About Fallen Champ: The Untold Story of Mike Tyson
- Released on February 12, 1993
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.
Full Cast of Fallen Champ: The Untold Story of Mike Tyson
Mike Tyson plays Self (archive footage)
Michael Gerard Tyson (born June 30, 1966) is an American former professional boxer, competing from 1985 to 2005. He r...
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Don King plays Self (archive footage)
Robin Givens plays Self (archive footage)
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See Robin Givens's other roles →Curtis Ratliff plays Self - Friend
Tracy Trey Travis plays Self - Friend
Louis Farrakhan plays Self (archive footage)
Joyce Carol Oates plays Self
Joyce Carol Oates is an American author, poet and playwright. She published her first book in 1963 and has since publ...
See Joyce Carol Oates's other roles →Evander Holyfield plays Self (archive footage)
Larry Holmes plays Self (archive footage)
Larry Holmes is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1973 to 2002. He grew up in Easton, Pennsylva...
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