The Great White Hype

Starring: Samuel L Jackson, Albert Hall, Rocky Carroll, Damon Wayans, Cheech Marin, Peter Berg, Jamie Foxx, John Rhys-Davies, Jeff Goldblum, Corbin Bernsen

Director: Reginald Hudlin
Release Date: May 3rd, 1996
MPAA Rating: R
Studio: 20th Century Fox

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Synopsis: Meet Reverend Fred Sultan. He's a flamboyant con man, hustler, and consummate promoter who rules over the modern-day Sodom and Gomorrah better known as Las Vegas. His kingdom is the realm of the fistic arts... the sweet science... the carnival of carnage... the ballet of blood. Boxing. But despite his hustling and financial wizardry, Sultan's Vegas fiefdom is fading. Boxing attendance is dwindling, along with public interest. The problem, according to Sultan, is that people are tired of paying money to see 'brothers' beating up 'brothers'. Sultan's solution: find a white contender to face the undefeated heavyweight champ, James "The Grim Reaper" Roper. 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.