Tyson (Blu-ray) R
The man. The legend. The truth.
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Blu-ray Details
- Rated: R
- Run Time: 1 hours, 30 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region ABC (Worldwide)
- Released: August 18, 2009
- Originally Released: 2009
- Label: Sony Pictures
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Directed by | James Toback | |
Composition by | Salaam Remi | |
Subject: | Mike Tyson | |
Produced by | James Toback & Damon Bingham | |
Director of Photography: | Larry McConkey | |
Executive Production by | Mike Tyson, Harlan Werner, Nicholas Jarecki, Henry Jarecki & Bob Yari |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: 4/5 --
It all adds up to a fascinating psychological study, a film that goes beyond both the public persona and the fighter's own spin to get at the frightened, angry, explosive, yet utterly understandable boy who became a very troubled and very public man.
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Orlando Sentinel
[P]owerful....Mr. Toback's film, partly because it restricts itself to Mr. Tyson's point of view, offers a rare and vivid study in the complexity of a single suffering, raging soul.
New York Times
Included in Chicago Sun-Times's The Ten Best Documentaries Of 2009 -- Toback asks the right questions and Tyson opens up in ways he may never have before.
Chicago Sun-Times
The redeeming value of Tyson is its entrée into the mind of a wild man, a furious force of nature.
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The Daily Gazette (Schenectady, NY)
The most remarkable revelation of the movie is its subject's thoughtful, reflective eloquence and unflinching self-perception...Tyson may or may not be entirely who he says he is, but he's probably not who we thought he was, either.
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Film.com
3.5 stars out of 4 -- You won't know what hit you after watching TYSON. This power punch to the gut is one of the best movies of any kind this year....A world-class exhibition of punch-drunk love.
Rolling Stone
Rating: 1/5 --
Just relentless lisping monotonous speech that makes the prospect of entering the ring with Mike seem attractive if only because it will be over sooner.
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Sydney Morning Herald
Product Description:
Love him or hate him, Mike Tyson is inarguably one of popular culture’s most fascinating figures. In this riveting documentary portrait of the controversial boxer, filmmaker and friend James Toback lets Tyson tell his own volatile story. It all started in a rough-and-tumble Brooklyn neighborhood, where Tyson was picked on and beaten up as a youngster. But when he turned his fear into anger, he realized that his fists had the ferocity to frighten everyone around him. As a teenager, Tyson moved upstate to live with trainer Cus D’Amato, who became the devoted and compassionate father figure he never had. This support helped Tyson develop the strength and focus needed to become a devastating champion inside the ring. But when D’Amato died, something inside Tyson died too, turning him into an even more dangerous monster outside of the ring.
As Tyson speaks openly about the ups and downs in his tumultuous life--alternating between moments of sincere introspection and animalistic rage--Toback employs a split-screen approach to further emphasize his emotionally unstable nature. Mixed into this talking-head monologue is striking archival footage that shows Tyson in his prime, when he was one of the most feared and idolized athletes on the planet. TYSON is an appropriately subjective journey into the mind of a massively complicated man.
As Tyson speaks openly about the ups and downs in his tumultuous life--alternating between moments of sincere introspection and animalistic rage--Toback employs a split-screen approach to further emphasize his emotionally unstable nature. Mixed into this talking-head monologue is striking archival footage that shows Tyson in his prime, when he was one of the most feared and idolized athletes on the planet. TYSON is an appropriately subjective journey into the mind of a massively complicated man.
Product Description:
Mike Tyson reveals insights into his life in this no-holds-barred look at one of the most controversial and misunderstood boxers to ever step inside the ring.
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