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The Great White Hype | Year: 1996 Classification: Drama Directed: - Reginald Hudlin Actors/Actresses: - Jeff Goldblum - Samuel L Jackson - Samuel L. Jackson - Damon Wayans A Good Nights Laugh This is one of the funniest movies i have ever seen. All of its main actors (Samuel Jackson, John Lovitz, Peter Berg, Damon Wayans, Jamie Fox, and Jeff Goldblum) are great! If you are a boxing fan this movie will be much more interesting, but if you're not a boxing fan don't fret you will still get a good laugh. Samuel plays a more extreme version of Don King and other events in the movie make you wonder if the boxing world really is this like this in some ways. My favorite scene-the mispronunciation of Chevy Brougham! A classic sports comedy I can't understand Leonard Maltin's lack of enthusiasm for this movie, which features what may be the best work yet from Samuel Jackson and Jeff Goldblum. The writers, obviously inspired by the Tyson-McNeeley fight, offer us the anti-Rocky, the story of a nobody pitted against the world boxing champion, and the crafty promoter who tries to con the public into believing the outcome is in doubt and buying tickets to see them fight. This film did badly at the box office and caught me a little off guard the first time I saw it because it is so completely cynical, every character is a fraud. But once you realize there are no heroes in this story and accept that it is hilarious. Every time I see it the film gets funnier. The writers might want to do a sequel about women boxers. As women's boxing websites and newspaper coverage make clear, in women's boxing horrible mismatches in which an unprepared gal is fed to an experienced pro in the ring just to fill a fight card are commonplace and a continuing scandal. Finally... Okay the DVD itself isn't so great with only minimal features but why I give this 4 stars is because I waited FOREVER for this thing to finally be released. It is one of my all-time favorite comedies and I laugh so much everytime I see it. It is about time that this was finally released and I say it rules! Buy The Great White Hype at Amazon.com Buy posters at Allposters.com Jamster - the latest ringtones for your phone!  Search with Walhello on the Internet on The Great White Hype Search with the Priority Search Engine on The Great White Hype This page in other languages: Suomeksi | Nederlands | Deutsch
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