Yapım :2001 Ülke : Amerika Süre : 159 dakika IMDB Puan : 6.4/10 IMDB ID: tt0248667
Oyuncular Will Smith - Cassius Clay/Cassius X/Muhammad Ali 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 Nona M. Gaye - Belinda Ali (as Nona Gaye) Michael Michele - Veronica Porche
Bilgi :In 1964, a brash new pro boxer, fresh from his olympic gold medal victory, explodes on to the scene, Cassius Clay. Bold and outspoken, he cuts an entirely new image for African Americans in sport with his proud public self confidence with his unapologetic belief that he is the greatest boxer of all time. To his credit, he sets out to prove that with his highly agile and forceful style soon making him a formidable boxer who soon claims the heavyweight championship. His personal life is no less noteworthy with his allegiance to the Nation of Islam, his friendship with the controversial Malcolm X and his abandonment of his slave name in favour of Muhammad Ali stirring up controversy. Yet, at the top of his game, both Alis personal and professional lives face the ultimate test with the military draft rules are changed, making him eligible for military induction during the Vietnam War. Despite the fact that he could easily agree to a sweetheart deal that would have meant an easy tour of duty for himself, Ali refuses to submit on principle to cooperate in an unjust war for a racist nation that treated his people so poorly. The cost of that stand is high as he finds himself unable to legally box in his own country while his case is contested in court. What follows is a battle for a man who would sacrifice so much for what he believes in and a comeback that would cement his legend as one of the great sports figures of all time.Muhammad Ali from 1964 to 1974, told in three braided threads. The boxer: from becoming champion to regaining the championship. Religion and politics: Cassius Clay becomes a Black Muslim, truncates a friendship with Malcolm X, perhaps is Elijah Muhammads pawn, refuses induction into the US military, and faces a five-year prison sentence while his case goes to the Supreme Court. Family: he marries twice and by 1974 that marriage is strained, defends his white trainer, has a brother in Bundini Brown, is wily with Howard Cosell. Throughout, Ali keeps his own counsel: in the ring, at the induction center when he wont step forward, and in friendship, love, and victory.
