Movie
Ali
Float like a butterfly and sting like a bee.
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.
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Synopsis
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.
Cast, crew and production details
About Ali
Cast
Will SmithMuhammad Ali / Cassius Clay
Jamie FoxxDrew 'Bundini' Brown
Jon VoightHoward Cosell
Mario Van PeeblesMalcolm X
Ron SilverAngelo Dundee
Jeffrey WrightHoward Bingham
Mykelti WilliamsonDon King
Jada Pinkett SmithSonji RoiCredits
- Directed by
- Michael Mann
- Written by
- Eric Roth, Michael Mann, Christopher Wilkinson, Stephen J. Rivele, Gregory Allen Howard
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $107M
- Box office
- $87.8M
Production
Columbia PicturesUnited States- Initial Entertainment GroupUnited States
Forward PassUnited States
Overbrook EntertainmentUnited States
Peters EntertainmentUnited States- Lee Caplin / Picture EntertainmentUnited States
