Fallen Champ: The Untold Story of Mike Tyson

Name: Fallen Champ: The Untold Story of Mike Tyson
Released: 1993-02-12
Rating: 8

8.0/10 (4)

·1993· 93 min

Director: Barbara Kopple

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

Mike Tyson

Self (archive footage)

Cus D'Amato

Self (archive footage)

Don King

Self (archive footage)

Robin Givens

Self (archive footage)

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Curtis Ratliff

Self - Friend

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Tracy Trey Travis

Self - Friend

Louis Farrakhan

Self (archive footage)

Joyce Carol Oates

Self

Evander Holyfield

Self (archive footage)

Larry Holmes

Self (archive footage)

James Douglas

Self (archive footage)

Michael Spinks

Self (archive footage)

In brief

Fallen Champ: The Untold Story of Mike Tyson (1993) is a documentary film. With an average rating of 8.0/10 from 4 votes, it's one of the higher-rated titles. The film runs 1h 33min. Check current streaming availability in the "Where to watch" section above.

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Fallen Champ: The Untold Story of Mike Tyson runs 93 minutes (1h 33min).

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