The Great White Hype (1996)

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R | 1 hr 49 mins | Comedy, Sports | Released: 5/3/1996 |Box Office Total: $7.8M

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Meet Reverend Fred Sultan. He's a flamboyant con man, hustler, and consummate promoter who rules over the modern-day Sodom and Gomorrah better known as Las Vegas. His kingdom is the realm of the fistic arts... the sweet science... the carnival of carnage... the ballet of blood. Boxing. But despite his hustling and financial wizardry, Sultan's Vegas fiefdom is fading. Boxing attendance is dwindling, along with public interest. The problem, according to Sultan, is that people are tired of paying money to see 'brothers' beating up 'brothers'. Sultan's solution: find a white contender to face the undefeated heavyweight champ, James "The Grim Reaper" Roper. Sultan finds his Great White Hope in a seedy bar in Cleveland, Ohio. The would-be contender, Terry Conklin, is a long-haired front man for a rock band all-too-appropriately named Massive Head Wound. But Terry's got one thing going for him, besides the color of his skin: he actually bested Roper in an amateur bout many years earlier.

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Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
5/3/1996

Studio	Credit
Fox Films, Ltd.	Studio
Director	Credit
Reginald Hudlin	Director
Cast	Credit
Samuel L. Jackson	Reverend Fred Sultan
Jeff Goldblum	Mitchell Kane
Peter Berg	Terry Conklin
Jon Lovitz	Sol
Damon Wayans	James 'The Grim Reaper' Roper
Corbin Bernsen	Peter Prince
Cheech Marin	Julio Escobar
John Rhys Davies	Johnny Windsor
Salli Richardson-Whitfield	Bambi
Jamie Foxx	Hassan El Ruk'n
Rocky Carroll	Artemus St John Saint
Albert Hall	Roper's Manager
Susan Gibney	Vivian
Michael Jace	Marvin Shabazz
Duane Davis	Palace Guard No 1
Sam Whipple	Artie
Lydell M Cheshier	Palace Guard No 3
Stu Nahan	Fight Announcer No 1
Ferdie Pacheco	Fight Announcer No 2
Al Rodrigo	Press Member No 1
Phil Buckman	Lee the Drummer
Renee Ammann	Angel
Bert Randolph Sugar	Himself
Walter Addison	Michael Katz
Jonathan P Hicks	Sports Writer
Craig Modderno	Sports Writer
Tim Kawakami	Himself
Michael Eugene Fairman	Chairman Jerry Schwartz
Brad Blaisdell	Press Corps No 1
James Hardie	Press Corps No 2
Nedra Volz	Old Lady
Rick Scarry	White Middle American
Elizabeth LaRou	Pretty Young No 1
Alyson Croft	Pretty Young No 2
Christal L House	Pretty Young No 3
Richard Steele	Referee
Anthony Johnson ('AJ')	Sultan's Valet
Brian Setzer	Himself
Method Man	Himself
Irv L Dotten	Roper's Crony No 1
Deezer D	Roper's Crony No 2
Reno Wilson	Roper's Crony No 3
Art Evans	Minister
Randy Harris ('Roughhouse')	Palace Guard #4
John Slagle	Kane's Cameraman
Leon Frederick	Roper Cornerman No 1
James H Hays	Roper Cornerman No 2
Production Credits	Credit
Barry Berg	Co-Producer
Fred Berner	Producer
Neil Leifer	Co-Producer
Josh Donen	Producer
Production Companies	Credit
Atman Entertainment	Production Company
Fred Berner Films	Production Company
Distribution Companies	Credit
Fox Films, Ltd.	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
20th Century Fox Home Video	Domestic Video Distributor
FoxGuild	Foreign Video Distributor
Locations
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Los Angeles, California, USA
Writer	Credit
Tony Hendra	Screenplay
Ron Shelton	Screenplay
Accounting	Credit
Lysa Moser	Assistant Accountant
John H Parker	Production Accountant
Susannah Brengel	Post-Production Accountant
Cynthia Aguilar	Assistant Accountant - accounting assistant
Daniel Messler	Assistant Accountant - accounting assistant
Art Department	Credit
Scott T Ritenour	Art Director
Robert Rosen	Art Assistant - art department production assistant
Charles Rosen	Production Designer
David P Newell	Set Dresser - on-set dresser
Mary Olivia McIntosh	Set Decorator
Jack L Forwalter	Lead Person - leadman
Charlie Nicholson	Set Dresser
Gordon Germaine	Set Dresser
Robert Brooke Sartorius	Set Dresser
Gary S Isbell	Set Dresser
Casting	Credit
Barbara Harris	Voice Casting
Eileen Mack Knight	Casting
Monica Swann	Casting Associate
Meredith Behrend	Casting Associate - casting assistant
Melissa O'Shea	Casting Associate - casting assistant
Film Camera	Credit
Sean Doyle	Camera Operator - "A" camera operator
Jim Gavin	Camera - camera loader
Peter Jensen	Steadicam Operator
Linda R Chen	Photography - still photographer
Ron Garcia	Director of Photography
John Slagle	Video - video operator
Dennis McNeill	Color Timer
Jeff Clark	Assistant Camera Operator - "A" 1st assistant camera
John Buckley	Lighting Technician
Michael D Brown	Steadicam Operator - Steadicam assistant
Jay Herron	Assistant Camera Operator - "A" 2nd assistant camera
Michael G Felner	Camera Operator - "B" camera operator
Wendi Van Dyke	Assistant Camera Operator - "B" 1st assistant camera
Alicia Brauns	Assistant Camera Operator - "B" 2nd assistant camera
Music	Credit
Bill Stephney	Music Supervisor
Katherine Quittner	Music Editor
Marvin Morris	Music - assistant music editor
David I Ward II	Music Producer - associate score producer
Marcus Miller	Composer - music composer
Byron Phillips	Music - assistant music supervisor
Wendell Greene	Music - assistant music supervisor
Physical Effects	Credit
Doug Coleman	Stunt Player
Eddie L Watkins	Stunt Coordinator
Lanier Edwards	Stunt Player
Kevin Grevioux	Stunt Player
Ousaun Elam	Stunt Player
Mike Gunther	Stunt Player
Randall Huber	Stunt Player
Gilbert Ivan Johnson	Stunt Player
Joseph Winston Leahy	Stunt Player
Robert Pavell	Stunt Player
Pee Wee Piemonte	Stunt Player
Von Roddy	Stunt Player
Jim Stephan	Stunt Player
Jim Turner	Stunt Player
Lloyd Watts	Stunt Player
Big Daddy Wayne	Stunt Player
Gary Wayton	Stunt Player
Production Management	Credit
Mary M Patton	Script Supervisor
Barry K Thomas	Assistant Director
Marla D Slatzer	DGA Trainee
Elyse Ramsdell	Assistant Production Coordinator
Yoli Poropat	Production Supervisor
Ross C Day	Assistant Location Manager
Steve A. Dayan	Location Manager
Barry Berg	Unit Production Manager
Anne E Hart	Production Coordinator
Daniel Silverberg	Assistant Director
Diana Williams	Assistant Director - 2nd assistant director
Publicity	Credit
Mark Cheatham	Publicity - publicist
Sound	Credit
David Jobe	Foley Mixer
Don Givens	Foley Recordist
Ellen Heuer	Foley Artist
Lora Hirschberg	Rerecording - re-recording mixer
Steven D Williams	Sound Editor
Donald Sylvester	Foley Editor
Walter Anderson	Boom Operator
David Chornow	Sound Mixer
Craig Berkey	Sound Effects Editor
Charleen Richards	ADR Mixer
Susan Shackelford	Sound - digital sound assistant
Jeffrey J Osmer	Assistant Sound Editor
Diane Linn	ADR - ADR recordist
Clifford Latimer	ADR Editor
Gayle Wesley	Sound Supervisor - technical sound supervisor
Chris Moriana	Foley Artist
Dana Porter	ADR - ADR recordist
Michael Semanick	Rerecording - re-recording mixer
David Boulton	ADR Mixer
Ted Caplan	Foley Editor
R J Kizer	ADR Editor
Sean Garnhart	Sound Effects Editor
Susan Demskey-Horiuchi	ADR Editor - assistant ADR editor
Visual Effects	Credit
Paul Power	Visual Effects - illustrator
Rich Thorne	Visual Effects Supervisor
Ronald Nary	Special Effects
Robert Dawson	Titles - title design
Sharon Holly	Effects Coordinator - visual effects coordinator
Janet Kusnick	Visual Effects - illustrator
Michael A Thompson	Special Effects
Rodney Montague	Visual Effects - visual effects producer
Brian Hanable	Visual Effects - compositor
Bob Wiatr	Visual Effects - compositor
Jim Eberle	Visual Effects - compositor
Wardrobe Hair Makeup	Credit
Teresa Binder