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The Great White Hype

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The Great White Hype
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R,1hr 30min
Genre:
Comedy
Release:
1996
Director:
Reginald Hudlin
Distributor:
20th Century Fox
Starring:
Samuel L. Jackson, Jeff Goldblum, Peter Berg  ...more
Synopsis: Boxing is more than just a sport -- it's also a business and a con game in this satirical comedy. Rev. Fred Sultan (Samuel L. Jackson) is a shrewd boxing promoter and manager whose meal ticket is heavyweight champion James "The Grim Reaper" Roper (Damon Wayans), a fighter whose skill and confidence significantly outstrips his intelligence. While the top-ranked contender for Roper's title is Marvin Shabazz (Michael Jace), Sultan isn't too keen on the idea of Shabazz fighting Roper -- it seems that ... Full Synopsis
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Derek Armstrong, AMG Review
Hype is the word all right, when a film gathers together a staggering cast of big-name actors then strands them in a half-baked satire that fizzles into an anticlimax by the 90-minute mark. There are blueprints for a good boxing lampoon in The Great White Hype, but director Reginald Hudlin and screenwriters Ron Shelton and Tony Hendra haven't developed their (unsurprising) indictment of this industry ... Full Review
Featured Cast
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Samuel L. Jackson
Rev. Fred Sultan
Jeff Goldblum
Mitchell Kane
Peter Berg
Terry Conklin
Damon Wayans
James 'The Grim Reaper' Roper
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