83	METASCORE Universal acclaim based on 28 Critic Reviews

7.9	USER SCORE Generally favorable reviews based on 32 Ratings

Tyson

Sony Pictures Classics | Release Date: April 24, 2009

Summary: Tyson is acclaimed indie director James Toback's stylistically inventive portrait of a mesmerizing Mike Tyson. Toback allows Tyson to reveal himself without inhibition and with eloquence and a pervasive vulnerability. Through a mixture of original interviews and archival footage and photographs, a startlingly complex, fully-rounded human being emerges. The film ranges from Tyson’s earliest memories of growing up on the mean streets of Brooklyn through his entry into the world of boxing, to his roller coaster ride in the fun house of worldwide fame and fortunes won and lost. It is the story of a legendary and uniquely controversial international athletic icon, a figure conjuring radical questions of race and class. In its depiction of a man rising from the most debased circumstances to unlimited heights, destroyed by his own hubris, Tyson emerges as a modern day version of classic Greek tragedy. (Sony Classics)

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Runtime:	90 min
Rating:	Rated R for language including sexual references.
Production:	Wild Bunch
Genres:	Sport, Documentary
Country:	USA
Language:	English
Home Release Date:	Aug 18, 2009

Director	Credit
James Toback	Director

Writer	Credit
James Toback	Writer

Principal Cast	Credit
Mike Tyson	Himself

Cast	Credit
Cus D'Amato	Himself
Desiree Washington	Herself
Don King	Himself
Evander Holyfield	Himself
James 'Buster' Douglas	Himself
Jim Jacobs	Himself
Monica Turner	Herself
Robin Givens	Herself
Trevor Berbick	Himself
William Cayton	Himself

Producer	Credit
Bill Newcomb	Co-Producer
Carmelo Anthony	Executive Producer
Damon Bingham	Producer
David Haines	Executive Producer
Harlan Werner	Producer
Henry Jarecki	Executive Producer
James Toback	Producer
Mike Tyson	Producer
Nicholas Jarecki	Executive Producer
Salaam Remi	Co-Producer
Warren Farnes	Co-Producer