The life story of heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali, following the champ's early days as Cassius Clay and his rise in sports and politics, including his controversial refusal to fight in the Vietnam War and his infamous comeback battles against Joe Frazier and George Foreman.
Production Columbia Pictures Corporation; Forward Pass (as Forward Pass Productions); Initial Entertainment Group (IEG); Moonlighting Films [za]; Overbrook Entertainment; Peters Entertainment; Picture Entertainment Corporation;
Cast Names Brandon T. Jackson; Robert Warnack; Leon; John Wolfshohl; Eric Lichtenberg; Jon A. Barnes; Matisha Baldwin; Trish Dempsey; Valentine Miele; Lionel D. Carson; Martha Edgerton; Freda Nelson Evans; Deborah Smith Ford; John O. Nelson; Craig Cove; Denise Moss; Ed Cray; Tracy Perry; James Currie; Vincent De Paul; Al Quinn; Javier Rivas; Jackie Zane; Edge; Hunter F. Roberts; Sheldon Robins; Josh Feinberg; Joseph Luis Rubin; Edward C. Gillow; Ward Shrake;
Box Office USD 58,183,966
Release Date 2001-12-12 (premiere) 2001-12-25 2004-06-01 (DVD premiere) (director's cut)
Genres Biography; Drama; Sport;
MPAA Rating [?] Rated R for some language and brief violence. (also director's
cut)
Running Time 2 hr. 45 min. (director's cut) 2 hr. 37 min.