Release Date

07 Sep, 2010

Runtime

00:53: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

On the evening of Sept. 7, 1996, Mike Tyson, the WBC heavyweight champion, attempted to take Bruce Seldon’s WBA title at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. At this point in his career, Tyson’s fights had become somewhat of a cultural phenomenon, where the ever present hype of the professional boxing scene would come face to face with the worlds of big business, Hollywood, and hip hop. Sitting ringside was controversial rapper Tupac Shakur. Shakur and Tyson were friends, a feeling of kinship linked them as each rose to stardom from poverty only to be thrown in prison. Following Tyson’s victory, Shakur and “Iron Mike” were to celebrate at an after party, but the rap star never arrived. Shakur was brutally gunned down later that night, and the scene in Las Vegas quickly turned from would-be celebratory revelry to ill fated and inopportune tragedy.

Original Title

One Night in Vegas

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Actors

Mike Tyson

Ernest R. Dickerson

Nas

Mickey Rourke

Mopreme Shakur

Tupac Shakur

Chris Connelly

Suge Knight

Eric Adams

Maya Angelou

Michael Eric Dyson

Jamal Joseph

Al Sharpton

Crew

Reggie Rock Bythewood

Chris Connelly

Deirdre Fenton

Joan Lynch

Solange Morales

Connor Schell

Bill Simmons

Michael Tollin

Woody Stubblefield

Denzil Xavier

Arvin Bautista

Shanele Alvarez

Scott Brinson

Carlos Germosen