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The Church and village are wrecked, there's a huge hole made by a Jack Johnson just outside the west door of the Church. [98] Johnson's story is the basis of the play The Great White Hope and its 1970 film adaptation, starring James Earl Jones as "Jack Jefferson" and Jane Alexander as his love interest. Both Jones and Alexander won Tonys and ...
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.
Set between 1910 and 1915, the story follows Jack Jefferson, patterned after real-life boxer Jack Johnson, going on a hot streak of victories in the boxing ring as he defeats every white boxer around. Soon the press and others who want to see white people win at sports, announce the search for a "great white hope", a white boxer who will defeat ...
American actor James Earl Jones looks at his reflection in a dressing room mirror before going on stage on Dec. 10, 1968, to appear in the play “The Great White Hope” as Jack Jefferson on ...
3. Jack Jefferson in ‘The Great White Hope’ (1970) In “The Great White Hope,” Jones played a Black boxer facing off against all manner of racist hostility during the 1910s.
He first starred as boxer Jack Jefferson in "The Great White Hope" in 1967, and after its move to Broadway the following year, Jones won his first Tony Award in 1969 for Best Actor. He later ...
Set in 1955, the film follows the exploits of a French secret agent, Hubert Bonisseur de La Bath/OSS 117, as he is sent to Cairo to investigate the disappearance of his best friend and fellow spy Jack Jefferson, only to stumble into a web of international intrigue. While set in Cairo most of the filming was done in Morocco.
He would star in the 1970 big-screen adaptation, earning him his only Oscar nomination, playing Jack Jefferson, a character based on boxer Jack Johnson. Jones’ character is outspoken and has to ...