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Don King: Only in America

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Don King: Only in America (1997)

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Runtime: 1 hr 52 mins
Synopsis:
Legendarily flamboyant heavyweight boxing promoter and nonpareil all-purpose huckster King gets the biodrama treatment in this ambitious HBO promotion, for which star Rhames snagged a Golden Globe--which he then passed on to fellow nominee Jack Lemmon. Based on the biography "Only in... [More]
Legendarily flamboyant heavyweight boxing promoter and nonpareil all-purpose huckster King gets the biodrama treatment in this ambitious HBO promotion, for which star Rhames snagged a Golden Globe--which he then passed on to fellow nominee Jack Lemmon. Based on the biography "Only in America: The Life and Crimes of Don King" by Jack Newfield. [Less]

Genre: Dramas

Starring: Ving Rhames, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Jeremy Piven, Loretta Devine, Darius McCrary

Director: John Herzfeld
Screenwriter: Kario Salem
Producer: David Blocker
Story: Jack Newfield
Composer: Anthony Marinelli

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Release:

Jul 9, 2002

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • Snap Case
  • Full Frame - 1.33
  • Single Side - Dual Layer

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[Ving] Rhames, using a high-pitched salesman's voice much different from his own rumble, relishes all of King's malapropisms, like "besmirchify" and "impertinocity."

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Something thematically classic comes through for me here, considering that I really don't care about the real Don King.

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