The Great White Hype

The Great White Hype
The Great White Hype
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Reginald Hudlin
Written by	Tony Hendra; Ron Shelton;
Produced by	Fred Berner; Joshua Donen;
Starring	Samuel L. Jackson; Jeff Goldblum; Peter Berg; Jon Lovitz; Corbin Bernsen; Cheech Marin; Jamie Foxx; Damon Wayans;
Cinematography	Ronald Víctor García
Edited by	Earl Watson
Music by	Marcus Miller
Production; companies	Fred Berner Films; Altman Entertainment
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date	May 3, 1996;
Running time	91 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$8 million

The Great White Hype is a 1996 American sports comedy film directed by Reginald Hudlin. It stars Samuel L. Jackson, Peter Berg, Damon Wayans, Jeff Goldblum, Jon Lovitz, Cheech Marin, John Rhys-Davies, Salli Richardson and Jamie Foxx.

The film satirizes racial preferences in boxing, and was inspired by Larry Holmes's 1982 fight with Gerry Cooney (who was known as "The Great White Hope") and Mike Tyson's 1995 return fight vs. Peter McNeeley.^[1] Entertainment Weekly called Rev. Fred Sultan (Samuel L. Jackson) a "Don King-clone."^[2]

The film was distributed by 20th Century Fox and was released on May 3, 1996.

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^ Tucker, Ken. "The Great White Hype". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 15 November 2023.