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The Great White Hype,
The Great White Hype showtimes at an AMC movie theater near you. Get movie times, watch trailers and buy tickets. ... 2017. The Great Debaters. 2 hr 7 min. PG13 2007.
Submitted by Tornado Dragon. After being told by Sol (Jon Lovitz) that Sultan (Samuel L. Jackson) is despised by everyone in his organization and is ripe for a fall, and upon realizing that Conklin (Peter Berg) might actually have what it takes to defeat Roper (Damon Wayans), Kane (Jeff Goldblum) convinces Conklin to sign with him instead of ...
The sleazy, “fixed” world of professional boxing is the target of this on-the-mark satire about a powerful black boxing promoter who’s searching for the ultimate drawing card (and box office payout) — a championship fight with a white contender.
The Great White Hype COMEDY Boxing promoter the Rev. Fred Sultan (Samuel L. Jackson) decides the best way to revive public interest in his top client's matches is to create a white challenger to his black champion, James "The Grim Reaper" Roper (Damon Wayans).
Reginald Hudlin. Director. Ron Shelton. Writer. Tony Hendra. Writer. When the champ's promoter, Rev. Sultan, decides something new is needed to boost the marketability of the boxing matches, he searches and finds the only man to ever beat the champ. The problem is that he isn't a boxer anymore and he's white.
The boxing champ's promoter thinks, change is needed. He finds the one man who's beaten his black champ (at 17), a white man now in a rock band. Like Rocky, he trains heavily whereas the champ slacks. When the champ's promoter, Reverend Sultan, decides something new is needed to boost the marketability of the boxing matches, he searches and ...
