Rating: NR
Genre: Sports & Recreati
Release Date: 01/11/2005
Dubbed: English
Sound: DD5.1
Run Time: 220 Minutes
Distributor/Studio: PBS Paramount

Experience legendary boxer Jack Johnson's remarkable struggle both in and out of the ring in documentary filmmaker Ken Burns' two-part look at the career of one of the sports world's most remarkable athletes. From his childhood in Galveston, TX, as the son of former slaves to his triumph as the first African-American Heavyweight Champion of the World in 1908, Johnson's career was a defining moment in the realm of sports history.

~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide

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Cast:
Samuel L. Jackson - Jack Johnson
Adam Arkin -
Philip Bosco -
Carolyn McCormick -
Kevin Conway -
Brian Cox -
John Cullum -
Murphy Guyer -
Ed Harris -
Derek Jacobi -
Carl Lumbly -
Amy Madigan -
Joe Morton -
Alan Rickman -
Studs Terkel -
Jack Thompson -
Billy Bob Thornton -
Courtney Vance -
Eli Wallach -
Jeffrey Wright -
Stanley Crouch -
Burt Sugar -
Gerald Early -
José Torres -
Randy Roberts -
Jack Newfield -
W.C. Heinz -
George Plimpton -

Production:
Ken Burns - Director
Ken Burns Paul Barnes David Schaye - Producer
Wynton Marsalis - Composer
Paul Barnes Erik Ewers - Editor
Geoffrey C. Ward - Screen Writer
Susanna Steisel - Associate Producer
Buddy Squires - Cinematographer
Stephen McCarthy - Cinematographer
Ken Burns - Executive Producer
Brenda Ray - Sound/Sound Designer
John Osborne - Sound/Sound Designer

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