Fallen Champ: The Untold Story of Mike Tyson (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.

Directing:
  • Barbara Kopple

Stars:
Release Date: 1993-02-12
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  • Country: US
  • Language: English
  • Runtime: 93
Don King
Don King
Self (archive footage)
Mike Tyson
Mike Tyson
Self (archive footage)
Cus D'Amato
Cus D'Amato
Self (archive footage)
Robin Givens
Robin Givens
Self (archive footage)
Louis Farrakhan
Louis Farrakh...
Self (archive footage)
Joyce Carol Oates
Joyce Carol O...
Self
Evander Holyfield
Evander Holyf...
Self (archive footage)
Lennox Lewis
Lennox Lewis
Larry Holmes
Larry Holmes
Self (archive footage)
Michael Spinks
Michael Spink...
Self (archive footage)
Trevor Berbick
Trevor Berbic...
Self (archive footage)
James Douglas
James Douglas
Self (archive footage)
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