A Glean movie pick

When We Were Kings

Name: When We Were Kings
Director: Leon Gast
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1996-10-25
Duration: 89 min
Rating: 7.6
Cast: Muhammad Ali, George Foreman, Don King, James Brown, B.B. King

The untold story of the Rumble in the Jungle.

1996
1h 29m
Documentary
★ 7.6

Directed by Leon Gast

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The story

About When We Were Kings

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.

Faces in the story