Cast of the great white hype

The boxing champ's promoter thinks, change is needed.

Sign In. Samuel L. Jackson Rev. Fred Sultan. Jeff Goldblum Mitchell Kane. Peter Berg Terry Conklin. Corbin Bernsen Peter Prince.

Cast of the great white hype

It stars Samuel L. The film satirizes racial preferences in boxing, and was inspired by Larry Holmes 's fight with Gerry Cooney who was known as "The Great White Hope" and Mike Tyson 's return fight vs. Peter McNeeley. Fred Sultan Samuel L. Jackson a " Don King -clone. The film was distributed by 20th Century Fox and was released on May 3, James "The Grim Reaper" Roper Damon Wayans , the undefeated heavyweight boxing champ of the world, defeats his latest challenger with ease and visits an after-party thrown by Rev. Jackson , a conniving and manipulative businessman who also acts as Roper's fight promoter. After telling the attendees that the fight was a financial flop, Sultan concludes that boxing events have become far less profitable because audience members are tired of watching only black boxers fight each other. Sultan predicts that a white contender, even one without a viable chance of winning, would create a huge payday like the Larry Holmes vs.

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Sign In. Edit The Great White Hype Fred Sultan Jeff Goldblum Mitchell Kane Peter Berg Terry Conklin Corbin Bernsen Peter Prince Jon Lovitz Sol Cheech Marin

Cast of the great white hype

Samuel L. Jackson Rev. Fred Sultan. Jeff Goldblum Mitchell Kane. Peter Berg Terry Conklin. Corbin Bernsen Peter Prince. Cheech Marin Julio Escobar.

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The racial angle works, and money starts to pour in. Fred Berner Joshua Donen. Special Effects 2 Credits. Press Member No. This movie should have been a made for TV flick instead of releasing it in the theaters, because families could sit in the living room after dinner and get a good nights laugh. Samuel L. Tony Hendra Ron Shelton. Art Evans. Old Lady. User reviews 33 Review. Goofs When Roper is watching the soap opera, and throws the ring away to watch his entourage chase it, it clearly falls out of the box as it skips on the floor.

The boxing champ's promoter thinks, change is needed. He finds the one man who's beaten his black champ at 17 , a white man now in a rock band.

Fred Sultan. Fred Sultan : if there isn't a white heavyweight out there for you, I'm going to create you one. Roger Ebert gave the film 2 out of 4 and wrote: "It starts out well, as a wicked satire on professional boxing, and then loses its energy, tires of juggling its characters and ends so abruptly at 91 minutes that it feels like the last reel is missing. New Customer? This movie didn't get much recognition but if anyone who seen this movie can't deny that it wasn't funny,and each actor had a humorous part. Jackson to Jamie Foxx all participated in the in and outskirts of boxing. Studio 1 Credit. John Saint. Taylor Humphries Sparring Partner uncredited. What to Watch. Did you know Edit. Production Company 3 Credits. Kevin Grevioux Security Guard uncredited. Top cast Edit. Phil Buckman Lee the Drummer.