|
|
List Price: $14.98Amazon.com's Price: $13.49 You Save: $1.49 (10%)Prices subject to change.
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Buy Now!
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Universal
EAN: 0025192228223
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Universal Studios
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Universal Studios
Region Code: 1
Release Date: November 05, 2002
Running Time: 89 minutes
Sales Rank: 7446
Studio: Universal Studios
Theatrical Release Date: February 14, 1997
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
A documentary of the 1974 heavyweight championship bout in zaire between champion george foreman and underdog challenger muhammad ali. Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 04/01/2003 Starring: Muhammad Ali Don King Run time: 89 minutes Rating: Pg Director: Leon Gast
Amazon.com essential video:
Decades ago, documentary filmmaker Leon Gast attempted to complete a feature about the 1974 'Rumble in the Jungle' championship bout between boxers Muhammad Ali and George Foreman in Kinshasa, Zaire. Sundry complications, though, held up the project until its release in 1996. It was well worth the delay. From Gast's perspective of modern history, the six weeks Ali and Foreman were forced to spend waiting in Africa for their fight to take place now looks like an important moment in America's cultural understanding of African American roots. In a nutshell, Ali had been stripped of his heavyweight champion title because his opposition to the Vietnam War-era draft had landed him in prison. Reigning champ Foreman agreed to a Don King-promoted match in Kinshasa, but after all parties got there the fight was put off. Gast captures the charismatic Ali, in the ensuing days and weeks, going out among the people and getting to know them while the more reclusive Foreman keeps to his own company. Meanwhile, King brings over black American artists such as James Brown and the Spinners to mix it up with African musicians. The sense of excitement and connection is thrilling, as is the boxing footage of Foreman and Ali finally taking swings at one another in a titanic duel. Writers George Plimpton and Norman Mailer, each of whom was covering the fight as journalists, are on hand to recollect the details. Whether you're a fight fan or not, this is a unique experience and a fascinating insight into America's sense of identity. --Tom Keogh
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - greatest documentary about greatest sports figure of our time
in this viewer's eyes, ali is the greatest sports figure of our time. as i watched this powerful documentary, other sports heroes of mine -- michael jordan, lance armstrong -- faded away in comparison to the athletic skill, courage, wisdom, presence and sheer humanity of ali. focused on ali's fight against foreman in zaire, this documentary is about that and much more. it captures ali at his peak. the humor. the intelligence. the courage. the honesty about race in america. the willingness to stand ... Read More
Rating: - When They Were Kings
This is a really moving movie about the famed Muhammed Ali and George Foreman Fight in Zaire in 1974. It allows people to reflect on the meaning of the fight now and provides a contemporary 1974 prospective also. It ends up being very moving and shows how funny Mohammed Ali could be. I've seen this movie several times and have never gotten tired of it.
Rating: - A Moment Frozen in Time
"When We Were Kings" is Leon Gast and Taylor Hackford's 1996 Academy Award-winning documentary film of "the Rumble in the Jungle", the heavyweight title fight between defending champion George Foreman and once and future champion Muhammad Ali.
Today's viewers are apt to know George Foreman as a genial TV commerical pitchman and Muhammad Ali as a revered but sadly physically deteriorated symbol of the sixties. In 1974, George Foreman was the undefeated heavywieght boxing champion of the ... Read More
Rating:  - Here the Man
No need to watch Will Smith imitate him, here you can see and hear Ali as he was, in his prime, as man who confronted greatness.
Rating:  - Great Sports Documentary
Here is a great film that encompasses the era, the sport, the culture and the significance. If you like documentaries this one will not dissapoint, there is no requirement to like sports or boxing for that matter. This fight was about many things but truly conveys a message of stregnth and spirit.
|
|
