The Great White Hype Movie (1996)

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The Great White Hype Movie (1996) Trailer - Plot Synopsis: The boxing champ's promoter thinks, change is needed. He finds the one man who's beaten his black champ (at 17), a white man now in a rock band. Like Rocky, he trains heavily whereas the champ slacks.  Director : Reginald Hudlin Writers : Tony Hendra, Ron Shelton Stars: Samuel L. Jackson, Jeff Goldblum, Damon Wayans

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00:00 ♪

00:01 [upbeat music]

00:02 [thud]

00:03 [thud]

00:04 [thud]

00:05 It feels like we're going to have a meltdown.

00:07 [thud]

00:08 [thud]

00:09 [thud]

00:10 This guy hurt you at all?

00:11 Not at all, not at all.

00:12 He hit me one time, and that was just to wake me up

00:14 because I was bored in there.

00:15 Bored?

00:16 The third round, that's right.

00:17 And otherwise, it was just like fighting my little sister.

00:19 ♪

00:20 ♪ I gave the ring to Breen ♪

00:21 ♪ Whole world from the brain ♪

00:23 ♪ Full of socks, full of money ♪

00:24 The world of boxing is not what it used to be.

00:27 Look at you now.

00:28 Who the champ now?

00:29 He's got a gun, didn't he?

00:30 I tell you, you're going to get your shot.

00:32 You ain't my daddy, are you?

00:34 But all that is about to change.

00:36 People are tired of paying good money

00:39 to watch brothers beat up brothers.

00:41 There ain't a white guy out there for you.

00:43 I'm going to create you one.

00:44 White, heavyweight, it's like saying black unity.

00:47 [gunshot]

00:48 I want you to return to the ring.

00:50 I don't fight anymore.

00:51 I guarantee you $10 million.

00:55 [bell dings]

00:56 Now, it's the fight of the century.

00:58 This man knocked out James Roper.

01:01 Number 17, man.

01:02 I kill Hallyduty now.

01:03 And everyone's asking the same question.

01:06 Is it hope?

01:07 Two bucks on the clean-cut white boy.

01:09 Or is it hype?

01:11 You got to stop eating this stuff.

01:12 You'll be in some kind of shape.

01:14 Oh, I'm in shape.

01:15 [bell dings]

01:17 I'm round.

01:18 Ladies and gentlemen, Samuel L. Jackson.

01:22 I got a lot of pictures.

01:23 Those pictures will ruin you.

01:25 Ruin me?

01:27 My reputation?

01:28 [laughs]

01:31 Jamie Foxx.

01:32 My father had told me that when the green grass starts growing,

01:36 you know, on the other side, then somebody got to cut them off.

01:39 Jeff Goldblum.

01:40 My father said, laugh, and the whole world laughs with you.

01:43 Cry, and I'll give you something to cry about, you little bastard.

01:46 Peter Byrd.

01:47 I'm going to donate all of my monies

01:49 to eradicating the homelessness situations in America

01:52 and as well as the United States forever.

01:55 Cheech Marin.

01:57 Looks like two moons over Miami.

01:59 John Lovitz.

02:00 Shut up.

02:01 All right.

02:02 And Damon Wayans.

02:04 The heavyweight champion of the world.

02:07 [cheers]

02:08 Y'all can kiss my big, black, bloated, Rolls Royce driver.

02:11 [bell dings]

02:12 Damn.

02:13 Damn.

02:14 [music]

02:15 You're doing great, Dwight.

02:17 Hey.

02:18 I'm the number one contender, and I'm tired of you fucking me.

02:21 We got guns on you, and what you got, huh?

02:23 You got a whole bunch of guns with lasers.

02:27 Woo.

02:28 But I mean, you know, does violence really solve anything?

02:31 Directed by Reginald Hudler.

02:33 That's an old huddle.

02:35 (whooshing)

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