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The Great White Hype

1996·1h 31m·R
SportComedy
IMDb Rating
★ 5.5/10
9,829 votes

The boxing champ's promoter thinks change is needed. He finds the one man who's beaten his champ, a white man now in a rock band. Like Rocky, he trains heavily whereas the champ slacks.

The Great White Hype is a 1996 sport comedy movie directed by Reginald Hudlin, starring Jeff Goldblum, Samuel L. Jackson, Peter Berg. It holds an IMDb rating of 5.5/10 from 9,829 votes and runs 1h 31m.

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Director
Reginald Hudlin
Stars
Jeff Goldblum
Samuel L. Jackson
Peter Berg
Damon Wayans
Details
1996-05-03
91 min
Movie
R
★ United States
★ English
Keywords
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