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3 May 1996 (USA) moreTagline:
If you can't find the perfect contender....make one.Plot:
When the champ's promoter, Rev. Sultan, decides something new is needed to boost the marketability of the boxing matches... more | add synopsisNewsDesk:
Peter Berg's Lost TV Treasure Wonderland Has A Second Life -- DirecTV will air all eight episodes beginning in January(From Collider.com. 11 December 2008)
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Likeable enough comedy slugfest moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Samuel L. Jackson | ... | Rev. Fred Sultan |
 | Jeff Goldblum | ... | Mitchell Kane |
 | Peter Berg | ... | Terry Conklin |
 | Corbin Bernsen | ... | Peter Prince |
 | Jon Lovitz | ... | Sol |
 | Cheech Marin | ... | Julio Escobar |
 | John Rhys-Davies | ... | Johnny Windsor |
 | Salli Richardson-Whitfield | ... | Bambi (as Salli Richardson) |
 | Jamie Foxx | ... | Hassan El Ruk'n |
| Rocky Carroll | ... | Artemus St. John Saint |
 | Albert Hall | ... | Roper's Manager |
| Susan Gibney | ... | Vivian |
| Michael Jace | ... | Marvin Shabazz |
| Duane Davis | ... | Palace Guard #1 |
| Lamont Johnson | ... | Palace Guard #2 |
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Iceland:L | USA:R (certificate #34402) | South Korea:15 | New Zealand:R16 | Australia:MA | Denmark:16 | UK:15Fun Stuff
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Continuity: The length of Roper's cigarette just before the fight. moreSoundtrack:
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Okay, it's not the best film ever made, but it's an affable little number which'll certainly keep you entertained for an hour and a half. The storyline always seems secondary and the satire's never quite as punchy (ahaha... ha) as it should be, but there are some great comedy moments and a host of memorable characters (Damon Wayans' drawling pot-bellied champ, Peter Berg's peabrained challenger, Jeff Goldblum's rambling TV crusader, John Rhys-Davies' sweaty, foul-mouthed trainer) - and Sam Jackson's permanent big grin is all too infectious. Genuinely funny comedies aren't that easy to come by these days, so this one could definitely be a contender, give it a shot at the title, stick it up your ring etc. I'll get me coat.