Tyson (1995)
- Directed by
- Uli Edel
- Genre
- drama film, biographical film, boxing film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 50m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 6.0 of 10 from 54 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
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How it feels
This film follows the life of boxer Mike Tyson from his tough upbringing in Brooklyn to his rise in the boxing world and his fall after a rape conviction. It shows the influence of key people around him.
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What happens
Tyson is a 1995 American biographical drama television film based on the life of American heavyweight boxer Iron Mike Tyson. Directed by Uli Edel and written by Robert Johnson, it stars Michael Jai White as Tyson alongside George C. Scott as Cus D'Amato and Paul Winfield as Don King. The film is an adaptation of the 1989 biography Fire and Fear: The Inside Story of Iron Mike Tyson by José Torres, a former boxer and former chairman of the New York State Athletic Commission, and 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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