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The Great White Hype

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The Great White Hype (1996)

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Reviews Counted:19

Fresh:8

Rotten:11

Average Rating:5/10

Runtime: 1 hr 35 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: The Reverend Fred Sultan, an ebullient, underhanded boxing promoter, is upset that his Black champ, James Roper, is not exactly raking in the dough. Sultan thinks that the solution is to have Roper... The Reverend Fred Sultan, an ebullient, underhanded boxing promoter, is upset that his Black champ, James Roper, is not exactly raking in the dough. Sultan thinks that the solution is to have Roper fight a White boxer -- who will bring in White fans. But there are no Caucasian contenders, leaving him to recruit Irish Terry Conklin, a one-time boxer who defeated Roper when they were amateurs. The stage is set for a lucrative prize fight, but there are two obstacles in Sultan's way: one is Marvin Shabazz, a top Black contender, who is furious at not getting his shot. The other is Mitchell Kane, an investigative reporter who's on to Sultan's scheme, and could very easily expose it. [More]

Starring: Samuel L. Jackson, Jeff Goldblum, Peter Berg, Jon Lovitz

Starring: Samuel L. Jackson, Jeff Goldblum, Peter Berg, Jon Lovitz, Damon Wayans, Cheech Marin, Corbin Bernsen

Director: Reginald Hudlin

Director: Reginald Hudlin
Story: Tony Hendra
Screenwriter: Ron Shelton, Tony Hendra
Composer: Marcus Miller
Producer: Fred Berner, Joshua Donen

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Dan Fienberg

The joke is often funny and the actors all look like they're having fun, but it's still a one-joke movie that falls short of its potential

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Clint Morris

A knockout comedy...Peter Berg is a trip!

comment Comment | Mar., 11 2005 03:52 AM

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Michael Dequina

Breezy, biting fun.

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