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  • Director: Uli Edel
  • AMG Rating: starstar
  • Genre: Drama
  • Movie Type: Biopic
  • Themes: Boxers
  • Main Cast: Michael Jai White, Paul Winfield
  • Release Year: 1995
  • Country: US
  • Run Time: 104 minutes

Plot

This made-for-television movie tells the story of the tumultuous life of heavyweight boxing champ Mike Tyson. The movie follows the boxer (played by Michael Jai White) from his early New York youth as criminal offender all the way to his years as a national boxing celebrity. With the help of controversial promoter Don King (Paul Winfield), Tyson became the World Heavyweight Champion, only to lose it all and go to jail for a rape conviction. This biopic was based on Jose Torres' book on Tyson, Fire and Fear. ~ Bernadette McCallion, All Movie Guide

Cast

Tony Lo Bianco - Jim Jacobs; Holt McCallany - Teddy Atlas; Paul Winfield - Don King; George C. Scott - Cus D'Amato; Malcolm-Jamal Warner - Rory Holloway; Miguel Perez - Reporter; Kristen Wilson - Robin Givens; Michael Jai White - Mike Tyson

Credit

Robert F. Phillips - Associate Producer, Grania Preston - Costume Designer, Uli Edel - Director, Seth Flaum - Editor, Edgar J. Scherick - Executive Producer, Stewart Copeland - Composer (Music Score), Chester Kaczenski - Production Designer, Jack Conroy - Cinematographer, David Blocker - Producer, Robert Johnson - Screenwriter

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Tyson
Directed by Uli Edel
Produced by David Blocker
Written by José Torres (book)
Robert Johnson (screenplay)
Starring George C. Scott
Paul Winfield
Michael Jai White
Music by Stewart Copeland
Cinematography Jack Conroy
Editing by Seth Flaum
Distributed by HBO
Release date(s) April 29, 1995
Running time 104 min
Country United States United States
Language English

Tyson is a television movie based on the life of American heavyweight boxer Mike Tyson. Directed by Uli Edel, it is an adaptation of the 1987 book Fire and Fear: The Inside Story of Mike Tyson by José Torres, former boxer and former chairman of the New York State Athletic Commission. The film depicts events from Tyson's troubled childhood in Brooklyn through his conviction in 1992 for the rape of beauty pageant contestant Desiree Washington.

The film first aired on HBO on April 29, 1995. It stars George C. Scott as boxing manager/trainer Cus D'Amato, Paul Winfield as boxing promoter Don King, and Michael Jai White as Tyson.


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Awards and nominations

Tyson was nominated for the 1996 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special. However, the award was given to another HBO film, The Tuskegee Airmen.


Video releases

Tyson was released on VHS on January 13, 1998. A DVD release followed years later, on June 16, 2008.


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