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Ich bin der Grösste

Originaltitel: The Greatest
  • 1977
  • 12
  • 1 Std. 41 Min.
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Muhammad Ali in Ich bin der Grösste (1977)
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Füge eine Handlung in deiner Sprache hinzuMuhammad Ali plays himself in a reconstruction of the events that brought him to fame.Muhammad Ali plays himself in a reconstruction of the events that brought him to fame.Muhammad Ali plays himself in a reconstruction of the events that brought him to fame.

  • Regie
    • Tom Gries
    • Monte Hellman
  • Drehbuch
    • Muhammad Ali
    • Herbert Muhammad
    • Richard Durham
  • Hauptbesetzung
    • Muhammad Ali
    • Ernest Borgnine
    • John Marley
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    • Regie
      • Tom Gries
      • Monte Hellman
    • Drehbuch
      • Muhammad Ali
      • Herbert Muhammad
      • Richard Durham
    • Hauptbesetzung
      • Muhammad Ali
      • Ernest Borgnine
      • John Marley
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    Ernest Borgnine
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    • Dr. Ferdie Pacheco
    Lloyd Haynes
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    • Herbert Muhammad
    Malachi Throne
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    • Payton Jory
    Lucille Benson
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    • Mrs. Fairlie
    Teddy Wilson
    Teddy Wilson
    • John the Gardener
    • (as Theodore R. Wilson)
    Annazette Chase
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    • Belinda Ali
    Mira Waters
    • Ruby Sanderson
    Chip McAllister
    • Cassius Clay - Aged 18
    • (as Phillip 'Chip' McAllister)
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    • Malcolm X
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    7Captain_Couth

    Muhammed Ali starring as...Himself!!!

    9?¬9?est (1977) was a bio-pic that starred Muhammed Ali as himself. This film was based upon a biography that was titled the same as the movie. Who else could portray the "Greatest of All Time" other than the man himself. The movie follows Ali from when he was known as Cassius Clay, winning the boxing gold medal, winning the World's Heavyweight Boxing title from Sonny Liston, refusing to be inducted into the military because of his deep religious beliefs and so on. How far does the film go into his life? You'll have to find out when you watch THE GREATEST!!

    I felt that Ali did a good job of portraying himself. I can't see any other person being able of doing the job. ALI, the movie just didn't do the man justice. It was filled with a lot of flaws and omissions. THE GREATEST may not be the best movie around, but if you want to see the man in all of his glory then you have to watch this movie. It was a real hoot to see Ali running his famous "Louisville Lip" and it was also nice to see Ali's inner circle of friends and confidants live and up close. I enjoyed this film much more than the overrated ALI.

    Recommended for boxing fans.
    6Bunuel1976

    THE GREATEST (Tom Gries and, uncredited, Monte Hellman, 1977) **1/2

    The original (and nominal) director here, Tom Gries, died of a heart attack while the film was still in production; somewhat perversely, Monte Hellman (who usually had to struggle to set-up his own personal projects) seemed like the go-to-guy in similar situations – since he would be assigned similar 'doctoring' duties on AVALANCHE EXPRESS (1979), whose own viewing preceded this one! While it was most probably green-lit in the wake of the boxing sleeper hit (and surprise Oscar triumph) ROCKY (1976), earlier in the decade another film on a black champ within this particular sporting field had emerged i.e. THE GREAT WHITE HOPE (1970) – in which James Earl Jones had been Oscar-nominated for his turn as Jack Johnson and who, here, turns up briefly as yet another controversial historical figure, Malcolm X (himself the subject of a 1992 film, where he would be interpreted by Oscar contender Denzel Washington).

    Anyway, it was a rarity to have the protagonist of a biopic played by the man himself; legendary Muhammad Ali – formerly known as Cassius Clay – 'performs' adequately enough under the circumstances (though some disparagingly opined that he was unconvincing!), so much so that he would later star in the made-for-TV American Civil War epic FREEDOM ROAD (1979). For the record, his life-story would also be treated in a number of documentaries, such as a.k.a. CASSIUS CLAY (1970) and the Oscar-winning WHEN WE WERE KINGS (1996) – both of which I own but have yet to check out – as well as Michael Mann's more thorough feature ALI (2001; for which star Will Smith would also be up for a Best Actor Oscar). Incidentally, the name-change was from Clay to Ali occurred when he changed his faith from Christianity (rejecting it for being "the white man's religion 'mandating' that the black man suffer while on Earth and reap his rewards in the afterlife"!) to Muslim (the boxer's association with the revolutionary Malcolm X would be frowned upon by his promoters, while Ali's pacifist views would land him in trouble with the authorities when he refused to be drafted in the Vietnam War, whereupon he was stripped of his titles!).

    Thankfully, the script (by sports authority Ring Lardner Jr. and an uncredited Bill Gunn, perhaps best-known for his radical take on the vampire theme with GANJA & HESS {1973}) does not whitewash its subjects, depicting Ali as misogynistic (liberally seducing white women and dominating those of his own color) and brash (openly aggravating his opponents in order to throw them off-balance) and Malcolm himself as delusional. The heavyweight bouts themselves are presented briefly via stock footage, with more time allotted to the 1974 "Rumble In The Jungle" with Ali making a spectacular comeback facing George Foreman (actually exclusively dealt with in the afore-mentioned WHEN WE WERE KINGS – by which time the protagonist would have become afflicted with Parkinson's Disease, though he did turn up unannounced at the awards ceremony!) and which ends THE GREATEST itself on a high note. Such powerful moments are intermittently felt throughout, but the end result does not really prove the compelling portrayal that was clearly intended!

    In fact, among its deficiencies, one has to include the movie's soundtrack – composed of equal parts sappy songs by George Benson (notably "The Greatest Love Of All") and a pulsating score (during the ROCKY-type training sessions) that are very evocative of its era, that is to say, feel dated at this juncture! Nor is the film helped in any noticeable way by the star-studded supporting cast – highlighting Ernest Borgnine (as Ali's trainer), John Marley (his doctor), Robert Duvall (the afore-mentioned flustered promoter), Ben Johnson (as an early supporter), a thinned-down Paul Winfield (as his defence counsel) and Roger E. Mosley (as Sonny Liston, the heavyweight champ he first lost to and then triumphed over).
    7planktonrules

    Enjoyable but not exactly a 'warts and all' sort of biopic.

    "The Greatest" is a most unusual biopic in that the subject, Muhammad Ali, actually plays himself in most of the movie. Now, at the beginning, when Cassius Clay wins the Olympic gold, he's played by a different actor. But then it switches in the early 1960s and Ali plays himself. Considering his bigger than life persona, it's not at all surprising he played himself in the picture.

    As I mentioned above, the film follows Clay (later, Muhammad Ali) from his Olympic gold to his career at his peak in the 1970s. As a result, you learn little about his early life and don't get to see the sad decline late in his career...which is probably for the best.

    So is the film any good? Well, Ali is very good playing himself...and he turns out to be quite a decent actor. The film is not perfect, as sometimes it glosses over Ali's weakness (the many women in his life...both wives and mistresses)...but it does hit important things such as his conversion to Islam, his refusal to fight in Vietnam and his major boxing matches. In the latter case, they chose to show footage of the actual matches and fortunately they don't show too much...choosing instead to focus on his life outside the ring...which was a good choice.

    So is it worth watching? Yes. It's definitely a film for anyone who wants to see Ali at his best and most famous period of his life.

    By the way, it didn't harm the film much but having James Earl Jones playing Malcolm X was a mistake. While an amazing actor, he didn't look nor talk much like the man. It is interesting they chose Jones, however, at he played Alex Haley who was interviewing Malcolm X in "Roots: The Next Generation".
    dtucker86

    Pretty average

    Maybe the producers of this film thought it would be highly original to have Ali play himself. I can picture them sitting down and saying that really there is no actor who could do this man justice (this was before Will Smith was born!). However, Ali just couldn't act. Its sad watching him play himself as a young man when he's so obviously overwieght older and out of shape. Also I think that at the time this film was made, he was beginning to develop Parkinsons. His speech was already becoming slurry. The filmakers surround Ali with a professional cast of actors like James Earl Jones and Ernest Borgnine as Angelo Dundee, but Ali just wasn't right for this. Maybe this is one film that should never have been made. The lead up to the climatic Rumble in the Jungle with Foreman where he regains the title is done very well, it shows him training and running. They show quite a bit of footage from Ali's fights which is fine because they are from his best fights, the only thing is they keep playing the same damn music OVER AND OVER for them! It got kind of irritating. It was thrilling though in the end when Ali went up against the younger and stronger George Foreman and beat him in a stunning upset by using that "rope a dope" strategy. The final words of the film are of the fight commentator when he says "Foreman goes down, Muhammad Ali has done the IMPOSSIBLE! He has regained the Heavyweight Championship of the World"
    vchimpanzee

    The greatest plays the greatest

    I said several months ago that no one could play Ali except Ali. I was right. Muhammad Ali does a magnificent job playing himself in this movie. Maybe he's no actor, but in this case he accomplished what he set out to do, and he had several really effective scenes, such as when he explained why he didn't want to go to Vietnam, and the scene where Clay demanded that he no longer be called by that slave name.

    This was the third film (as opposed to documentary) that I saw on the life of the great boxer. David Ramsey did an okay job in the first one, and Will Smith tried his best but didn't quite capture the champ as only the champ could. Smith may have been the best actor out of the three, and certainly his film was the best.

    Chip McAllister made young Cassius Clay too much of a clown. He was okay, I guess, but the portrayal of the character improved dramatically at one point, and I also noticed the actor looked so much more like Clay. That's when I remembered: Ali himself was playing the character.

    Ernest Borgnine did a capable job as Ali's trainer, but this was not one of his best performances. James Earl Jones did a fine job as Malcolm X, brief as the performance was.

    I learned a few new details about Ali's life I didn't know before. I also found out that 'The Greatest Love of All' was written long before Whitney Houston made it a hit.

    The main reason for watching this movie was Ali himself. He was the greatest.

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      The film's theme song, "The Greatest Love of All", which was written and recorded to be the movie's main theme, is sung by crooner George Benson and is played during the opening credits of this movie.
    • Patzer
      Muhammad Ali is shown fighting Joe Bugner during the montage of bouts that took place between the first Joe Frazier fight in 1971 and the first Ken Norton fight in 1973. However, the footage actually is taken from the second fight with Bugner in 1975 instead of their first fight in 1973. Not only is this out of sequence for the montage, but the second Bugner fight occurred after the Ali vs. George Foreman fight in 1974 which is the climax of the film.
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      Drew 'Bundini' Brown: Float like a butterfly and sting like a bee. You can't hit what you can't see.

    • Verbindungen
      Featured in The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson: Peter Falk/Steve Landesberg/Carl Sagan/Muhammad Ali (1977)
    • Soundtracks
      The Greatest Love of All
      (main title song)

      Sung by George Benson

      Music by Michael Masser

      Lyrics by Linda Creed

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      • 6. Oktober 1977 (Westdeutschland)
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      • Houston, Texas, USA
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      • Columbia Pictures
      • EMI Films
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