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Ali [videorecording (DVD)] / a Michael Mann film.

Contributor(s): Publisher number: 06689 | Columbia TriStar Home EntertainmentLanguage: English, French Original language: English Publication details: Culver City, Calif. : Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, 2002.Description: 1 videodisc (157 min.) : 5.1 Dolby digital sd., col. ; 12 cmISBN:
  • 076786977X
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Production credits:
  • Columbia Pictures presents, in association with Initial Entertainment Group, a Peters Entertainment/Forward Pass Production, in association with Lee Caplin/Picture Entertainment Corporation and Overbrook Films ; produced by Jon Peters, James Lassiter, Paul Ardaji, Michael Mann ; story by Gregory Allen Howard ; screenplay by Stephen J. Rivele, Christopher Wilkinson, Eric Roth & Michael Mann ; directed by Michael Mann.
Cast: Will Smith with Jamie Foxx, Jon Voight, Mario Van Peebles, Ron Silver, Jeffrey Wright, Mykelti Williamson, Jada Pinkett Smith, Nona M. Gaye, Michael Michele and Joe Morton.Summary: Dramatic biography of boxing great Muhammad Ali, which focuses on the ten-year period of 1964-1974. In that time, the brash, motor-mouthed athlete quickly dominates his sport, meets and marries his first wife, converts to Islam (changing his name from Cassius Clay), and defies the United States government by refusing to submit to military conscription for duty in Vietnam. His world heavyweight champion title thus stripped from him entirely for political reasons, the champ sets about to win back his crown, culminating in a legendary unification bout against George Foreman in Zaire, dubbed the "Rumble in the Jungle."
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DVD DVD Hanover Public Library Shelves DVDA ALI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31906001129379

Originally released as a motion picture in 2001.

Columbia Pictures presents, in association with Initial Entertainment Group, a Peters Entertainment/Forward Pass Production, in association with Lee Caplin/Picture Entertainment Corporation and Overbrook Films ; produced by Jon Peters, James Lassiter, Paul Ardaji, Michael Mann ; story by Gregory Allen Howard ; screenplay by Stephen J. Rivele, Christopher Wilkinson, Eric Roth & Michael Mann ; directed by Michael Mann.

Will Smith with Jamie Foxx, Jon Voight, Mario Van Peebles, Ron Silver, Jeffrey Wright, Mykelti Williamson, Jada Pinkett Smith, Nona M. Gaye, Michael Michele and Joe Morton.

Dramatic biography of boxing great Muhammad Ali, which focuses on the ten-year period of 1964-1974. In that time, the brash, motor-mouthed athlete quickly dominates his sport, meets and marries his first wife, converts to Islam (changing his name from Cassius Clay), and defies the United States government by refusing to submit to military conscription for duty in Vietnam. His world heavyweight champion title thus stripped from him entirely for political reasons, the champ sets about to win back his crown, culminating in a legendary unification bout against George Foreman in Zaire, dubbed the "Rumble in the Jungle."

Home use only.

Includes English and French language tracks with optional English, French or Spanish subtitles.

Closed-captioned.

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