Fallen Champ: The Untold Story of Mike Tyson
Genres
Overview
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.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
93 min
Release Date
1993-02-12
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Vote Count
4
Vote Average
8
Mike Tyson
Self (archive footage)
Cus D'Amato
Self (archive footage)
Don King
Self (archive footage)
Robin Givens
Self (archive footage)
Curtis Ratliff
Self - Friend
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)
Michael Marley
Self
Ruth Givens
Self
Tony Tubbs
Self (archive footage)
Trevor Berbick
Self (archive footage)
Jerry Izenberg
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