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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...
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- Reginald Hudlin
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- Samuel L. Jackson
Top Critics. All Audience. Verified Audience. Justin Brown Medium Popcorn. Not the worst but very far from being a serviceable film. I doubt there was really a script for this based on the...
Feb 1, 1996 · Reviews. The Great White Hype Review. Sultan (Jackson) is a boxing promoter who's sick of his champ knocking everyone out, so sets up a rumble in the Las Vegas (jungle) with a fresh...
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English. Box office. $8 million. The Great White Hype is a 1996 American sports comedy film directed by Reginald Hudlin. It stars Samuel L. Jackson, Peter Berg, Damon Wayans, Jeff Goldblum, Jon Lovitz, Cheech Marin, John Rhys-Davies, Salli Richardson and Jamie Foxx . The film satirizes racial preferences in boxing, and was inspired by Larry ...
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 Sultan, believing that a ...
1 hr 30 mins. Comedy. R. Watchlist. Where to Watch. A flamboyant boxing promoter invents a scheme to find a suitable opponent for his reigning champion in this satirical exposé of the promotion...
A movie review by James Berardinelli. Not since Robert Altman's The Player has a film been this relentless in its satirical attack. The Great White Hype takes the boxing industry and rips it open, displaying the rotting, putrid innards for all to see.
