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10/12/2001 Drama 2h 37m
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Float like a butterfly and sting like a bee.

Overview

In 1964, a brash, new pro boxer, fresh from his Olympic gold medal victory, explodes onto the scene: Cassius Clay. Bold and outspoken, he cuts an entirely new image for African Americans in sport with his proud public self-confidence and his unapologetic belief that he is the greatest boxer of all time. Yet at the top of his game, both Ali's personal and professional lives face the ultimate test.

  1. Michael Mann

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Will Smith

    Muhammad Ali / Cassius Clay

  2. Jamie Foxx

    Drew 'Bundini' Brown

  3. Jon Voight

    Howard Cosell

  4. Mario Van Peebles

    Malcolm X

  5. Ron Silver

    Angelo Dundee

  6. Jeffrey Wright

    Howard Bingham

  7. Mykelti Williamson

    Don King

  8. Jada Pinkett Smith

    Sonji Roi

  9. Nona Gaye

    Belinda Ali

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2024-02-01
There are flashes of the legendary Muhammad Ali wit and quick-thinking delivery peppered throughout this otherwise rather long and ponderous story of the life of Cassius Clay from relative poverty through to his mastery of not just the boxing ring but of the television media that, at that point, fed successfully from this truly global sport. It's Will Smith who takes centre stage after his gold medal victory at the Tokyo Olympiad in 1964 and like many other pugilists in history, his character offers the down-trodden, working class, an inspiration. With sweat, tears and hard work he can escape ...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$107,000,000.00

Revenue
$87,812,729.00

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