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Il film racconta i periodi fondamentali della carriera e della vita privata di Muhammad Ali, campione dei pesi massimi dal '64 al '67 e poi dal '74 al '78. Si parte dal 1964, dal primo incontro con Liston che diede a Clay il titolo mondiale dei pesi massimi. Si prosegue con la conversione all'Islam, con il rifiuto di partire per la guerra del Vietnam, per finire a Kinshasa, nello Zaire, per l'incontro del secolo contro Foreman.
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(2001) Dramma
Data rilascio : 10/12/2001
regia di Michael Mann
Budget : 107.000.000,00 $
Incasso : 87.700.000,00 $
Cast
Will Smith - Muhammad Ali / Cassius Clay
Jamie Foxx - Drew 'Bundini' Brown
Jon Voight - Howard Cosell
Mario Van Peebles - Malcolm X
Ron Silver - Angelo Dundee
Jeffrey Wright - Howard Bingham
Mykelti Williamson - Don King
Jada Pinkett Smith - Sonji Roi
Nona Gaye - Belinda Ali
Michael Michele - Veronica Porche
Joe Morton - Chauncey Eskridge
Paul Rodríguez - Dr. Ferdie Pacheco
Bruce McGill - Bradley
Barry Shabaka Henley - Herbert Muhammad
Giancarlo Esposito - Cassius Clay, Sr.
Laurence Mason - Luis Sarria
LeVar Burton - Martin Luther King, Jr.
Albert Hall - Elijah Muhammad
David Cubitt - Robert Lipsyte
Ted Levine - Joe Smiley
Candy Ann Brown - Odessa
Shari Watson - Woman Singer
Malick Bowens - Joseph Mobutu
Michael Bentt - Sonny Liston
James Toney - 'Smokin' Joe Frazier
Charles Shufford - George Foreman
Rufus Dorsey - Floyd Paterson
David Haines - Rudy Clay / Rahaman Ali
Victoria Dillard - Betty Shabazz
Brad Greenquist - Marlin Thomas
Maestro Harrell - Young Cassius Clay
Kim Robillard - Jimmy Cannon
David Purdham - Madison Square Garden Announcer
Gailard Sartain - Gordon Davidson
Wade Williams - Lieutenant Jerome Claridge
Guy Van Swearingen - Induction FBI Man
Marc Grapey - Bob Arum
Eddie Bo Smith Jr. - Malcolm's Bodyguard
Alexandra Bokyun Chun - Asian Cosmetologist
John Gleeson Connolly - Assistant Director
Jack Reiss - Referee Arthur Mercante
Chico Benymon - Hampton House Announcer
Ronald A. DiNicola - Prosecutor
Steven Randazzo - Reporter
Ray Bokhour - Reporter
Leonard Termo - Madison Square Garden Reporter
Johnny Ortiz - Madison Square Garden Reporter
Reginald Footman - Harlem Neighbor
Christian Stolte - Miami Cop
Carol Hatchett - Pointer Sister
Graham Hopkins - London Banker
Daniel Janks - CIA Man
Michael Dorn - Black Pilot
Graham Clarke - Reporter in Zaire
Ron Madoff - Cameraman (uncredited)
Deborah Smith Ford - Party Guest (uncredited)
Donald Dowd - News Reporter (uncredited)
Matisha Baldwin - Club Patron (uncredited)
Greg Bronson - Upscale Fight Fan (uncredited)
Lionel D. Carson - Dr. King's Driver (uncredited)
Ralph Cole Jr. - Harlem Resident (uncredited)
Vincent De Paul - Roving Reporter (uncredited)
Trish Dempsey - Diplomat's Wife (uncredited)
Richard Fitzpatrick - Sparring Partner (uncredited)
Edward C. Gillow - Foreman-Frazier Fight Judge (uncredited)
Brandon T. Jackson - Club Goer (uncredited)
Michael Keyes - Dumbfounded Spectator (uncredited)
Leon - Brother 'Joe' (uncredited)
Valentine Miele - Liston Fight Reporter (uncredited)
Jermaine Montell - Dancer (uncredited)
John O. Nelson - Louis Rodriguez (uncredited)
Hunter F. Roberts - Angry Fight Fan (uncredited)
Sheldon Robins - Heckler (uncredited)
Prince Shah - Angry Fight Fan (uncredited)
Robert Standley - Ringside Photographer (uncredited)
Larry Vigus - Times Ringside Photographer (uncredited)
Jackie Zane - Fight Fan (uncredited)
Ray Uhler - Ringside Photographer (uncredited)
Vic Manni - Dressing Room Weigh-In Guy
Mark Salem - New York Reporter