Ali

Dec 10, 2001

2h 37m

★ 6.8

Float like a butterfly and sting like a bee.

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.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Columbia Pictures

Initial Entertainment Group

Forward Pass

Overbrook Entertainment

Peters Entertainment

Lee Caplin / Picture Entertainment

Ali Trailers

Cast

Muhammad Ali / Cassius Clay

Will Smith

Drew 'Bundini' Brown

Jamie Foxx

Howard Cosell

Jon Voight

Malcolm X

Mario Van Peebles

Angelo Dundee

Ron Silver

Howard Bingham

Jeffrey Wright

Don King

Mykelti Williamson

Sonji Roi

Jada Pinkett Smith

Belinda Ali

Nona Gaye

Veronica Porche

Michael Michele

Chauncey Eskridge

Joe Morton

Dr. Ferdie Pacheco

Paul Rodríguez

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