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Ali is an Academy Award-nominated 2001 biographical film which tells the story of boxing icon Muhammad Ali. It stars Will Smith, Jamie Foxx, Jon Voight, Mario Van Peebles, Ron Silver, Jeffrey Wright, Mykelti Williamson, Jada Pinkett Smith, Nona Gaye (in her film debut), Michael Michele, Joe Morton, Giancarlo Esposito and LeVar Burton. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 403 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (508 × 755 pixel, file size: 73 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) // Ali movie poster Though this image is subject to copyright, its use is covered by the U.S. fair use laws because: Its a low...
Michael Kenneth Mann (born February 5, 1943 in Chicago) is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. ...
Jon Pagano Peters (born on 2 June 1945 in Van Nuys, California to Jack Peters and Helen Pagano) is a former hairdresser turned movie producer. ...
Eric Roth (born 1945) is an American screenwriter. ...
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Jonathan Vincent Voight (born December 29, 1938) is an Academy Award-winning American actor. ...
Jamie Foxx (born Eric Marlon Bishop on December 13, 1967) is an Academy Award-winning American actor, a Grammy Award-nominated singer and a stand-up comic. ...
Mario Van Peebles (b. ...
Ron Silver (born July 2, 1946 in New York City) is an American movie and television actor, director, and producer. ...
Jeffrey Wright (born December 7, 1965) is a Tony Award-, Emmy Award-, and Golden Globe Award-winning American film and stage actor. ...
Jada Pinkett Smith (born Jada Koren Pinkett on September 18, 1971) is an American actress and singer. ...
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For the 1968 science-fiction film and novel, see 2001: A Space Odyssey The year 2001 in film involved some significant events. ...
A directors cut is a specially edited version of a film, and less often TV series, music video or video games, that is supposed to represent the directors own approved edit. ...
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Professional boxing bout featuring Ricardo DomÃnguez (left, throwing a left uppercut) versus Rafael Ortiz Boxing, also referred to as pugilism is a combat sport in which two participants of similar weight fight each other with their fists in a series of one to three-minute intervals called rounds. ...
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Jamie Foxx (born Eric Marlon Bishop on December 13, 1967) is an Academy Award-winning American actor, a Grammy Award-nominated singer and a stand-up comic. ...
Jonathan Vincent Voight (born December 29, 1938) is an Academy Award-winning American actor. ...
Mario Van Peebles (b. ...
Ron Silver (born July 2, 1946 in New York City) is an American movie and television actor, director, and producer. ...
Jeffrey Wright (born December 7, 1965) is a Tony Award-, Emmy Award-, and Golden Globe Award-winning American film and stage actor. ...
Mykelti Williamson (born March 4, 1960 in St. ...
Jada Pinkett Smith (born Jada Koren Pinkett on September 18, 1971) is an American actress and singer. ...
Nona Marvisa Gaye (born September 4, 1974 in Washington, D.C.) is an American singer, former fashion model, and screen actress. ...
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Premise
The film focuses on the first turbulent decade of the boxer’s professional career, featuring his capture of the heavyweight title from the ill-fated Sonny Liston (played by Michael Bentt), conversion to Islam, criticism of the Vietnam War and banishment from boxing, return to fight Joe Frazier in 1971, and lastly his reclaiming the title from George Foreman in the Rumble in the Jungle fight of 1974. The movie also discusses the great social and political upheaval in the United States following the assassinations of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr. The film also shows the man’s private side: his numerous wives and failed marriages, and his friendships with Malcolm, broadcaster Howard Cosell, and other important figures. Charles L. Sonny Liston (May 8?, 1932 – December 30?, 1970), was a formidable boxer who became world heavyweight champion in 1962 by knocking out Floyd Patterson in the first round, the first time Patterson had been knocked out. ...
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For the Major League Baseball player and manager, see Joe Frazier (baseball) Joseph William Smokin Joe Frazier (born January 12, 1944 in Beaufort, South Carolina) is a former world heavyweight boxing champion, active mostly in the 1960s and 1970s. ...
George Edward Foreman (born January 10, 1949) is an American two-time World Heavyweight Boxing Champion. ...
The Rumble in The Jungle was a historic boxing event that took place on October 30, 1974, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, then known as Zaire. ...
Malcolm X, born Malcolm Little, also known as Detroit Red and Al-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz (Omaha, Nebraska, May 19, 1925 – February 21, 1965 in New York City) was a Muslim Minister and National Spokesman for the Nation of Islam. ...
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Production The movie was written by Gregory Allen Howard, Stephen J. Rivele, Christopher Wilkinson, Eric Roth and Michael Mann. The original script by Howard and also Rivele was significantly modified by Roth and Mann. Howard was originally commissioned to write an Ali script by producer Jon Peters in 1994, but it was never produced. Gregory Allen Howard is an African-American screenwriter most famous for Remember The Titans, a Disney movie about an undefeated high school football team credited with healing the racial divide in Alexandria, Virginia in 1971. ...
Eric Roth (born 1945) is an American screenwriter. ...
Michael Kenneth Mann (born February 5, 1943 in Chicago) is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. ...
Jon Pagano Peters (born on 2 June 1945 in Van Nuys, California to Jack Peters and Helen Pagano) is a former hairdresser turned movie producer. ...
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Will Smith spent approximately one year learning all aspects of Ali's life. These included boxing training, Islamic studies and dialect training (to help him speak like Ali). Smith has said that his portrayal of Ali is his proudest work to date.
One of the selling points of the film is the realism of the fight scenes. All of the boxers in the film are in fact former or current world heavyweight champions. It was quickly decided that 'Hollywood fighting' - passing the fist (or foot) between the camera and the face to create the illusion of a hit - would not be used in favor of actual boxing. The only limitation placed upon the fighters was for Charles Shufford (who plays George Foreman). He was permitted to hit Will Smith as hard as he could, so long as he did not actually knock the actor out. George Edward Foreman (born January 10, 1949) is an American two-time World Heavyweight Boxing Champion. ...
Smith had to gain a significant amount of weight to look the part of Muhammad Ali. His current physique is due to the weight gains he had to make for Ali.
Critical reaction In its opening weekend, Ali grossed a total of $14,710,892 in 2,446 theaters. As of December 8, 2006, the film has grossed a total of $87,713,825 worldwide. The film holds a 67 percent "fresh" rating at Rotten Tomatoes. is the 342nd day of the year (343rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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The film had mixed reviews with the acting being well received by critics in general. Director Spike Lee said during an interview for ESPN that he could not understand how a boring movie could be made about one of the most exciting figures of the 20th century.[citation needed] Lee had been in the running to direct the film but Sony and Will Smith opted to go with Mann instead. Shelton Jackson Lee (born March 20, 1957, in Atlanta, Georgia), better known as Spike Lee, is an American film director, producer, writer, and actor noted for his films dealing with controversial social and political issues. ...
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Time Out London gave the film an all-round positive review, stating, "from the virtuoso opening to the climactic re-creation of Ali's 1974 Zaire bout with George Foreman, Mann achieves a thrilling mix of action and analysis, exploiting and transcending both boxing movie and biopic conventions with a master's ease."[1] The distinctive Time Out logo, seen on all its publications Time Out is a publishing company based in London, England. ...
On the other hand, Roger Ebert derided the film with two stars, and mentioned, "it lacks much of the flash, fire and humor of Muhammad Ali and is shot more in the tone of a eulogy than a celebration."[2] Roger Joseph Ebert (born June 18, 1942) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American film critic. ...
After the theatrical version was released on DVD, Mann revisited his film again with a new cut. He took out approximately 20 minutes of footage and put 30 minutes of previously unseen footage back in. The director claimed that the politics of the times are more the focus. Size comparison: A 12 cm Sony DVD+RW and a 19 cm Dixon Ticonderoga pencil. ...
Academy Awards The Academy Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role is one of the awards given to actors working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; nominations are made by Academy members who are actors and actresses. ...
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The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor is one of the awards given to male actors working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; nominations are made by Academy members who are actors and actresses. ...
Jonathan Vincent Voight (born December 29, 1938) is an Academy Award-winning American actor. ...
Awards/Nominations - Black Reel Awards
- 'Best Original Soundtrack: (Winner)'
- 'Best Supporting Actor: Jamie Foxx (Winner)'
- Best Supporting Actress: Nona Gaye (Winner)
- Best Film: (Nominated)
- Best Actor: Will Smith (Nominated)
- Best Film Poster: (Nominated)
- Best Song From a Film: R. Kelly-"The World's Greatest" (Nominated)
- Best Screenplay Adapted or Original: Gregory Allen Howard (Nominated)
- Image Awards
- Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture: Jamie Foxx (winner)
- Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture: Will Smith (nominated)
- Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture: Jada Pinkett Smith (nominated)
- Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture: Mario Van Peebles (nominated)
The Black Reel Awards began in 2000 and were designed to annually recognize and celebrate the achievements of African-Americans in feature, independent and television films. ...
The Broadcast Film Critics Association (BFCA) is the largest film critics organization in the U.S. and Canada, representing 199 television, radio and online critics. ...
The Chicago Film Critics Association is an American film critic association. ...
The 10th Anniversary ESPY Award. ...
The NAACP Image Award is an award presented annually by the NAACP to honor the top African-Americans in film, television, music and literature. ...
References - ^ http://www.timeout.com/film/77686.html
- ^ http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20011225/REVIEWS/112250302/1023
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