When We Were Kings
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- Synopsis
- In 1974, boxers Muhammad Ali and George Foreman came to the still-emerging and politically unstable African nation of Zaire for what Ali called the "Rumble in the Jungle," a highly publicized world heavyweight championship fight....
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- Starring
- Muhammad Ali, George Foreman, James Brown, B.B. King, Norman Mailer
- Director(s)
- Leon Gast
- Distributor(s)
- No Studio
- MPAA Rating
- PG
- Runtime
- 94 min.
Critic Reviews
On a deeper level -- and this is where When We Were Kings exceeds its expectations and becomes a great film -- Gast examines African American pride.Read the full review
It took director-producer Leon Gast 22 years to edit and finance When We Were Kings, his thrilling documentary about the legendary 1974 heavyweight-championship fight between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman in Zaire. But the lag time has only deepened the impact of this thrilling documentary: All sad thoughts of Ali as a wounded warrior fall away in the glow of seeing the champ at his best.Read the full review
For those who want to relive Ali's glory days, and for those who think Ali was nothing but a prizefighter, this movie, which took the struggling Gast 20 years to get financed, is required viewing.Read the full review
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