The Great White Hype with Samuel L. Jackson: DVD Cover

    The Great White Hype Director: Reggie Hudlin Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Jeff Goldblum, Peter Berg, Damon Wayans

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    • DVD Release Date: 06/01/2004
    • Original Release: 1996
    • Rating: Rated R
    • Sales Rank: 5,129

    Viewer Rating: (1 ratings)

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    Side #1 -- Fullscreen Version
    1. Main Titles
    2. The Carnival's Arena
    3. The Press and a Challenge
    4. On Top of the World and Broke
    5. What My Father Told Me
    6. The Audition
    7. Give Us a Shot
    8. Finding Terry
    9. Hating for the Homeless
    10. Mana a Mano
    11. One-Punch Terry
    12. Ripe for a Fall
    13. Let's Meet Terry
    14. Once a Champ....
    15. "Mr. Roper, Mr. Roper"
    16. The Great White Promoter
    17. Hope or Hype?
    18. A Brother of Brothers
    19. Fight Night!
    20. My Turn/End Titles
    Side #2 -- Widescreen Version
    1. Main Titles
    2. The Carnival's Arena
    3. The Press and a Challenge
    4. On Top of the World and Broke
    5. What My Father Told Me
    6. The Audition
    7. Give Us a Shot
    8. Finding Terry
    9. Hating for the Homeless
    10. Mana a Mano
    11. One-Punch Terry
    12. Ripe for a Fall
    13. Let's Meet Terry
    14. Once a Champ....
    15. "Mr. Roper, Mr. Roper"
    16. The Great White Promoter
    17. Hope or Hype?
    18. A Brother of Brothers
    19. Fight Night!
    20. My Turn/End Titles

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    Boxing is more than just a sport -- it's also a business and a con game in this satirical comedy. Rev. Fred Sultan (Samuel L. Jackson) is a shrewd boxing promoter and manager whose meal ticket is heavyweight champion James "The Grim Reaper" Roper (Damon Wayans), a fighter whose skill and confidence significantly outstrips his intelligence. While the top-ranked contender for Roper's title is Marvin Shabazz (Michael Jace), Sultan isn't too keen on the idea of Shabazz fighting Roper -- it seems that both fighters are black, and Sultan's figures show that mixed race matches stir up a lot more media attention and pay-per-view customers. Eager to find a white challenger for Roper, Sultan digs up Terry Conklin (Peter Berg), who won a Golden Gloves fight against Roper many years ago but is now out of the game and fronting a rock band called Massive Head Wound. Thanks to a few bribes and a couple of fixed fights, Sultan is able to arrange for Conklin to be next in line to battle "The Grim Reaper." However, Conklin is taking his renewed career as a boxer quite seriously, while Roper, convinced that Conklin doesn't stand a chance, has let himself go and gained a lot of weight. Suddenly Sultan realizes that Roper might just lose the piece-of-cake fight he's so carefully arranged, while journalist Mitchell Kane (Jeff Goldblum) smells a rat in Conklin's sudden rise to ranking status. Jon Lovitz, Cheech Marin, and Corbin Bernsen highlight the supporting cast, while members of the well-regarded alternative rock band Local H appear as Massive Head Wound. Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

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    February 24, 2007: Say what you will about Mike Myers or the Farrelly brothers, the best comedy of the 90s was the Great White Hype, with an immensely quotable script fleshed out by a stellar cast including Samuel L. Jackson (clearly enjoying the hell out of himself), Peter Berg, Jeff Goldblum, Damon Wayans, Jamie Foxx, John Rhys-Davies, and a half-dozen other familiar faces. The script is by Ron Shelton, the go-to guy for smart sports comedy, having also written Bull Durham and White Men Can't Jump. This film is less bittersweet than those two films, just a straight-forward comedy whose message that boxing is a corrupt circus is already common knowledge to everyone above the age of five. Have some friends over and enjoy this film.