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Muhammad Ali (book)
Richard Durham (book)
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Release Date:
19 May 1977 (USA) more
Tagline:
The story of a legend that took the world by storm. more
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Awards:
1 win more
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(5 articles)
Peter Andre sings for Muhammad Ali
(From digitalspy. 28 August 2009, 5:19 AM, PDT)
The 61st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards Nominations
(From MovieWeb. 16 July 2009, 6:30 AM, PDT)
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Fair Biopic more (10 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Muhammad Ali | ... | Himself |
 | Ernest Borgnine | ... | Angelo Dundee |
 | Sally Bondi | ... | Bess |
| Richard Gullage | ... | Commission Doctor |
| Arthur Adams | ... | Cassius Clay Senior |
| Dorothy Meyer | ... | Odessa Clay |
| Rahaman Ali | ... | Himself |
| Howard Bingham | ... | Himself |
| Richard Venture | ... | Colonel |
| Stack Pierce | ... | Johnson |
| W. Youngblood Muhammad | ... | Himself |
| Ven Medina | ... | Ronnie (as Ben Medina) |
| Paul Mantee | ... | Carrara |
| Skip Homeier | ... | Major |
| Lloyd Wells | ... | Himself |
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Sweden:102 min | USA:101 min
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Color (Metrocolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Netherlands:12 | Finland:K-12 | Iceland:L | Sweden:15 | UK:PG | USA:PG | West Germany:12
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After seeing several disappointing biopics featuring Ali I have no fear in saying this is one of the better movies featuring the great man . The film is helped by a script that tells of young Clay`s struggle against prejudice and discrimanation without going overboard , and the script to its credit doesn`t concern itself with deep discussions of Ali`s psyche unlike a few movies I could mention , here the script just concentrates itself with hard facts . By a strange irony the film is less effective when Ali appears playing himself but that`s probably down to Ali having a bit too much fun reliving his past like turning up at Sonny Liston`s house at the dead of night to throw insults , but you can`t really blame Ali for enjoying himself , he was a remarkable man who had many remarkable moments in his life
You probably won`t learn anything new about Ali watching this film , but you can be certain that it`s all true