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Fallen Champ: The Untold Story of Mike Tyson

80% | Feb 12, 1993 | Documentary

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.

Featured Crew

Barbara Kopple
Director
Bill Davis
Editor

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Mike Tyson
Self (archive footage)
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Cus D'Amato
Self (archive footage)
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Don King
Self (archive footage)
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Robin Givens
Self (archive footage)
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Curtis Ratliff
Self - Friend

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