Fallen Champ: The Untold Story of Mike Tyson
Movie - 93mins
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:
Michael
Marley
Ruth
Givens
Tony
Tubbs
Trevor
Berbick
Jerry
Izenberg
Mike
Tyson
Cus
D'Amato
Don
King
Robin
Givens
Curtis
Ratliff
Tracy
Trey
Louis
Farrakhan
Joyce
Carol
Evander
Holyfield
Larry
Holmes
James
Douglas
Michael
Spinks
Michael
Marley
Ruth
Givens
Tony
Tubbs
Trevor
Berbick
Jerry
Izenberg
Mike
Tyson
Cus
D'Amato
Don
King
Robin
Givens
Curtis
Ratliff