Ali - Two Disc Set

Starring: Jamie Foxx, Jon Voight, Mario Van Peebles, Will Smith Director: Michael Mann Original UK Premiere: 2002 Dvd Release: 24th June, 2002 Number Of Discs: 2 Format: Anamorphic, Box set, PAL, Widescreen, Region 2 Encoding

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Ali is a 2001 biographical film which tells the story of boxer Muhammad Ali. It stars Will Smith, Jamie Foxx, Jon Voight, Mario Van Peebles, Ron Silver, Jeffrey Wright, Mykelti Williamson, Jada Pinkett Smith, Joe Morton, Giancarlo Esposito & LeVar Burton. The movie was written by Gregory Allen Howard, Stephen J Rivele, Christopher Wilkinson, Eric Roth & Michael Mann. It was directed by Mann. It was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Actor in a Leading Role & Best Actor in a Supporting Role. The original script by Howard & also Rivele was too long & unwieldy & was significantly modified by Roth & Mann. Howard was originally commissioned to write an Ali script by producer Jon Peters in 1994, but it was never produced. Ali   at the Internet Movie Database. Posters Of Ali

Ali is a substantial biopic that follows the career of Cassius Clay aka Muhammad Ali from 1964, when he took the world heavyweight championship from Sonny Liston, to 1974, when he took it back from George Foreman in Zaire. Along the way, the film looks at Alis three marriages & his problematic involvement with the Nation of Islam, which inspires him to change his name, get rid of his first wife & turn his back on old ally Malcolm X .

For a fiercely independent person, Michael Manns Ali has a knack of alienating those who genuinely love him, while chasing the approval of dubious father figures such as the Reverend Elijah Mohamed, Don King & President Mobutu. Although Ali is not a hagiography, Mann urging Will Smith to get into the many layers of Ali, from the mouthy public face to the quieter private person, the question of whether either of the Liston fights were fixed isnt even raised, & the fall of Alis career is left out in favour of a climax that draws heavily from the documentary When We Were Kings. Mann is as interested in the politics as he is in the sport , offering occasional cutaways to the government spies & plants in the black movements. More knockout blows are offered in the speeches than in the ring.

Jamie Foxx is an American actor. He was a part of the original lineup of In Living Color, with Jim Carrey & the Wayans brothers. After a career marked mostly by comedy roles, Jamies first prominent dramatic role was that of a star quarterback in the 1999 Oliver Stone film Any Given Sunday. Foxx hosted the 2001 MTV Video Music Awards. Foxx was also featured on rapper Twista s song, Slow Jamz, also featuring Kanye West, an associate of Jay-Z, in 2004. The song reached #1 in the US Billboard Hot 100 Singles chart, as well as #3 on the UK singles chart. In 2004, Foxx received an unprecedented three Golden Globe Award nominations in acting categories. He was nominated for his lead role in Ray, his supporting role in Collateral & for his portrayal of death row inmate & Nobel Peace Prize nominee Stanley Williams in the television movie Redemption. Posters Of Jamie Foxx

Editors Choice: Ray, Collateral, Redemption, Ali, Booty Call, Jamie Foxx, Breakin All The Rules, Def Comedy Jam, View DVDology

Jonathan Voight is an American actor. Voight received an Academy Award for his performance in the film Coming Home. He has also been nominated for an Academy Award for his performances in both the films Midnight Cowboy & Runaway Train. Voight married American actress Marcheline Bertrand on December 12, 1971. The couple had two children, actress Angelina Jolie & James Haven. Voight & Bertrand seperated in 1976 & divorced in 1978. The Five People You Meet in Heaven - Eddie. SuperBabies. Baby Geniuses 2 - Bill Biscane/Kane. The Manchurian Candidate - Senator Thomas Jordan. Lara Croft. Tomb Raider - Lord Richard Croft. Pearl Harbor - President Franklin D Roosevelt. Enemy of the State - Thomas Brian Reynolds. Catch-22 - First Lieutenant Milo Minderbinder. Posters Of Ali

Editors Choice: Holes, Ali, Noahs Ark, Heat, Tin Soldier, Return To Lonesome Dove, Runaway Train, Coming Home, View DVDology

Michael Kenneth Mann is a film director, screenwriter & producer. He attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison & later went on to receive a graduate degree at the London International Film School. He spent 7 years in the United Kingdom, then moved back to the United States & began career as a writer on such shows as Vega$ & Starsky & Hutch. His first feature movie was a made-for-TV special called The Jericho Mile. His television work also inclues having acted as director & producer on such shows as Miami Vice & Police Story. He is now known primarily as a feature film director. Posters Of Ali

Editors Choice: Ali, Collateral, The Insider, Heat, Manhunter, The Last Of The Mohicans, Mr Thirty Something, Thief, View DVDology

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