(Fallen Champ: The Untold Story of Mike Tyson)

Content: 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.

Countries:

United States of America

Genres:

Documentary

Runtime:

93 minutes

Year:

1993

Directors:

Barbara Kopple

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Production companies:

The Sokolow Company,

TriStar Television,

Cabin Creek Films

Actors:

Self (archive footage)

Self (archive footage)

Self (archive footage)

Self (archive footage)

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Crews:

Director

Editor

Executive Producer

Editor

Producer