
 | Peter Berg
Collateral, Cop Land, The Last Seduction |
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The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King |
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