Synopsis:
Acclaimed director Michael Mann delivers a visually arresting portrait of one of the greatest athletes and sporting heroes of all time in Ali. Leading an established cast, the celebrated and versatile actor, Will Smith, portrays a man whose wit and athletic genius, defiant rage and inner grace mirrored one of the most turbulent times in Twentieth Century America.
In a screenplay by Eric Roth and Michael Mann, Ali captures the feverish excitement as well as the political unrest between 1964 and 1974, when the then Cassius Clay shocked the world with a triumphant boxing victory, which began his unparalleled reign at the top of the boxing profession. Mann’s beautifully crafted film depicts a charismatic Ali, whose grace, speed and power were matched in and out of the ring, as he became a leading civil rights activist, went through three marriages and famously refused to be inducted into the US Army.
Will Smith embodies Ali with a familiar ease and is supported by a cast that includes Jamie Foxx as commentator and talisman Drew ‘Bundini’ Brown. Jon Voight stars as commentator Howard Cosell, and Ron Silver as trainer Angelo Dundee.
