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When We Were Kings is a american film of genre Documentary released in USA on 25 october 1996 with George Plimpton

When We Were Kings (1996)

When We Were Kings
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Released in USA 25 october 1996
Length 1h29
OriginUSA
Rating78% 3.948043.948043.948043.948043.94804

When We Were Kings is a 1996 documentary film directed by Leon Gast about the famous "Rumble in the Jungle" heavyweight championship match between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman. The fight was held in Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo) on October 30, 1974.

The film features a number of celebrities, including James Brown, Jim Brown, B.B. King, Norman Mailer, George Plimpton, Spike Lee and Thomas Hauser.

When We Were Kings was released in 1996 to strong reviews, and won the 1996 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.

It took Gast 22 years to edit and finance the documentary before it was finally released.

Synopsis

En 1974, à Kinshasa, capitale du Zaïre, a lieu une rencontre historique entre les deux poids lourds les plus reputés des Etats-Unis, Mohammed Ali, alias Cassius Clay, et George Foreman. A trente-deux ans, Ali va tenter de reconquérir le titre de champion du monde face à Foreman, vingt-cinq ans, auréolé de ses victoires sur Frazier et Norton. Le 30 octobre, le stade de Kinshasa ouvre ses grilles à 4 heures du matin.

Actors

George Plimpton

(Self)Spike Lee

(Self)Norman Mailer

(Self)Malick Bowens

(Self)Miriam Makeba

(Self)
And :
Drew Bundini Brown
Howard Cosell
Danny "Big Black" Rey
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