When We Were Kings
The untold story of the Rumble in the Jungle.
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.
- 7.6
- 1996
- Released
- 1h 29m
Muhammad Ali
Self
George Foreman
Self
Don King
Self
James Brown
Self
B.B. King
Self
Mobutu Sese Seko
Self
Norman Mailer
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George Plimpton
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Malick Bowens
SelfLloyd Price
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Miriam Makeba
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Drew Bundini Brown
SelfOdessa Clay
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Howard Cosell
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Wilton Felder
SelfWayne Henderson
SelfStix Hooper
SelfAlan Pariser
SelfDanny 'Big Black' Rey
SelfDick Sadler
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Joe Sample
SelfPhilippé Wynne
SelfArchie Moore
SelfLola Love
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Released
en
$2,666,118.00
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- #anti-racism
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- #sports icon
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- #power of positive thinking
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Roger Ebert February 27, 1997 The heavyweight title fight between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman in Zaire on Oct. 30, 1974--”The Rumble in the Jungle”--is enshrined as one of the great sports events of the century. It was also a cultural and political happening. Into the capital of Kinshasa flew planeloads of performers for an “African Woodstock,” TV crews, Howard Cosell at the head of an