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  1. 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 ...

  2. Rent The Great White Hype on Fandango at Home, Prime Video, or buy it on Fandango at Home, Prime Video. Boxing promoter the Rev. Fred Sultan (Samuel L. Jackson) decides the best way to revive ...

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  4. May 3, 1996 · “The Great White Hype” is like a runner who leads for the first part of the race and then runs out of gas. It starts out well, as a wicked satire on professional boxing, and then loses its energy, tires of juggling its characters and ends so abruptly at 91 minutes that it feels like the last reel is missing. The premise and the performances deserve better. The film stars Samuel L. Jackson ...

  5. May 1, 2024 · ›. Top Movies. ›. The Great White Hype. ›. cast. Cast of The Great White Hype. Movie ( 1996) • 49 total actors • 91 minutes. The most popular cast member today is Samuel L. Jackson, Rev. Fred Sultan. Actor online popularity data updated today, May 29, 2024. Stats. Cast. Merch. Watch. Similar. The Great White Hype Cast.

  6. Feb 25, 2021 · The two stars of the play and movie reminisce about their experience adapting the life story of boxer Jack Johnson. James Earl Jones (right) played Jack Johnson, while Jane Alexander (left ...

  7. Edit page. The Great White Hype: Directed by Reginald Hudlin. With Samuel L. Jackson, Jeff Goldblum, Peter Berg, Corbin Bernsen. 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.

  8. 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.

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