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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.
Language
Budget$107,000,000
Revenue $87,700,000
English
Budget$107,000,000
Revenue $87,700,000
Keywords
transporter
boxer
affectation
biography
angry
detached
boxing
candid
dramatic
admiring
adoring
ambivalent
antagonistic
approving
assertive
celebratory
empathetic
Casts

Will Smith
Muhammad Ali / Cassius Clay

Jamie Foxx
Drew 'Bundini' Brown

Jon Voight
Howard Cosell

Mario Van Peebles
Malcolm X

Ron Silver
Angelo Dundee

Jeffrey Wright
Howard Bingham

Mykelti Williamson
Don King

Jada Pinkett Smith
Sonji Roi

Nona Gaye
Belinda Ali

Michael Michele
Veronica Porche

Joe Morton
Chauncey Eskridge

Paul Rodríguez
Dr. Ferdie Pacheco

Bruce McGill
Bradley

Barry Shabaka Henley
Herbert Muhammad

Giancarlo Esposito
Cassius Clay, Sr.

Laurence Mason
Luis Sarria

LeVar Burton
Martin Luther King, Jr.

Albert Hall
Elijah Muhammad

David Cubitt
Robert Lipsyte

Ted Levine
Joe Smiley

Candy Ann Brown
Odessa
David Elliott
Sam Cooke

Shari Watson
Woman Singer

Malick Bowens
Joseph Mobutu
Michael Bentt
Sonny Liston

James Toney
'Smokin' Joe Frazier
Alfred Cole
Ernie Terrell
Charles Shufford
George Foreman

Rufus Dorsey
Floyd Paterson
Robert Sale
Jerry Quarry
Vince Cooke
Jimmy Ellis
Damien 'Bolo' Wills
Ken Norton

David Haines
Rudy Clay / Rahaman Ali

Victoria Dillard
Betty Shabazz

Brad Greenquist
Marlin Thomas

Morgana Van Peebles
Malcolm X's Daughter
Maya Van Peebles
Malcolm X's Daughter

Maestro Harrell
Young Cassius Clay

William Utay
The Doctor

Kim Robillard
Jimmy Cannon

David Purdham
Madison Square Garden Announcer

Gailard Sartain
Gordon Davidson

Wade Williams
Lieutenant Jerome Claridge

Guy Van Swearingen
Induction FBI Man
Doug Hale
Judge Ingraham
LaDonna Tittle
Bundini's Landlady

Marc Grapey
Bob Arum

Herb Mitchell
Boxing Commissioner
Eddie Bo Smith Jr.
Malcolm's Bodyguard
Bobby Stuart
Thomas 15X Johnson
Patrick New
Room Service Guy

Ron O.J. Parson
Death Newsman

Ellis Williams
Family Photo Man

Alexandra Bokyun Chun
Asian Cosmetologist

John Gleeson Connolly
Assistant Director
Warner Saunders
Customer

Jack Reiss
Referee Arthur Mercante
Marty Denkin
Frazier Fight II Announcer
Tamara Lynch
Flight Attendant

Chico Benymon
Hampton House Announcer
Bill Plaschke
Miami Weigh-In Reporter
Steve Springer
Miami Weigh-In Reporter
Patrick M. Connolly
Announcer
Patrick C. Russell
Referee
Robert Byrd
Willie Reddick
Cedric Wills
Jersey Joe Walcott, Referee

Ronald A. DiNicola
Prosecutor
Moses Hollins
Man on Train
Daniel E. Gurevitz
Boxing Commission Reporter

Steven Randazzo
Reporter

Ray Bokhour
Reporter

Leonard Termo
Madison Square Garden Reporter

Johnny Ortiz
Madison Square Garden Reporter
Mark Salem
New York Reporter
Sheldon Fogel
New York Reporter
Jim Gray
New York Reporter
Melvin Thomas
Harlem Neighbor

Natalie Carter
Harlem Neighbor
Reginald Footman
Harlem Neighbor
Poe Poe
Harlem Reporter
Mel Dick
Louisville Sponsoring Group

Kim Taylor-Coleman
Lana Shabazz

Christian Stolte
Miami Cop
Vic Manni
Dressing Room Weigh-In Guy
Will Gill Jr.
Dick Sadler

Sylvaine Strike
ORTF Interviewer
Denis Luposo
Kinshasa Reporter
Sharon Wilkinson
Rose Jennings
Carol Hatchett
Pointer Sister
Judith Mwale
Pointer Sister
Keabetswe Motsilanyane
Pointer Sister
Richard Katanga
Mobutu Aide / Military Aide
Thomas Kariuki Matheri
Lieutenant Nsakala
Larry Hazzard Sr.
Zack Clayton
Derrick Brown
Larry Holmes
Rommel Hyacinth
The Pilot

Graham Hopkins
London Banker
Daniel Janks
CIA Man
Bradford E. Lang
Black Pilot

Michael Dorn
Black Pilot
Dan Robbertse
Reporter in Zaire

Graham Clarke
Reporter in Zaire
Dimitri Cassar
Reporter in Zaire
Frank Notaro
Reporter in Zaire
Mark Mulder
Reporter in Zaire
David W. Hess
Reporter in Zaire
Henrikennyo Mukenyi
Bula
Nathaniel Malekane
Archie Moore
Millard Arnold
Doc Broadus
Edda Collier
Blonde French Reporter
Yi Lu Wei
Chinese Delegate
Lee Cummings
Hunter Thompson
Zaa Nkweta
Foreman Fight Announcer
Themba Gasa
Idi Amin
Andrew P. Jones
Don King's Aide
Marc Kulazite Mboli
Additional Aide to Mobutu
Cimanga Kalambay
Additional Aide to Mobutu
Jean Bikoi
Additional Aide to Mobutu
James Gilbert
Sparring Partner in Africa
Crews

Jon Peters
Producer
Stuart Waks
Editor

Michael Mann
Director

Lisa Gerrard
Original Music Composer

Michael Mann
Producer
James Lassiter
Producer

Christopher Wilkinson
Screenplay

Eric Roth
Screenplay

Michael Mann
Screenplay

Emmanuel Lubezki
Director of Photography
Pieter Bourke
Original Music Composer
Paul Ardaji
Producer

William Goldenberg
Editor

Stephen E. Rivkin
Editor

Stephen J. Rivele
Screenplay

Lynzee Klingman
Editor
Lee Caplin
Executive Producer

Graham King
Executive Producer
Carol Brown
Makeup Artist
Craig Heath
Sound Recordist
Christopher Emerson
Assistant Sound Editor
Kevin Elam
Visual Effects Producer
Karen E. Burnett
Set Dresser
Richard Fojo
Assistant Art Director
Steve Park
Set Dresser
Jeremy Alan Read
Set Dresser
Jonathan Lee
Art Direction
Michael Thurman
Set Dresser

Gregory King
Supervising Sound Editor
Keith Hall
Makeup Artist
Lydia Milars
Makeup Supervisor
Diana Cilliers
Costume Supervisor
Jane B. Johnson
Set Decoration

Craig Henighan
Sound Effects Editor
Brian Risner
Sound Effects Editor
Suzi Ostos
Makeup Artist
Robert Renga
Sound Recordist
Robert Stadd
Visual Effects Producer
Bill Rea
Art Direction
Judy Murdock
Makeup Artist
Lynn Christopher
Set Designer
Rando Schmook
Assistant Art Director
Sean Landeros
Sound Recordist
Nicholas Scott
Set Designer
Tomas Voth
Art Direction
Michael J. McAlister
Visual Effects Supervisor
Sukari McGill
Set Costumer
Marcos Alvarez
Set Designer
James V. Kent
Set Decoration
David W. Krummel
Assistant Art Director
Shane Reed
Set Dresser

Andy Nelson
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Sloane U'Ren
Set Designer

Anna Behlmer
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Gina Marie Ome
Set Costumer
Chuck Coffman
Set Dresser
Cary Whittaker
Set Dresser
Nicklas Farrantello
Assistant Art Director

Shaughnessy Hare
Assistant Sound Editor
Fred Schwendel
Set Dresser
James P. Lay
Sound Effects Editor
John Casey
Costume Supervisor

Victoria Thomas
Casting
Gregory Allen Howard
Story
Thomas Hayslip
Production Supervisor
Jim Erickson
Set Decoration
John Buckley
Gaffer

Marlene Stewart
Costume Design
Stephanie Lowry
Music Editor

Joel Kramer
Stunt Coordinator
Kevin De La Noy
Unit Production Manager
Michael Tinger
Post Production Supervisor
Beverly Jo Pryor
Makeup Department Head
Elayne Schneiderman
Production Supervisor
Vicki Hiatt
Music Editor
Lisa Jaime
Music Editor
Vera Mitchell
Hair Department Head

John Myhre
Production Design
Jody Spilkoman
Second Second Assistant Director

Ray Conchado
Set Dresser
Randolph LeRoi
Stunt Double
A. Kitman Ho
Producer
Lydia Cedrone
Production Consultant
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