Tyson Page #4

Synopsis: Mike Tyson narrates his life story as a reaction to fear and as a resolution not to be bullied or humiliated as he was when a boy in Brooklyn's mean streets. He starts boxing while at a state detention center; his coach there sends him to Cus D'Amato who becomes trainer, father figure, and confidence builder. Tyson wins a series of championships and, for six years, is unbeatable. A failed marriage, a felony conviction, and lack of training lead to his fall. We see later losing fights and archive footage of other incidents in his life. Tyson concludes by speaking philosophically about being a father and trying to be a better person.
Director(s): James Toback
Production: Sony Pictures Classics
  1 win & 10 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.5
Metacritic:
83
Rotten Tomatoes:
85%
R
Year:
2008
90 min
$825,450
Website
441 Views


- Wha...? You mean like adopt me?

- Yeah, something like that.

Well, yeah. Sure.

That's fine, son.

Michael, congratulations.

TYSON:

I did it.

ATLAS:

If you blinked, you'd have missed it.

- Camille, was Cus serious about...?

- Cus is always serious.

Well, then, was he serious about

you wanting it too?

Uh-huh.

Well, then, like, um...

Then, li... Well, then, could I

call you "Mom"?

I would like that very much.

JACOBS:

So, what do you want from me?

CUS:
He needs sparring partners.

JACOBS:
What about your other fighters?

CUS:

I mean real sparring partners.

He's beaten the hell

out of all my guys.

JACOBS:
It's a risk, Cus.

Taking a new fighter today isn't cheap.

CUS:

To me, everything's a risk.

We're talking about the next

heavyweight champion of the world.

JACOBS:
You serious?

CUS:
You mark my words.

When the history of boxing

is written...

...Mike Tyson's name will be mentioned

with Dempsey, Marciano and Joe Louis.

CAYTON:

That's a pretty prestigious club, Cus.

JACOBS:

So when do we get to meet this kid?

CAMILLE:

Michael, what are you doing here?

CUS:

Mike?

Eh, come here for a minute, will you?

See this guy here?

This is the fairest guy I know

in this whole crooked business.

Jimmy Jacobs. Mike Tyson,

my son for, uh... What is it? Two weeks?

Ha-ha-ha. Mike Tyson, Jimmy Jacobs.

- Hi, Mike.

- Pleased to meet you, Mr. Jacobs.

Please, Jimmy. Always Jimmy.

Here's my partner, Bill Cayton.

Mike, I watched

your Junior Olympic fight.

Oh, that was great work.

- Thank you, Mr. Cayton.

- My pleasure, Mike.

Bill and Jimmy manage fighters, Mike.

They wouldn't be here

unless I trusted them.

JACOBS:

Yeah.

These are the friends

you wanna be surrounded by.

The kind that can keep you

out of trouble.

JACOBS:

And if you want to be champion...

...you gotta show a lot of discipline.

[FUNK MUSIC PLAYING

ON CAR STEREO]

Next great heavyweight

champion. Ha-ha!

Who the f***

you been talking to, man?

Is that what that white man

been telling you?

You know he blowing smoke

up your ass, right?

You know that, don't you?

Man, there's probably 10,000 of

you little ghetto niglettes out there...

...dreaming the same

f***ed-up dream.

And every one of you probably got

some drooly cracker motherf***er...

...riding his ass thinking

he's Anglo f***ing Dundee.

- It's Angelo Dundee.

- Angelo, Anglo, whatever.

Breaks my heart.

Let's go home.

This sh*t's depressing.

Yo, man, stop the car.

- Why?

- Yo, girlies, what's up?

- Come on, stop the car. They're down.

- Sh*t.

TYSON:

Yo, fly girls, where you going?

Yo, what's up?

Yo, baby, hold up.

Come on, man. Come on.

Yo, baby, can I come?

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James Toback

James Toback (born November 23, 1944) is an American screenwriter and film director. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay in 1991 for Bugsy. He has directed films including The Pick-up Artist, Two Girls and a Guy and Black and White. On October 22, 2017, the Los Angeles Times reported that 38 women have accused Toback of sexual harassment or assault. Since the article was published, 357 additional women contacted Los Angeles Times and said that Toback had sexually harassed them. The accounts stretch over a 40-year period. Toback has denied all the allegations. more…

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