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  1. May 3, 1996 · The Great White Hype AZ Movies. 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 Toggle navigation

  2. Submitted by Tornado Dragon. 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 ...

  3. Sultan finds his Great White Hope in a seedy bar in Cleveland, Ohio. The would-be contender, Terry Conklin, is a long-haired front man for a rock band all-too-appropriately named Massive Head Wound. But Terry's got one thing going for him, besides the color of his skin: he actually bested Roper in an amateur bout many years earlier.

  4. Apr 18, 2020 · Boxing Movie Review: ‘The Great White Hype’ has its moments, but doesn’t fully deliver on its potential. The 1996 satire takes aim at a failing boxing business and the schemes its money men ...

  5. The Great White Hype is a 1996 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-Whitfield and Jamie Foxx. The title is a play on the title of the 1970 film The Great White Hope, but it is not based on an actual boxing contest.

  6. The Great White Hype came out in 1996. Boxing promoter the Rev. Fred Sultan (Samuel L. Jackson) decides the best way to revive public interest in his top cl...

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  7. Top of This Movie Page 'Hype:' A Swing and a Miss By Rita Kempley Washington Post Staff Writer May 03, 1996 A spleen-venting parody of prizefighting, "The Great White Hype" comes out swinging at ...

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