The Great White Hope (1970 film)

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film

The Great White Hope (1970 film) is a 1970 drama about a Black boxing champion whose interracial relationship and success provoke intense racism and persecution, adapted from the Pulitzer Prize–winning play of the same name.

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The Great White Hope (1970 film) canonical 1
The Great White Hope (film adaptation) 1
The Great White Hope (screenplay adaptation) 1

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instanceOf film ⓘ
awardNomination Academy Award for Best Actor NERFINISHED ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Actress NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOn The Great White Hope (play) NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOnWorkAuthor Howard Sackler NERFINISHED ⓘ
castMember Beah Richards NERFINISHED ⓘ
Chester Morris NERFINISHED ⓘ
George Matthews NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hal Holbrook NERFINISHED ⓘ
James Earl Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jane Alexander NERFINISHED ⓘ
Marilyn Hassett NERFINISHED ⓘ
Moses Gunn NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ralph Waite NERFINISHED ⓘ
characterBasedOn Jack Johnson NERFINISHED ⓘ
cinematographyBy Burnett Guffey NERFINISHED ⓘ
colorProcess color ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Martin Ritt NERFINISHED ⓘ
distributedBy 20th Century Fox ⓘ
distributorRegion theatrical release in the United States ⓘ
editedBy Tom McDonough NERFINISHED ⓘ
follows The Great White Hope (play) NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre biographical film ⓘ
sports drama film ⓘ
hasFilmRatingSystem MPAA NERFINISHED ⓘ
inspiredBy life of Jack Johnson ⓘ
mainSubject boxing ⓘ
interracial romance ⓘ
racism ⓘ
medium 35 mm film ⓘ
musicBy Lalo Schifrin NERFINISHED ⓘ
narrativeFocus Black heavyweight boxing champion ⓘ
persecution due to interracial relationship ⓘ
nominatedPerformer James Earl Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jane Alexander NERFINISHED ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
producer Lawrence Turman NERFINISHED ⓘ
productionCompany 20th Century Fox NERFINISHED ⓘ
publicationDate 1970 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 103 ⓘ
screenwriter Howard Sackler NERFINISHED ⓘ
setInPeriod early 20th century ⓘ
starredActor James Earl Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jane Alexander NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Jane Alexander → notableWork → The Great White Hope (1970 film) ⓘ
Howard Sackler → wrote → The Great White Hope (1970 film) ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Great White Hope (screenplay adaptation)
Howard Sackler → subjectOf → The Great White Hope (1970 film) ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Great White Hope (film adaptation)
Jack Johnson → subjectOf → The Great White Hope (1970 film) ⓘ
this entity surface form: film "The Great White Hope"