When We Were Kings [VHS]
Movies & TV / VHS
UPC: 044004584739 / Publisher: Polygram USA Video, November 1997
During the 1970s, an aging Muhammad Ali and a young, cocky George Foreman travel to Zaire for the Rumble in the jungle. Uses footage from the fight in the late 1970s as well as current commentary from Norman Mailer, George Plimpton, Spike Lee and others.
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"Ali, Bomaye!" Winner of the Academy Award for Best Documentary, When We Were Kings is a real knockout. Director Leon Gast's triumphant chronicle of the "Rumble in the Jungle," the 1974 championship bout between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman, records one of the most stunning comebacks in sports history. It further captures the essence of Ali, who with the odds 7-1 against him, rallied Africa to his side.
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