adultery   usa   independent film   fake commercial   christmas   family relationships   satire   ethnic slur   love   marriage   suburbia   character name in title   urination   sweat   father son relationship   los angeles california   man with glasses   new york city   fistfight   organized crime   boy   manhattan new york city   corruption   male female relationship   flashback   father daughter relationship   female nudity   racial slur   barber   infidelity   barbershop   racism   lawyer   african american   homelessness   divorce   race relations   religion   1960s   friend   actor playing multiple roles   based on true story   box office flop   boxing   blockbuster   basketball   children   politics   arrogance   boxer   hit in the face   black cop   bride   court   blaxploitation   assassination   madison square garden manhattan new york city   championship belt   sports man   comeback   military draft   womanizer   black american   flirting   racist   affection   assumed identity   crowd   african americans   assassination of malcolm x   black athlete   black muslim   black white relations   boxing arena   boxing champion   boxing gloves   boxing match   boxing ring   boxing training   braggadocio   charisma   conscientious objection   conscription   defeat   draft evasion   draft refuser   draftee   egotist   elijah muhammad   exoneration   george foreman   glove box   heavyweight champion   howard cosell   islam   joe frazier   kinshasa zaire   louisville kentucky   malcolm x   martin luther king jr.   muhammad ali   nation of islam   racial discrimination   reference to ernie terrell   reference to sam cooke   racial relations   conscientious objector   racial issues   racist insult   poet   muslim   africa   narcissism   rumble in the jungle   sonny liston   sportsmanship   u.s. supreme court   zaire   u.s. government   rhyming   victory   prince   drug smuggling   clandestine   government corruption   diplomat   implied fellatio   role reversal   ghetto   studio logo segues into film   drug trafficking   queens new york city   diplomatic immunity   foreign diplomat   fictional country   reference to rocky marciano   america   government conspiracy   arranged marriage   reference to hugh hefner   inner city   hold up man   obnoxiousness   jheri curl hairstyle   government cover up   iran contra   friendship   cult favorite   conspiracy   murder   nightclub   gay slur   irreverence   1970s   switchblade   urban decay   undercover   fish out of water   one word title   king   spit take   violence   husband wife relationship   title spoken by character   extramarital affair   unfaithfulness   sex scene   punched in the face   shot in the chest   police   complicity   clandestine operation   royalty   drugs   reference to martin luther king jr.   neo noir