Release Date

25 Oct, 1996

Runtime

01:29: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

The untold story of the Rumble in the Jungle.

It's 1974. Muhammad Ali is 32 and thought by many to be past his prime. George Foreman is ten years younger and the heavyweight champion of the world. Promoter Don King wants to make a name for himself and offers both fighters five million dollars apiece to fight one another, and when they accept, King has only to come up with the money. He finds a willing backer in Mobutu Sese Suko, the dictator of Zaire, and the "Rumble in the Jungle" is set, including a musical festival featuring some of America's top black performers, like James Brown and B.B. King.

Original Title

When We Were Kings

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Actors

Muhammad Ali

George Foreman

Don King

James Brown

B.B. King

Spike Lee

Mobutu Sese Seko

Norman Mailer

George Plimpton

Malick Bowens

Lloyd Price

Miriam Makeba

Drew Bundini Brown

Odessa Clay

Howard Cosell

Wilton Felder

Wayne Henderson

Stix Hooper

Stewart Levin

Alan Pariser

Danny 'Big Black' Rey

Crew

Paul Goldsmith

Leon Gast

David Sonenberg

Maryse Alberti

Albert Maysles

Leon Gast

Taylor Hackford

Kevin Keating

Taylor Hackford

Jeffrey Kusama-Hinte

Roderick Young

Leon Gast

Vikram Jayanti

Jamie Ware Billett