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Oct 16, 1970 · The Great White Hope: Directed by Martin Ritt. With James Earl Jones, Jane Alexander, Lou Gilbert, Joel Fluellen. A Black champion boxer and his white female companion struggle to survive while the white boxing establishment looks for ways to knock him down.
- (2.8K)
- Drama, Romance, Sport
- Martin Ritt
- 1970-10-16
James Earl Jones has fairly extreme lingo and mannerisms in this movie. I can't really judge if these are historically accurate. His antics seem somewhat rel...
- 24 min
- Tobin Fitzthum
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May 6, 2021 · The Great White Hope is a 1967 play written by Howard Sackler, later adapted in 1970 for a film of the same name. The play was first produced by Arena Stage in Washington, D.C. and debuted...
- 134 min
- 7.5K
- Reelblack One
James Earl Jones and Jane Alexander perform a scene from THE GREAT WHITE HOPE at the 1969 Tony Awards.
- 7 min
- 876
- Matt Hagmeier Curtis
Howard Sackler's play The Great White Hope centered around Jack Jefferson, a fictionalized version of Jack Johnson, the first black world's heavyweight boxing champion. Johnson was a proud, articulate man who refused to be less than he was to please white people.
- Martin Ritt, José López Rodero, Tim Zinnemann
- James Earl Jones
The Great White Hope is a 1970 American biographical romantic drama film written and adapted from the 1967 Howard Sackler play of the same name. The film was directed by Martin Ritt, starring James Earl Jones, Jane Alexander, Chester Morris, Hal Holbrook, Beah Richards and Moses Gunn.
The Great White Hope. This safe, well-meaning drama stars an electric James Earl Jones as Jack Jefferson in a fictionalized account of boxer Jack Johnson’s life - the first Black heavyweight champion of the world. Jones received a Best Actor Academy Award nomination for his performance.
