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The Greatest (1977)

 -  Biography | Drama | Sport  -  19 May 1977 (USA)
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Dr. Ferdie Pacheco
Lloyd Haynes ...
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Payton Jory
Lucille Benson ...
Mrs. Fairlie
Teddy Wilson ...
John The Gardener (as Theodore R. Wilson)
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Mira Waters ...
Ruby Sanderson
Chip McAllister ...
Cassius Clay Aged 18 (as Phillip 'Chip' McAllister)
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Drew 'Bundini' Brown (as Drew 'Bundini' Brown)
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Bill McDonald
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Winner, Loser, Lover, Loudmouth... THE MAN See more »

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Biography | Drama | Sport

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19 May 1977 (USA)  »

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Final project by director Tom Gries, who died over four months before the movie's May 1977 release. See more »

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"I Always Knew I Had It In Me"
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Music by Michael Masser
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Rope A Doped
2 June 2006 | by (United States) – See all my reviews

It's not surprising how the impression from this movie is that "Ali can't act" -- but a distinction has to be made. Ali was plainly no dramatic actor; it doesn't mean he 'couldn't act'.

Quite the opposite; Ali was a natural in the ring, on TV, in interviews; he was a gifted, graceful athlete -- sports are now all about performance, about 'acting', largely because of his influence.

He was an intelligent, creative tactician, both physically and verbally, inside and outside the ring.

He invented trash talk. He invented the modern notions of relentless self-promotion and self-aggrandizement; psychological warfare in sport. By the time he started affecting young movie actors, it was clear that it had all come full circle. Wesley Snipes is probably his closest scion ("White Men Can't Jump").

But acting as himself in this hagiography, it's just no use.

If you want a good period example of a natural, unscripted Ali experience, read his interviews with Hunter S. Thompson (in his "Great Shark Hunt" compendium).


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