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When We Were Kings|Muhammad Ali

When We Were Kings

Muhammad Ali and George Foreman
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Overview

Twenty-two years in the making, this documentary chronicles one of the most famous heavyweight championship bouts in history, the Muhammad Ali-George Foreman "Rumble in the Jungle" in Kinshasa, Zaire in 1974. Along with highlights of underdog Ali's stunning victory and infamous "Rope-A-Dope" tactics, the film also covers the back-story of the event and its cultural significance, with footage of Ali's goodwill tours, concert footage featuring B.B. King and James Brown, interviews with George Plimpton, Norman Mailer and Don King, and more. Academy Award winner for Best Documentary Feature.

Awards:
1996 - Academy Awards - Best Documentary Feature - Winner

Main Cast & Crew:
Leon Gast - Director
Muhammad Ali
George Foreman
Don King
James Brown
B.B. King
Spike Lee
Norman Mailer
Thomas Hauser
Malick Bowens
Miriam Makeba

Details

    Blu-Ray Disc Format
  • Format: Blu-ray
  • Color Format: Color
  • UPC: 715515235815
  • Genre: DOCUMENTARY
  • Rating: PG (MPAA)
  • Release Date: October 2019

Movie Reviews

Notes:
Screened at the 1996 Sundance Film Festival.

Reviews:
"...The best documentary of the year. WHEN WE WERE KINGS offers a stunning look at the 1974 Muhammad Ali/George Foreman fight in Zaire..." - 11/14/1996 Rolling Stone, p.126


"...[An] extraordinary Oscar-nominated documentary....[A] masterpiece, a total original..." 4 out of 4 stars" - 02/13/1997 USA Today, p.4D


"...Enormously entertaining....A total delight for every second of its running time..." - 02/12/1996 Variety


"...A valentine to Muhammad Ali as an athlete and political figure..." - 03/01/1996 Film Comment, p.51-3


"...[Ali,] wonderfully captured in finely chosen swatches of film, was beautiful, charming, self-confident, articulate and burning with talent in his prime..." - 02/21/1997 Entertainment Weekly, p.105-6


"...[Ali's] presence alone makes WHEN WE WERE KINGS a special event....[The film] always compels our interest..." - 10/25/1996 Los Angeles Times, p.F18


"...A time capsule....It is a new documentary of a past event, recapturing the electricity generated by Muhammad Ali in his prime..." - 02/28/1997 Chicago Sun-Times, p.35

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