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  1. Nov 12, 1997 · Based on Jack Newfield’s scathing book, “Don King: Only in America” is a larger-than-life piece of filmmaking driven by a dazzlingly over-the-top performance by Ving Rhames (“Pulp Fiction,”...

  2. While there are a number of good points about the film "Don King: Only in America"--the script, the direction, the supporting cast--by far the best reason to watch it is Ving Rhames' stunning performance as Don King. Ironically, although King is an extremely gregarious personality, Rhames' performance wins through its subtlety.

  3. Sep 10, 2012 · Discover the best of the city, first. HBO biopic of the larger than life boxing promoter, from the book by Jack Newfield. Starting in the late '50s, when the young Don first killed a man (in...

  4. Don King: Only in America: Directed by John Herzfeld. With Ving Rhames, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Jeremy Piven, Darius McCrary. A cinematic portrait of the famous fight promoter and boxing manager.

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    • Biography, Drama, Sport
    • John Herzfeld
    • 1997-11-15
  5. Don King: Only in America is a 1997 American television film directed by John Herzfeld and written by Kario Salem (based on the book Only in America: The Life and Crimes of Don King by Jack Newfield).

    Year
    Award
    Category
    Nominee(s)
    1997
    HBO Pictures and The Thomas Carter ...
    1998
    Steven Cohen
    1998
    Richard Lightstone, Jeffrey Perkins, and ...
    1998
    Best Picture Made for Television
    Best Picture Made for Television
    • Biography Drama Sport
  6. Directed by John Herzfeld. As fast-moving as a flurry of overhand punches, DON KING ONLY IN AMERICA provides an insider's look at the business of boxing through the perspective of the...

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  8. Nov 10, 1997 · Don King, the megaphone-voiced boxing impresario who has parlayed a shameless penchant for self-promotion and a lifetime of bad hair days into a warped version of the American dream, absorbs...