The greatest.
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FilmPublisher number: DAVID2558 | Umbrella EntertainmentDistributor: [Australia] : Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment [distributor], [2012]Copyright date: ©1977Description: 1 DVD-video (approximately 97 min.) : sound, color ; 12 cmContent type: two-dimensional moving image Media type: video Carrier type: videodiscOther title: Muhammad Ali : the greatestSubject(s): Ali, Muhammad, 1942- | Boxers (Sports) -- United States -- BiographyGenre/Form: Sports films. | Biographical films. Production credits: Directed by Tom Gries.Cast: Muhammad Ali, Robert Duvall, Ernest Borgnine.Summary: "The incredible career of perhaps the greatest boxer of all time - Muhammad Ali - is dramatised in this excitng film starring Ali himself. Fresh from his gold medal victory at the Olympic Games, 18-year-old Cassius Clay is ready to seek the heavyweight championship. Under the masterful guidance of trainer Angelo Dundee, Clay snatches the title from Sonny Liston. Soon afterward, Clay converts to the Islam religion and changes his name to Muhammad Ali. When he is suddenly classified 1 A by the draft board that earlier rejected him, Ali refuses the draft on religious grounds. His hard-won title is taken from him. Winning a three-and-a-half-year long court battle, Ali returns to the ring for what may have been some of the greatest fights of all time"--Container.
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Based on the book "The greatest: my own story" by Muhammad Ali, Herbert Muhammad and Richard Durham.
"DAVID2558" (Container) ; "D10674" (Disc)
Directed by Tom Gries.
Rated: PG.
Region 4, DVD.
In English, French, German, Italian, Spanish. Subtitles: English.
"The incredible career of perhaps the greatest boxer of all time - Muhammad Ali - is dramatised in this excitng film starring Ali himself. Fresh from his gold medal victory at the Olympic Games, 18-year-old Cassius Clay is ready to seek the heavyweight championship. Under the masterful guidance of trainer Angelo Dundee, Clay snatches the title from Sonny Liston. Soon afterward, Clay converts to the Islam religion and changes his name to Muhammad Ali. When he is suddenly classified 1 A by the draft board that earlier rejected him, Ali refuses the draft on religious grounds. His hard-won title is taken from him. Winning a three-and-a-half-year long court battle, Ali returns to the ring for what may have been some of the greatest fights of all time"--Container.
Muhammad Ali, Robert Duvall, Ernest Borgnine.
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