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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.
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.
Don King called Cooney "The Great White Hope." ... Westchester County Center, White Plains, New York, U.S. 13 Win 13–0 Charley Polite KO 4 (8) Oct 4, 1978
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.
The Great White Hype, a 1996 U.S. boxing sports-comedy film; World White Heavyweight Championship, a boxing title in pretense from 1911 to 1914; The White Hope (disambiguation) Great White (disambiguation)
He then went on to star in the 1970 film The Great White Hope as Jack Jefferson, a role he first played in the Broadway production of the same name. The film role earned him two Golden Globe nominations, one for Best Actor and winning one for New Star of the Year. He also received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor.
Writer Jack London coined the phrase "Great White Hope" to describe Jeffries in his attempt to win the heavyweight crown from African-American world champion Jack Johnson in 1910. [3] Jeffries came out of retirement for the fight, urged on by London and many others who wished to see a white man once again reign as heavyweight champion. [4]
I remember a reporter asking Red Auerbach, the legendary Celtics owner, if Larry Bird was the new "great white hope." Auerbach looked at his cigar and then said, "No, great hope." Auerbach looked ...