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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.Muhammad Ali plays himself in a reconstruction of the events that brought him to fame.
- Awards
- 2 wins total
Teddy Wilson
- John the Gardener
- (as Theodore R. Wilson)
Chip McAllister
- Cassius Clay - Aged 18
- (as Phillip 'Chip' McAllister)
Drew Bundini Brown
- Drew 'Bundini' Brown
- (as Drew 'Bundini' Brown)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaSharon Stone met Muhammad Ali when she was 17. She was in the Miss Pennsylvania pageant and Ali was in Hershey, PA, when Stone was there, and she met him. And then Ali called her father and offered her a part in this film. The late boxing champ predicted movie stardom while her father was skeptical. Stone's father said, ''She is not going to be in film.'' Ali told her father, ''You may think that she is not, but she is. You cannot hide that girl under a bushel basket. Her light is too bright."
- GoofsMuhammad 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.
- Quotes
Drew 'Bundini' Brown: Float like a butterfly and sting like a bee. You can't hit what you can't see.
- SoundtracksThe Greatest Love of All
(main title song)
Sung by George Benson
Music by Michael Masser
Lyrics by Linda Creed
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After seeing several disappointing biopics featuring Ali I have no fear in saying this is one of the better movies featuring the great man . The film is helped by a script that tells of young Clay`s struggle against prejudice and discrimanation without going overboard , and the script to its credit doesn`t concern itself with deep discussions of Ali`s psyche unlike a few movies I could mention , here the script just concentrates itself with hard facts . By a strange irony the film is less effective when Ali appears playing himself but that`s probably down to Ali having a bit too much fun reliving his past like turning up at Sonny Liston`s house at the dead of night to throw insults , but you can`t really blame Ali for enjoying himself , he was a remarkable man who had many remarkable moments in his life
You probably won`t learn anything new about Ali watching this film , but you can be certain that it`s all true
You probably won`t learn anything new about Ali watching this film , but you can be certain that it`s all true
- Theo Robertson
- Sep 8, 2003
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- Also known as
- El más grande
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- Gross US & Canada
- $8,284,000
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