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Float like a butterfly and sting like a bee.

Ali (2001)

December 10, 20012h 37mEN
6.7

1.9K votes

Overview

In 1964, a brash, new pro boxer, fresh from his Olympic gold medal victory, explodes onto the scene: Cassius Clay. Bold and outspoken, he cuts an entirely new image for African Americans in sport with his proud public self-confidence and his unapologetic belief that he is the greatest boxer of all time. Yet at the top of his game, both Ali's personal and professional lives face the ultimate test.

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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$107.0M

Revenue

$87.8M

Production Companies

Columbia PicturesInitial Entertainment GroupForward PassOverbrook EntertainmentPeters EntertainmentLee Caplin / Picture Entertainment

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CinemaSerf

6.0

There are flashes of the legendary Muhammad Ali wit and quick-thinking delivery peppered throughout this otherwise rather long and ponderous story of the life of Cassius Clay from relative poverty through to his mastery of not just the boxing ring but of the television media that, at that point, fed successfully from this truly global sport. It's Will Smith who takes centre stage after his gold medal victory at the Tokyo Olympiad in 1964 and like many other pugilists in history, his character offers the down-trodden, working class, an inspiration. With sweat, tears and hard work he can escape…

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