When We Were Kings

1996
PG
1h 28m

ÉVALUATION IMDb

7,9/10

20 k

MA NOTE

Muhammad Ali in When We Were Kings (1996)

Theatrical Trailer from Gramercy Pictures

Liretrailer1 min 43 s

1 vidéo

50 photos

Boxing Sports Documentary Documentary Sport

Un documentaire du combat de championnat des poids lourds de 1974 au Zaïre, "The Rumble in the Jungle", entre le champion George Foreman et Muhammad Ali.Un documentaire du combat de championnat des poids lourds de 1974 au Zaïre, "The Rumble in the Jungle", entre le champion George Foreman et Muhammad Ali.Un documentaire du combat de championnat des poids lourds de 1974 au Zaïre, "The Rumble in the Jungle", entre le champion George Foreman et Muhammad Ali.

Director
- Leon Gast
Stars

Voir l’information sur la production à IMDbPro

ÉVALUATION IMDb

7,9/10

20 k

MA NOTE

Director
- Leon Gast
Stars

Voir l’information sur la production à IMDbPro

A remporté 1 oscar
- 12 victoires et 5 nominations au total

Anecdotes
When the film won the Academy Award for Best Feature Documentary, George Foreman and Muhammad Ali came to the stage with the filmmakers to show they had made peace. Foreman helped Ali, stricken with Parkinson's Disease, climb the steps to the stage.

Citations
Muhammad Ali: It is befitting that I leave the game just like I came in, beating a big bad monster who knocks out everybody and no one can whup him. That's when little Cassius Clay from Louisville, Kentucky, came up to stop Sonny Liston. The man who annihilated Floyd Patterson twice. HE WAS GONNA KILL ME! But he hit harder than George. His reach is longer than George's. He's a better boxer than George. And I'm better now than I was when you saw that 22-years old undeveloped kid running from Sonny Liston. I'm experienced now, professional. Jaws been broke, been knocked down a couple of times, I'm bad! Been chopping trees. I done something new for this fight. I done wrestled with an alligator. That's right. I have wrestled with an alligator. I done tussled with a whale. I done handcuffed lightning, thrown thunder in jail. That's bad! Only last week I murdered a rock, injured a stone, hospitalised a brick! I'm so mean I make medicine sick!
Don King: Bad dude!
Muhammad Ali: Bad, fast! Fast! Fast! Last night I cut the light off in my bedroom, hit the switch and was in the bed before the room was dark.

Connexions
Edited from The Rumble in the Jungle (1974)

Bandes originales
Am Am Pondo
Written by Miriam Makeba
Miriam Makeba Music (ASCAP)
Performed by Miriam Makeba

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10/10

Impressive Documentary of an Historic Event!

The fight between Muhammad Ali aka Cassius Clay and George Foreman in Zaire. The fight was nicknamed the rumble in the jungle. The documentary follows Ali and Foreman. It also has insight from writers and witnesses, Norman Mailer and George Plimpton, and African American film director, Spike Lee, who later directed the film, "Ali." This documentary is a rare treasure that captures history, culture, and relationships. Ali is the underdog in the ring against Foreman on October 30, 1974. The outcome is remarkable as is the story behind both fighters. Ali is proud of being an African American, honest, opinionated, and vocal about civil rights in America and in Africa. He was proud to see Africans who flew, lived, and governed their own country. Sadly, Ali isn't well with Parkinsons. The disease has crippled his voice but not his message in recent years. The documentary is historical for so many reasons.