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A 1996 movie The Smashing White Hype stars Samuel L. Jackson, Peter Berg, Damon Wayans, Jeff Goldblum, Jon Lovitz, and Cheech Marin.

Jackson stars when Rpm. Grand turk, promoter of the prizewinning boxer, who decides that he needs something recently to boost a marketability of the boxing matches. He looks for & finds a lone human (played by Berg) to ever beat a title-holder; a condition is that he international relations and security network't the boxer any longer & he's white.

Notwithstanding, another time Rpm. Gr& turk convinces him to fight, he goes into heavily how to training when a caring champion requires it easily and lessens away from shape.

A film was distributed by 20th Century Fox.

Quote
Grand turk: "The highest-grossing fight of all time was Cooney vs Holmes. You know why, Champ?"

Roper: "Yeah. 'Cause Cooney was a white guy."

Grand turk: "And his jab couldn't break wind!"

MrCranky.com - Great White Hype, The
Funny review that states of the film that "a mess is a bit of an understatement. It's one long, drawn-out Don King press conference, expanded into a two hour film.

Screenit.com - Great White Hype, The
A parent's guide to the film which describes inappropriate behavior and dialogue in the movie.

IMDb - Great White Hype, The
Features cast and crew details, quotes, goofs, plot summary, and links to external review sites.