In 1974, Leon Gast traveled to Africa to film Zaïre 74, a music festival planned to accompany an unprecedented sports spectacle: the Rumble in the Jungle, in which late-career underdog Muhammad Ali would contend with the younger powerhouse George Foreman for the boxing heavyweight championship title—“a fight between two blacks in a black nation, organized by blacks,” as a Kinshasa billboard put it. When the main event was delayed, extending Ali’s stay in Africa, Gast wound up amassing a treasure trove of footage, observing the wildly charismatic athlete training for one of the toughest bouts of his career while basking in his role as black America’s proud ambassador to postcolonial Africa. Two decades in the making, When We Were Kings features interviews with Norman Mailer and George Plimpton that illustrate the sensational impact of the fight, rounding out an Academy Award–winning portrait of Ali that captures his charm, grace, and defiance.

Dettagli sul prodotto

Attore	Muhammad Ali, George Foreman
Regista	Leon Gast
Label	Criterion Collection

Contenuto	DVD
Edizione	Spindled, Criterion Collection
Data pubblicazione	22.10.2019
Genre	Documentario > Ritratto, Biografia Documentario > Sport, Extreme Sports

EAN	0715515236614
Audio	Inglese
Anno di produzione	1996
Titolo originale	When We Were Kings
Codice regionale	1
Versione	US Version

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Black Woodstock!

Scritta il 21. agosto 2002 da Marc Zehnder.

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Gewaltige mit viel Liebe gemachte Dokumentation, nicht umsonst auch das afrikanische woodstock genannt!!!
Scritta il 11. marzo 2002 da King.

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interessante dokumentation zum jahrhundertskampf! man bekommt einen schönen einblick um das ganze geschehen und lernt die personen besser kennen.
als zückerchen gibts noch die kämpfe "rumble in the jungle" und "thrilla in manila" in voller länge!!

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When We Were Kings (1996) Spindled, Criterion Collection Inglese · DVD

When We Were Kings (1996)
Spindled, Criterion Collection Inglese · DVD