Ali (2001)
Ali is a 2001 American biographical film directed by Michael Mann. The film tells the story of the boxer Muhammad Ali, played by Will Smith, from 1964 to 1974 featuring his capture of the heavyweight title from Sonny Liston, his conversion to Islam, criticism of the Vietnam War, banishment from boxing, his return to fight Joe Frazier in 1971, and, lastly, his reclaiming the title from George Foreman in the Rumble in the Jungle fight of 1974. It also discusses the great social and political upheaval in the United States following the assassinations of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr. during the presidency of Lyndon B. Johnson.
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Cast:
- Michael Bentt
- Malick Bowens
- Candy Ann Brown
- LeVar Burton
- David Cubitt
- Victoria Dillard
- David Elliott
- Giancarlo Esposito
- Jamie Foxx
- Nona Gaye
- David Haines
- Albert Hall
- Barry Shabaka Henley
- Brandon T. Jackson
- Laurence Mason
- Bruce McGill
- Michael Michele
- Joe Morton
- Zaa Nkweta
- Leon Robinson
- Paul Rodriguez
- Robert Sale
- Charles Shufford
- Ron Silver
- Jada Pinkett Smith
- Will Smith
- James Toney
- Mario Van Peebles
- Jon Voight
- Shari Watson
- Mykelti Williamson
- Jeffrey Wright