Film · Documentary
When We Were Kings (1996)
★ 7.6 · 264 votes1 h 29 minDocumentary1996
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.
- Director
- Leon Gast
- Writers
- Leon Gast
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Release date
- October 25, 1996
Cast
Muhammad AliSelf
George ForemanSelf
Don KingSelf
James BrownSelf
B.B. KingSelf
Spike LeeSelf
Mobutu Sese SekoSelf
Norman MailerSelf
George PlimptonSelf
Malick BowensSelf- Lloyd PriceSelf
Miriam MakebaSelf
Drew Bundini BrownSelf- Odessa ClaySelf
Howard CosellSelf- Wilton FelderSelf
- Wayne HendersonSelf
- Stix HooperSelf
- Stewart LevinSelf
- Alan PariserSelf
