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Don King: Only in America (1997)
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Reviews Counted:4
Fresh:2
Rotten:2
Average Rating:4.0/10
Runtime: 1 hr 52 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Legendarily flamboyant heavyweight boxing promoter and nonpareil all-purpose huckster King gets the biodrama treatment in this ambitious HBO promotion, for which star Rhames snagged a Golden... Legendarily flamboyant heavyweight boxing promoter and nonpareil all-purpose huckster King gets the biodrama treatment in this ambitious HBO promotion, for which star Rhames snagged a Golden Globe--which he then passed on to fellow nominee Jack Lemmon. Based on the biography "Only in America: The Life and Crimes of Don King" by Jack Newfield. [More]
Starring: Ving Rhames, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Jeremy Piven, Loretta Devine
Starring: Ving Rhames, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Jeremy Piven, Loretta Devine, Darius McCrary, Lou Rawls, Keith David, Bernie Mac, Ron Leibman
Director: John Herzfeld
Director: John Herzfeld
Screenwriter: Kario Salem
Producer: David Blocker
Story: Jack Newfield
Composer: Anthony Marinelli
Reviews for Don King: Only in America
[Ving] Rhames, using a high-pitched salesman's voice much different from his own rumble, relishes all of King's malapropisms, like "besmirchify" and "impertinocity."
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