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When We Were Kings (1996)
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Decades ago, documentary filmmaker Leon Gast attempted to complete a feature about the 1974 "Rumble in the Jungle" championship bout between boxers Muhammad Ali and George Foreman in Kinshasa, Zaire. Sundry complications, though, held up the project until its release in 1996. It was well worth the delay. From Gast's perspective of modern history, the six weeks Ali and Foreman were forced to spend waiting in Africa for their fight to take place now looks like an important moment in America's cultural understanding of African American roots. In a nutshell, Ali had been stripped of his heavyweight champion title because his opposition to the...
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When We Were Kings Movie Review by Ben  (5/25/2007) |
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Leon Gast created the best documentary of 1997. Of course, he had the greatest fighter of all time as his subject, so it wasn't too difficult.
I could not watch this film without significant reminiscing. I was in the seminary in 1964 when Cassius Clay defeated Sonny Liston. I vividly remember all of us gathered around to...
(complete When We Were Kings review by Ben)
| When We Were Kings Movie Review by JR (3/9/2007) |
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This movie shows why Michael Mann's "Ali" was such a failure. With all due respect to Will Smith, there is only one Muhammad Ali. This documentary shows the real deal- the most controversial and charasmatic sportsman of all time during his glory years. Say what you will about Ali's political views, but you can't deny...
(complete When We Were Kings review by JR)
| When We Were Kings Movie Review by Lisa (3/27/2007) |
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There's dozens of documentaries about various sports heroes but "When we were Kings" transcends them all. Leo Gast created this documentary in 1974 but it wasn't unleashed on the public till 1996.
If you have any doubts about Ali then this documentary will surely bury them. We see Ali at his best a charismatic, passionate...
(complete When We Were Kings review by Lisa)
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