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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.
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.
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.
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.
Alexander's major break in acting came in 1967 when she played Eleanor Backman in the original production of Howard Sackler's The Great White Hope at Arena Stage in Washington, DC. Like her co-star, James Earl Jones , she went on to play the part both on Broadway (1968), winning a Tony Award for her performance, and in the film version (1970 ...
Lee later cast him in "Jungle Fever," which earned Jackson props at The Cannes Film Festival. ... he got his big break starring in the play "The Great White Hope," which earned him a Tony Award in ...
In December 1967, Jones starred alongside Jane Alexander in Howard Sackler's play, The Great White Hope, at the Arena Stage in Washington, D.C. Jones took the role of the talented but troubled boxer "Jack Jefferson", who is based on the real champion Jack Johnson. The play was a huge success when it moved to Broadway on October 3, 1968.
When White died, Reynolds and Bullock joined the rest of the cast in paying loving tribute to her. "The world looks different now," his began. "She was great at defying expectation.