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The Great White Hope is a 1970 American biographical romantic drama film written and adapted from the 1967 Howard Sackler play of the same name. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] The film was directed by Martin Ritt , starring James Earl Jones , Jane Alexander , Chester Morris , Hal Holbrook , Beah Richards and Moses Gunn .
The Great White Hope is a 1967 play written by Howard Sackler, later adapted in 1970 for a film of the same name. [1] [2]The play was first produced by Arena Stage in Washington, D.C., and debuted on Broadway at the Alvin Theatre in October 1968, directed by Edwin Sherin with James Earl Jones and Jane Alexander in the lead roles.
Great White Hope may refer to: People. James J. Jeffries (1875–1953), American boxer; Jess Willard (1881–1968), American boxer; William Warren Barbour (1888 ...
“Moonlight” writer-director Barry Jenkins and his partners in Pastel have set up shop with HBO and HBO Max under a first-look deal that calls for A24 to executive produce all projects with the ...
Howard Oliver Sackler (December 19, 1929 – October 12, 1982) was an American screenwriter and playwright who is best known for having written The Great White Hope (play: 1967; film: 1970). The Great White Hope enjoyed both a successful run on Broadway and, as a film adaptation, in movie theaters.
Noun 1. great white hope - someone (or something) expected to achieve great success in a given field; "this company is the great white hope of the nuclear industry's waste management policy" white hope
Cedric Gibbons and Fredric Hope: The Affairs of Cellini: Richard Day: The Gay Divorcee: Van Nest Polglase and Carroll Clark: 1935; The Dark Angel: Richard Day: The Lives of a Bengal Lancer: Hans Dreier and Roland Anderson: Top Hat: Carroll Clark and Van Nest Polglase: 1936; Dodsworth: Richard Day: Anthony Adverse: Anton Grot: The Great Ziegfeld
The film satirizes racial preferences in boxing, and was inspired by Larry Holmes's 1982 fight with Gerry Cooney (who was known as "The Great White Hope") and Mike Tyson's 1995 return fight vs. Peter McNeeley. [citation needed] Entertainment Weekly called Rev. Fred Sultan (Samuel L. Jackson) a "Don King-clone." [1]