The Great White Hype
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Initial release | May 3, 1996 |
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Directors | Reginald Hudlin |
Box office | 8 million USD |
Production company | 20th Century Fox |
Screenplay | Ron Shelton |
Tony Hendra | |
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ID | 947178 |
About The Great White Hype
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). With no white boxers available, he creates one out of dim grunge rocker Terry Conklin (Peter Berg), who once defeated Roper at an amateur match. But while Conklin trains hard, Roper slacks off, endangering Sultan's carefully staged comeback.