Fallen Champ: The Untold Story of Mike Tyson

Synopsis

Fallen Champ: The Untold Story of Mike Tyson is a 1993 film made by acclaimed American documentary filmmaker Barbara Kopple. Though Tyson was in jail serving a sentence for rape, Kopple used existing interviews with the boxer, as well as her own extensive interviews with those closest to Tyson, to explore the man's history. The film traces Tyson's story from his troubled and tumultuous upbringing, through his rapid ascendancy in the ranks of the boxing world and his subsequent struggle with the trappings of fame. Fallen Champ earned Barbara Kopple a Directors Guild of America award as Best Documentary Director of 1993.

Main Cast

Mike Tyson

Self (archive footage)

Age : 57 | Popularity : 17%

Cus D'Amato

Self (archive footage)

Age : 77 | Popularity : 3%

Don King

Self (archive footage)

Age : 92 | Popularity : 3%

Robin Givens

Self (archive footage)

Age : 59 | Popularity : 27%

Curtis Ratliff

Self - Friend

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Tracy Trey Travis

Self - Friend

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Louis Farrakhan

Self (archive footage)

Age : 90 | Popularity : 5%

Joyce Carol Oates

Self

Age : 85 | Popularity : 6%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Barbara Kopple
Production	Producer	Barbara Kopple
	Executive Producer	Diane Sokolow
Editing	Editor	Leon Gast Bill Davis
Sound	Original Music Composer	Michael Bacon Richard G. Mitchell
Department	Role	Name

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