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| Category | Urban Special Interest DVDs, Education Movies, Documentary Videos, Recommended, Essential Cinema, History, World History/Culture, Concert Footage, Politics, Social Issues, Clips And Highlights, Boxing, Sports Heroes/Legends/Inspirations | | Starring | Muhammad Ali, George Foreman, George Plimpton, Norman Mailer | | Director | Leon Gast | | Featured | B.B. King, James Brown, Don King |
This Academy Award-winning film tells the story of the "Rumble in the Jungle" and captures the magic of Muhammad Ali at the peak of his triumphant career. Twenty-two years in the making, this documentary chronicles one of the most famous heavyweight championship bouts in history, the Muhammad Ali-George Foreman "Rumble in the Jungle" in Kinshasa, Zaire in 1974. Along with highlights of underdog Ali's stunning victory and infamous "Rope-A-Dope" tactics, the film also covers the back-story of the event and its cultural significance, with footage of Ali's goodwill tours, concert footage featuring B.B. King and James Brown, interviews with George Plimpton, Norman Mailer and Don King, and more. Academy Award winner for Best Documentary Feature. Screened at the 1996 Sundance Film Festival. When We Were Kings Reviews: "...The best documentary of the year. WHEN WE WERE KINGS offers a stunning look at the 1974 Muhammad Ali/George Foreman fight in Zaire..."
-- Peter Travers, Rolling Stone "...[An] extraordinary Oscar-nominated documentary....[A] masterpiece, a total original..." 4 out of 4 stars"
-- Mike Clark, USA Today "...Enormously entertaining....A total delight for every second of its running time..."
-- Todd McCarthy, Variety "...A valentine to Muhammad Ali as an athlete and political figure..."
-- Rachel Rosen, Film Comment "...[Ali,] wonderfully captured in finely chosen swatches of film, was beautiful, charming, self-confident, articulate and burning with talent in his prime..."
-- Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly "...[Ali's] presence alone makes WHEN WE WERE KINGS a special event....[The film] always compels our interest..."
-- Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times "...A time capsule....It is a new documentary of a past event, recapturing the electricity generated by Muhammad Ali in his prime..."
-- Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times When We Were Kings | List Price | $14.98 (You save $5.29) | | Studio | Universal Studios Home Video | | Orig Year | 1996 | | DVD Encoding | Region 1 | | All Time Sales Rank | 4355  | | CD Universe Part number | 5421252 | | Catalog number | 62022282 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Nov 05, 2002 | | Rating | PG (MPAA) | | Also Known As | Muhammad Ali - When We Were Kings | | Running Time | 94 Minutes | | Movie Details | Color |
When We Were Kings Movie Review When We Were Kings DVD Region 1 Keep Case Full Frame - 1.33 Widescreen - 1.85 Audio: Dolby Digital 2.0 - English Interactive Features: Interactive Menus Text/Photo Galleries: Biographies: Cast and Crew
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