Fallen Champ: The Untold Story of Mike Tyson
Fallen Champ: The Untold Story of Mike Tyson1993
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Fallen Champ: The Untold Story of Mike Tyson
1h 33m·Documentary
Directed by Barbara Kopple·1993
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8.0/10 avgAverage user ratingFallen 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.
DirectorBarbara KoppleStudioThe Sokolow Company
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
 Mike TysonSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
 Cus D'AmatoSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
 Don KingSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
 Robin GivensSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
| CCurtis RatliffSelf - Friend | Self - Friend |
| TTracy Trey TravisSelf - Friend | Self - Friend |
 Louis FarrakhanSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
 Joyce Carol OatesSelf | Self |
 Evander HolyfieldSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
 Larry HolmesSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
 James DouglasSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
 Michael SpinksSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
| MMichael MarleySelf | Self |
| RRuth GivensSelf | Self |
| TTony TubbsSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
 Trevor BerbickSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
| JJerry IzenbergNot listed | Not listed |