Fallen Champ: The Untold Story of Mike Tyson

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19931h 33m

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.

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Cast

Photo of Mike Tyson

Mike Tyson

Self (archive footage)

Photo of Cus D'Amato

Cus D'Amato

Self (archive footage)

Photo of Don King

Don King

Self (archive footage)

Photo of Robin Givens

Robin Givens

Self (archive footage)

Photo of Louis Farrakhan

Louis Farrakhan

Self (archive footage)

Photo of Evander Holyfield

Evander Holyfield

Self (archive footage)

Photo of Larry Holmes

Larry Holmes

Self (archive footage)

Photo of James Douglas

James Douglas

Self (archive footage)

Photo of Michael Spinks

Michael Spinks

Self (archive footage)

Photo of Trevor Berbick

Trevor Berbick

Self (archive footage)

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