Directed by
Antoine Fuqua |
Writing Credits (in alphabetical order)
Steven Leckart |
Cast
Bill Cosby | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
Jim Brown | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
Ossie Davis | ... | Self (voice) (archive footage) | |
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | ... | Self (archive footage) (as Lew Alcindor) | |
Diana Ross | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
Dick Cavett | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
Stephen Stanton | ... | Announcer (voice) | |
Aretha Franklin | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
Muhammad Ali | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
Steve Allen | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
Jimmy Carter | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
Ken Norton | ... | Self - Ali Opponent (archive footage) | |
George Foreman | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
Jack Paar | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
Howard Cosell | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
Berry Gordy | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
Joe Frazier | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
Joe Bugner | ... | Self - Ali Opponent (archive footage) | |
Rocky Marciano | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
Jackie Robinson | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
Chuck Wepner | ... | Self - Ali Opponent (archive footage) | |
Floyd Patterson | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
Gorgeous George | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
Larry Holmes | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
Jerry Quarry | ... | Self - Ali Opponent (archive footage) | |
Drew Bundini Brown | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
Sonny Liston | ... | Self - Ali Opponent (archive footage) | |
Tip O'Neill | ... | Self (archive footage) (as Thomas P. 'Tip' O'Neill) | |
Ed Bradley | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
Richard Dunn | ... | Self - Ali Opponent (archive footage) | |
Earnie Shavers | ... | Self - Ali Opponent (archive footage) | |
Nikki Giovanni | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
Wayne Bethea | ... | Self - Liston Opponent (archive footage) | |
Trevor Berbick | ... | Self - Ali Opponent (archive footage) | |
Ernie Terrell | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
Leon Spinks | ... | Self - Ali Opponent (archive footage) | |
Angelo Dundee | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
Larry J. Kolb | ... | Self | |
Bob Foster | ... | Self - Ali Opponent (archive footage) | |
Jürgen Blin | ... | Self - Ali Opponent (archive footage) | |
Buster Mathis | ... | Self - Ali Opponent (archive footage) | |
Jimmy Ellis | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
Bill Haverman | ... | Self - Louisville backer (archive footage) | |
Joe E. Martin | ... | Self - Louisville Boxing Coach (archive footage) | |
Yank Durham | ... | Self - Frazier Manager (archive footage) (as Yancey Durham) | |
Mac Foster | ... | Self - Ali Opponent (archive footage) | |
Zbigniew Pietrzykowski | ... | Self - Olympic Opponent (archive footage) (as Ziggy Pietrezykowski) | |
Phuc Cao | ... | Young Ali | |
Alan Hudson | ... | Self - Amateur Opponent (archive footage) | |
Oscar Bonavena | ... | Self - Ali Opponent (archive footage) | |
Alfredo Evangelista | ... | Self - Ali Opponent (archive footage) | |
Jimmy Jones | ... | Self - Amateur Opponent (archive footage) | |
Tunney Hunsaker | ... | Self - Ali Opponent (archive footage) | |
Count Basie | ... | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
Fidel Castro | ... | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
Odessa Clay | ... | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
Bill Clinton | ... | Self - At Olympics (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
Sam Cooke | ... | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
Henry Cooper | ... | Self - Ali Opponent (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
Jean-Pierre Coopman | ... | Self - Ali Opponent (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
Sammy Davis Jr. | ... | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
Jackie Gleason | ... | Maish Rennick in Requiem for a Heavyweight (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
Merv Griffin | ... | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
Arsenio Hall | ... | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
Dustin Hoffman | ... | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
Saddam Hussein | ... | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
Lyndon B. Johnson | ... | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
Robert F. Kennedy | ... | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
Don King | ... | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
Martin Luther King | ... | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
Sugar Ray Leonard | ... | Self - On Arsenio Hall Show (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
Joe Louis | ... | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
Malcolm X | ... | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
Nelson Mandela | ... | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
Arthur Mercante | ... | Self - Referee (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
Elijah Muhammad | ... | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
Richard Nixon | ... | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
Tony Perez | ... | Self - Referee (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
Pope John Paul II | ... | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
Ronald Reagan | ... | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
Sugar Ray Robinson | ... | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
Bill Russell | ... | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
Frank Rustich | ... | Self - Referee (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
Dinah Shore | ... | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
Mike Tyson | ... | Self - On Arsenio Hall Show (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
Jersey Joe Walcott | ... | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
Dick Young | ... | Self - Referee (archive footage) (uncredited) |
Produced by
Maverick Carter | ... | executive producer |
Maren Domzalski | ... | co-producer |
Antoine Fuqua | ... | executive producer |
Bill Gerber | ... | executive producer |
Noor Haydar | ... | associate producer |
LeBron James | ... | executive producer |
Sarah Khan | ... | coordinating producer: BTS and Interviews |
Jim McDonnell | ... | archival producer |
Marc Rosen | ... | producer: abg |
Corey Salter | ... | producer: abg |
Jamie Salter | ... | executive producer |
Kat Samick | ... | co-executive producer |
Sean M. Stuart | ... | producer |
Paul Wachter | ... | executive producer |
Glen Zipper | ... | executive producer |
Music by
Marcelo Zarvos |
Cinematography by
Maz Makhani | ... | director of photography |
Editing by
Jake Pushinsky |
Art Direction by
Alex Rose |
Costume Design by
Trayce Gigi Field |
Production Management
Maren Domzalski | ... | production manager |
Bridget Topp | ... | production supervisor |
Art Department
John Frantz | ... | property master |
Sound Department
Ryan Collins | ... | sound effects editor |
David Esparza | ... | supervising sound editor |
Ando Johnson | ... | sound effects editor |
Sang Jun Kim | ... | dialogue editor |
Daniel J. Leahy | ... | re-recording mixer |
Micah Loken | ... | dialogue editor |
Steve Pederson | ... | re-recording mixer |
Mandell Winter | ... | Supervising Sound Editor / supervising sound editor |
Camera and Electrical Department
Dave Anglin | ... | camera operator |
Andy Hensler | ... | second assistant camera |
Wayne Mann | ... | drone pilot |
Zack Marchinsky | ... | digital imaging technician |
Zach Salsman | ... | camera operator |
David Thompson | ... | gaffer (as David Blue Thompson) |
Ari Zysczk | ... | drone camera operator (as Bryce Denton) |
Animation Department
Brandon Mahlberg | ... | motion graphics |
Editorial Department
Paul Carlin | ... | finishing editor |
Joe Guzman | ... | digital intermediate producer |
Danny Keefe | ... | assistant colorist |
Thomas Kuo | ... | additional dailies film scanning |
Tyrell Lloyd | ... | assistant colorist: Company 3 |
Aneesa Meador | ... | post production intern (as Aneesa Nash) |
Trevor Ollar | ... | assistant editor |
Stefan Sonnenfeld | ... | executive producer for company 3/senior colorist |
Kristin Valentine | ... | first assistant editor |
Music Department
Edward Lyle Barton | ... | score technical engineer |
Michael K. Bauer | ... | music editor |
Gustavo Borner | ... | scoring mixer |
Jason Deran | ... | composer's assistant |
Gabriel Dib | ... | Instrument Designer |
Art Ford | ... | music consultant |
Seth Garrett | ... | assistant engineer |
Pakk Hui | ... | additional music |
Evyen Klean | ... | music supervisor |
Phil Levine | ... | digital score recordist |
Will Melones | ... | premix engineer |
Randy Miller | ... | orchestrator |
Justin Moshkevich | ... | score mixer |
Anna Muehlichen | ... | assistant engineer |
Gregory Polzak | ... | composer: additional music / score technical engineer |
Philip Rothman | ... | orchestrator |
Alex Stacey | ... | music coordinator |
Chuyue Christina Wen | ... | assistant engineer (as Chuyue Wen) |
Additional Crew
Mandi Brooksbank | ... | clearance counsel |
Philip Byron | ... | head of unscripted & documentaries |
Sydney Morin | ... | production office manager |
Liam Morrissey | ... | Assistant to Bill Gerber |
Phil Paolina | ... | Boxing Consultant / boxing consultant / technical director |
Rebecca Rinot | ... | production accountant |