Ali

The film begins with Cassius Clay Jr. before his championship debut against then-heavyweight champion Sonny Liston. Clay taunts Liston, then dominates the early rounds of the match. Halfway through, he complains of a burning feeling in his eyes (implying that Liston has tried to cheat) and says he is unable to continue. However, his trainer/manager Angelo Dundee gets him to keep fighting. Once Clay is able to see again, he dominates the fight and Liston quits before round seven, making Clay the second-youngest heavyweight champion at the time after Floyd Patterson.

MPAA Rating:R
Genre:Biography, Drama, Sports
Country:United States
Produced By:Kathleen M. Shea, JoÃO Ribeiro, John D. Schofield, Jon Peters, Howard Bingham, Paul Ardaji, James Lassiter, A. Kitman Ho, Lee Caplin, Michael Waxman, Graham King, Gusmano Cesaretti, Michael Mann
Directed By:Michael Mann
Written By:Christopher Wilkinson, Stephen J. Rivele, Eric Roth, Gregory Allen Howard, Michael Mann
Cast:Will Gill Jr., Kim Robillard, Brad Greenquist, Mario Van Peebles, Ted Levine, Richard Fitzpatrick, Johnathan Hodges, Ed Cray, David Purdham, Barry Shabaka Henley, James Toney, Ron Silver, Giancarlo Esposito, Herb Mitchell, Eddie Bo Smith Jr., Will Holman, LeVar Burton, Javier Rivas, Johnny Ortiz, Teddy Atlas, Daniel D. Harris, Marc Grapey, Deborah Smith Ford, Laurence Mason, Michael Michele, Albert Hall, Will Smith, Matisha Baldwin, Ron O.J. Parson, William Utay, Bruce McGill, Ray Bokhour, Josh Feinberg, David Haines, Sheldon Fogel, Frank Notaro, Joseph Luis Rubin, Edge, Alexandra Bokyun Chun, Robert Standley, Rufus Dorsey, Wil Santiago, Dan Robbertse, Vincent De Paul, Michael Bentt, Larry Vigus, Ronald A. DiNicola, Carol Hatchett, Wade Williams, Graham Clarke, Nathaniel Malekane, Hunter F. Roberts, Guy Van Swearingen, Donald Dowd, Chico Benymon, Greg Bronson, Leon, George Hambach, Mark Salem, Doug Hale, Jackie Zane, Malick Bowens, Lionel D. Carson, John O. Nelson, Shari Watson, Ray Uhler, Mark Mulder, Leonard Termo, Ellis Williams, Jeffrey Wright, James Currie, Patrick Fox, Joe Morton, Denise Moss, Graham Hopkins, Trish Dempsey, Tony Babarino, Dimitri Cassar, Gailard Sartain, Morgana Van Peebles, Freda Nelson Evans, Paul Rodriguez, Jon Voight, Jamie Foxx, Michael Dorn, Al Quinn, Christian Stolte, Vincent Cook, Sheldon Robins, Victoria Dillard, Sylvaine Strike, Vic Manni, Tracy Perry, Edward C. Gillow, Themba Gasa, Natalie Carter, Candy Ann Brown, Kim Coleman, Ross Haines, Jada Pinkett Smith, Marty Denkin, Mykelti Williamson, LaDonna Tittle, Maestro Harrell, Dan Andreiu, Zaa Nkweta, Reginald Footman, Nona Gaye, David Bjorlie, Prince Shah, Tamara Lynch, Brandon T. Jackson, John Gleeson Connolly, Daniel Janks, Valentine Miele, Steven Randazzo, Ralph Cole Jr., Maya Van Peebles, Jack Truman, Jermaine Montell, David Cubitt
In Theaters:Dec 25, 2001
Runtime:2 hours 37 minutes
Production:Columbia Pictures, Forward Pass, Initial Entertainment Group (IEG), Moonlighting Films, Overbrook Entertainment
Budget:$107,000,000
Box Office:$58,203,105
Available On:Amazon, Itunes, Netflix, Vudu
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