Search - Don King: Only in America on DVD

MPAA Rating: R Content Advisory: Violence, Adult Situations Movie Release: 1997 DVD Release: 07/09/2002 Format: DVD - Closed Captioned Audio Tracks: English, French, Spanish Subtitles: English, French, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 56 mins Studio: HBO Home Video Members Wishing: 1 Genres: Drama, Biopic [feature]

This biographical drama about boxing impresario Don King (Ving Rhames) pulls no punches as it uses flashback sequences to trace King's rise from 1954 Cleveland to the present day. Adapted from Jack Newfield's book on King, this film first aired November 15, 1997 on HBO. ~ Bhob Stewart, All Movie Guide

Ving Rhames - Don King
Vondie Curtis-Hall - Lloyd Price
Jeremy Piven - Hank Schwartz
Darius McCrary - Muhammad Ali
Keith David - Herbert Muhammad

John Herzfeld's made-for-cable biopic about the fight promoter Don King, Don King: Only In America, comes to DVD with a standard full-frame transfer that preserves the original broadcast aspect ratio of 1.33:1. English, Spanish, and French soundtracks are rendered in Dolby Digital Stereo. Subtitles are accessible in all three of those languages as well. Supplemental materials include a pair of commentary tracks recorded by numerous people who were responsible for this award-winning film, and biographies of the cast and crew. This is a solid disc for an exceedingly good TV movie. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide