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In Movie Theaters:Friday, April 24, 2009   Limited   
On Blu-ray & DVD:Tuesday, August 18, 2009
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Companies: Sony Picture Classics
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R

 for language including sexual references.
Runtime:1 hour, 30 minutes

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"Tyson" is acclaimed indie director James Toback's stylistically inventive portrait of a mesmerizing Mike Tyson. Toback allows Tyson to reveal himself without inhibition and with eloquence and a pervasive vulnerability. Through a mixture of original interviews and archival footage and photographs, a startlingly complex, fully-rounded human being emerges. The film ranges from Tyson's earliest memories of growing up on the mean streets of Brooklyn through his entry into the world of boxing, to his rollercoaster ride in the funhouse of worldwide fame and fortunes won and lost. It is the story of a legendary and uniquely controversial international athletic icon, a figure conjuring radical questions of race and class. In its depiction of a man rising from the most debased circumstances to unlimited heights, destroyed by his own hubris, "Tyson" emerges as a modern day version of classic Greek tragedy.


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The potential pickup would be one of the most high-profile pickups at Cannes this year (05/29/08).

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