When We Were Kings (1996)
When We Were Kings (1996)
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Plot.
It's 1974. Muhammad Ali is 32 and thought by many to be past his prime. George Foreman is ten years younger and the heavyweight champion of the world. Promoter Don King wants to make a name for himself and offers both fighters five million dollars apiece to fight one another, and when they accept, King has only to come up with the money. He finds a willing backer in Mobutu Sese Suko, the dictator of Zaire, and the "Rumble in the Jungle" is set, including a musical festival featuring some of America's top black performers, like James Brown and B.B. King.
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Cast & Crew.
Muhammad Ali
Self
George Foreman
Self
Don King
Self
James Brown
Self
B.B. King
Self
Mobutu Sese Seko
Self (President of Zaire)
Spike Lee
Self
Norman Mailer
Self - Writer
George Plimpton
Self - Writer
Malick Bowens
Self
Thomas Hauser
Self
Thomas Hauser
Self
Lloyd Price
Self
Leon Gast
Director
Miriam Makeba
Self
Drew Bundini Brown
Self
Taylor Hackford
Producer
Odessa Clay
Self
Howard Cosell
Self
Maryse Alberti
Cinematographer
Paul Goldsmith
Cinematographer
Wilton Felder
Self
Kevin Keating
Cinematographer
Wayne Henderson
Self
Stix Hooper
Self
Albert Maysles
Cinematographer
Stewart Levin
Self
Alan Pariser
Self
Danny 'Big Black' Rey
Self
Jeffrey Kusama-Hinte
Editor
Dick Sadler
Self
Keith Robinson
Editor
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Details.
Release DateOctober 25, 1996
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 29m
Box Office$2,666,118
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Wiki.
When We Were Kings is a 1996 American documentary film directed by Leon Gast about the "Rumble in the Jungle" heavyweight championship boxing match that was held on October 30, 1974, in Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo) between world heavyweight champion George Foreman and Muhammad Ali. It features archival footage of celebrities, including James Brown, B.B. King, and promoter Don King, in the lead-up to the fight and accompanying Zaire 74 music festival, alongside interview footage of Norman Mailer, George Plimpton, Spike Lee and Thomas Hauser from the 1990s.
The film took Gast 22 years to edit and finance, but it was finally released to strong reviews and won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature of 1996.
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