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Don King - Una storia tutta americana

Titolo originale: Don King: Only in America
  • Film per la TV
  • 1997
  • R
  • 2h 1min
VALUTAZIONE IMDb
7,0/10
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Ving Rhames in Don King - Una storia tutta americana (1997)
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Aggiungi una trama nella tua linguaA cinematic portrait of the famous fight promoter and boxing manager.A cinematic portrait of the famous fight promoter and boxing manager.A cinematic portrait of the famous fight promoter and boxing manager.

  • Regia
    • John Herzfeld
  • Sceneggiatura
    • Jack Newfield
    • Kario Salem
  • Star
    • Ving Rhames
    • Vondie Curtis-Hall
    • Jeremy Piven
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  • VALUTAZIONE IMDb
    7,0/10
    1403
    LA TUA VALUTAZIONE
    • Regia
      • John Herzfeld
    • Sceneggiatura
      • Jack Newfield
      • Kario Salem
    • Star
      • Ving Rhames
      • Vondie Curtis-Hall
      • Jeremy Piven
    • 22Recensioni degli utenti
    • 10Recensioni della critica
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    • Vincitore di 2 Primetime Emmy
      • 11 vittorie e 22 candidature totali

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    Ving Rhames
    Ving Rhames
    • Don King
    Vondie Curtis-Hall
    Vondie Curtis-Hall
    • Lloyd Price
    Jeremy Piven
    Jeremy Piven
    • Hank Schwartz
    Darius McCrary
    Darius McCrary
    • Muhammad Ali
    Keith David
    Keith David
    • Herbert Muhammad
    Gabriel Casseus
    Gabriel Casseus
    • Jeremiah Shabazz
    Loretta Devine
    Loretta Devine
    • Connie Harper
    Brent Jennings
    Brent Jennings
    • Dick Sadler
    Lahmard J. Tate
    Lahmard J. Tate
    • Carl King
    Danny Johnson
    Danny Johnson
    • Larry Holmes
    Bernie Mac
    Bernie Mac
    • Bundini Brown
    Donzaleigh Abernathy
    Donzaleigh Abernathy
    • Henrietta King
    Lou Rawls
    Lou Rawls
    • Harold Logan
    Teddy Atlas
    • Richie Giachetti
    Jarrod Bunch
    Jarrod Bunch
    • George Foreman
    Ron Leibman
    Ron Leibman
    • Harry Shondor
    Don Elbaum
    • Self
    Sarah Scott Davis
    • Diane Holmes
    • Regia
      • John Herzfeld
    • Sceneggiatura
      • Jack Newfield
      • Kario Salem
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    Doctor_Bombay

    Ving Rhames is the champ, Don King nothing but chump.

    Don King is a self-promoter the likes that few have seen in our lifetime. This film takes a novel approach to telling the King story, blowing KING up into as big a buffoon as possible, and using King himself (actor Ving Rhames) in telling the tale. I give director John Herzfeld credit-it's a novel and appropriate approach to the biography of a man who truly is more caricature than real.

    Rhames gives an inspired and convincing performance as King, breathing much life into a film from a book that was for all practical purposes stillborn.

    Enjoy the movie for Rhames and pay little attention to the details.
    7Caroseli

    Compelling Performance by Ving Rhames

    While there are a number of good points about the film "Don King: Only in America"--the script, the direction, the supporting cast--by far the best reason to watch it is Ving Rhames' stunning performance as Don King. Ironically, although King is an extremely gregarious personality, Rhames' performance wins through its subtlety. Through the slightest gestures and facial expressions, Rhames paints a portrait of a man who is both repellent and compelling. The best touch of genius in the script comes in the scenes when Rhames as King comments upon the actions and events depicted in the regular film, actually "talking back" to the camera, filmmakers and audience. (At one point, he even calls HBO hypocrites.) I have never cared much for boxing, but there is no denying Don King is one of the most influential and colorful personalities of our century, and this film gives us an insight into his life we would did not have previously.
    3ccthemovieman-1

    Not A Pretty Picture Of A Flamboyant Man

    Kudos to Ving Rhames for a job well done as the flamboyant boxing promoter Don King, who is still with us in the boxing game, although he's toned down quite a bit. I'll bet Rhames had a lot of fun playing this role. King, meanwhile, will always be King, and you ring fans know what I mean by that. Still, I wonder if he doesn't cringe watching this biography of him.

    As interesting a career as Mr. King has, that doesn't mean I enjoyed watching this movie. It's extremely racist, at least in the first half which turned me off so much I don't recall if even finished the film. All white people were portrayed as bad people. How is that permitted, when the opposite is not. Just the typical double standard employed by most filmmakers.

    However, to be fair, King was a bad, bad dude in his early days and the film is portraying that. He's a much different person today. It's just that it's not fun to watch, nor is the profanity in here fun to hear. I don't mind "language" since I'm no choir boy, but this is ridiculous in here. Don't let the "made-for-TV" label fool you. It was made for HBO, and anything goes on that network.
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    great screenplay, dialogues

    the quality of this movie surprised me. The editing, dialogues, and screenplay flow is superb. Tough for an actor to act to be Don King, an actor himself. Learned new english words too: "tried to DISMERCIFY me". I would reccomend that the viewer see first "When We Where Kings", the documentary of the Ali-Foreman fight in Zaire, because a good 20 minutes of this movie re-enacts many scenes straight from the documentary. There are imaginative scenes and dialogues: how the character impersonating Don King talks to the camera [audience] saying how HBO is making a movie on him; stunning beginning in which a scene from the past is bridged to the present zooming in on the footsteps on a stairway, then zooming out to see the entire figure walking of a much older person.
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    PRESENTS AN EXTREMELY UNFLATTERING PORTRAIT OF Mr. KING!

    BEFORE DIVING INTO THIS BIOPIC...... ..... FIRST...Let us FOCUS on the Title's Content and Context:

    "Now if you all didn't have Don King...You'd have to invent him!", proclaims a larger-than-life Don King at the end of this Biopic. Moments later we see the standard, "Some scenes or events have been changed or altered for dramatic effect" biopic disclaimer clause. Makes you wonder just how much is really 'TRUE' and how much is Production invention! (Possible HBO payback for Pay-per-View deals that haven't gone so well?) Do the words "Conflict of Interest" mean anything to anybody?

    HBO movies are invariably a 7* to 10* experience for me...Especially biotics.(OOPS! Decided to let this typo stand...Has a rather ironic/sardonic ring to it, wouldn't you say?) ONLY IN AMERICA was not up to HBO's usual standard of excellence. Since 5.5* is not an option, 6* is what you see above. What kept America somewhere in the barely OK zone, as opposed to not at all, were the numerable pop-cultural nostalgic moments, events and personalities, in addition to the behind-the-scenes story itself.

    For AMERICA to have really soared, it required a top-notch performance from Ving Rhames. Although there were some scenes where he does really shine, unfortunately, a lot of his acting seems more like something of a caricature, a crude parody of the real thing! That Rhames won a Golden-Globe for his portrayal of King simply baffles me! Sorry, his performance just doesn't seem that great to me! Putting it mildly, HBO presents an extremely unflattering portrait of Mr. King: A back-stabbing, foul-mouthed, self-aggrandizing, utterly ruthless, oft-times buffoonish and chronically malapropistic speaker. (Although he did show improvement on this score as the years passed) But, pop-culturally speaking, you can't deny there's a lot going on in America! Apparently, most people seem to like this film a lot more than I did...So, try it if you will!

    ....ENJOY / DISFRUTELA!

    Any comments, questions or observations, in ENGLISH... o en ESPAÑOL, are most welcome!

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      When accepting the Golden Globe for "Best Actor In A Miniseries or Made For TV Movie" a tearful Ving Rhames called fellow nominee Jack Lemmon onstage and praised him for being such an inspiration. He then shocked the audience, as well as Lemmon, by giving him the award.
    • Citazioni

      [in a restroom]

      George Foreman: Aren't you gonna wash your hands?

      Don King: I wash my hands *before* I touch my dick.

    • Curiosità sui crediti
      The credits end with Don King proclaiming "It's me, baby!".
    • Connessioni
      Featured in The 55th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1998)
    • Colonne sonore
      Stagger Lee
      Written by Harold Logan and Lloyd Price

      Performed by Vondie Curtis-Hall

      Produced by Anthony Marinelli

      Arranged by Anthony Marinelli

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    • Data di uscita
      • 15 novembre 1997 (Stati Uniti)
    • Paese di origine
      • Stati Uniti
    • Lingua
      • Inglese
    • Celebre anche come
      • Don King: Only in America
    • Luoghi delle riprese
      • Lincoln Heights Jail - 401 N. Avenue 19, Lincoln Heights, Los Angeles, California, Stati Uniti(When Don King walks out of Ohio State Prison)
    • Aziende produttrici
      • HBO Films
      • LaFray Inc.
      • Thomas Carter Company
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    • Mix di suoni
      • Dolby
    • Proporzioni
      • 1.33 : 1

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