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The Great White Hype (1996)
Directed by Reginald Hudlin
“If you can't find the perfect contender....make one.”
Comedy · 1h 31m
When the champ's promoter, Rev. Sultan, decides something new is needed to boost the marketability of the boxing matches, he searches and finds the only man to ever beat the champ. The problem is that he isn't a boxer anymore and he's white. However, once Rev. Sultan convinces him to fight, he goes into heavy training while the confident champ takes it easy and falls out of shape.
Cast
Samuel L. Jackson
Rev. Fred Sultan
Jeff Goldblum
Mitchell Kane
Peter Berg
Terry Conklin
Corbin Bernsen
Peter Prince
Jon Lovitz
Sol
Cheech Marin
Julio Escobar
John Rhys-Davies
Johnny Windsor
Salli Richardson-Whitfield
Bambi
Jamie Foxx
Hassan El Ruk'n
Damon Wayans
James "The Grim Reaper" Roper
Rocky Carroll
Artemus St. John Saint
Albert Hall
Roper's Manager
Crew
- Director
- Reginald Hudlin
- Writer
- Ron Shelton, Tony Hendra
- Director of Photography
- Ronald Víctor García
- Original Music Composer
- Marcus Miller
- Editor
- Earl Watson
- Producer
- Fred Berner, Joshua Donen
Details
- Release date
- 1996-05-03
- Runtime
- 1h 31m
- Genres
- Comedy
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Atman Entertainment, Fred Berner Films, 20th Century Fox