VHS 159 mins IMDB
Ali
Columbia TriStar (2001)
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#212

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Biography, Sports
USA  /  English

Will Smith Cassius Clay / Cassius X / Muhammad Ali
Jamie Foxx Drew Brown
Nona Gaye Belinda Ali
Giancarlo Esposito Cassius Clay, Sr.
Ron Silver Angelo Dundee
Jon Voight Howard Cosell
Mykelti Williamson Don King
Jeffrey Wright Howard Bingham
LeVar Burton Martin Luther King, Jr.
David Cubitt Robert Lipsyte
Albert Hall Elijah Muhammad
Ted Levine Joe Smiley
Nona M. Gaye Belinda Ali
Laurence Mason Luis Sarria
Bruce McGill Bradley

Director Michael Mann
Producer A. Kitman Ho; Michael Mann
Writer Michael Mann; Eric Roth
Cinematography Emmanuel Lubezki
Musician Lisa Gerrard; Pieter Bourke

Cassius Clay (Will Smith) rises to national celebrity after winning the Heavyweight Championship in 1964. Over the next ten years, Clay stays in the public spotlight for both his sporting and personal life. He changes his name to Cassius X and then to Muhammad Ali based on his involvement with Malcolm X (Mario Van Peebles). He refuses to serve in Vietnam when drafted and is banned from fighting in the US as a result. Ali’s marriages to Sonji (Jada Pinkett Smith) and Belinda Ali (Nona Gaye) suffer the stress of continual public controversy. Ali seeks matches outside the US, including the famous “Rumble in the Jungle” in Tanzania. Throughout his career, Ali is supported by friend Drew “Bundini” Brown (Jamie Foxx) and sportscaster Howard Cosell (Jon Voight).

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