When we were kings [videorecording] : the untold story of the Rumble in the Jungle / a DASFilms presentation ; a Gramercy Pictures release ; co-produced by Keith Robinson, Vikram Jayanti ; produced by Leon Gast, David Sonenberg & Taylor Hackford ; directed by Leon Gast.
Gast, Leon.; Hackford, Taylor, 1944-; Robinson, Keith.; Jayanti, Vikram.; Brown, James, 1933-2006.; King, B. B.; Lee, Spike.; Mailer, Norman.; Plimpton, George.; Ali, Muhammad, 1942-2016.; Foreman, George, 1949-; Spinners (Musical group : U.S.); Crusaders (Musical group); Gramercy Pictures.; Das Films.; Universal Pictures (Firm)
2005
GV1132.A44 W44 2005
Available at DVDs
Items
Details
Title
When we were kings [videorecording] : the untold story of the Rumble in the Jungle / a DASFilms presentation ; a Gramercy Pictures release ; co-produced by Keith Robinson, Vikram Jayanti ; produced by Leon Gast, David Sonenberg & Taylor Hackford ; directed by Leon Gast.
ISBN
0783271190
9780783271194
9780783271194
Publication Details
Universal City, CA : Universal, c2005.
Language
English
Language Note
In English, with optional subtitles in French or Spanish.
Closed-captioned.
Closed-captioned.
Description
1 videodisc (94 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Item Number
025192228223
Call Number
GV1132.A44 W44 2005
Dewey Decimal Classification
796.83
Distributor No.
22282 Universal
Summary
A documentary on Mohammad Ali at the time of the famous 1974 "Rumble in the Jungle" match with George Forman in Zaire. Includes a music festival featuring America's top African American performers, James Brown and B.B. King.
Note
Subtitle from container.
Originally released as a documentary film in 1997.
Features: film and cast biographies, English Dolby Pro Logic.
Interview subjects: Muhammad Ali, George Foreman, James Brown, B.B. King, Norman Mailer, George Plimpton, Spike Lee, the Crusaders, the Spinners.
Originally released as a documentary film in 1997.
Features: film and cast biographies, English Dolby Pro Logic.
Interview subjects: Muhammad Ali, George Foreman, James Brown, B.B. King, Norman Mailer, George Plimpton, Spike Lee, the Crusaders, the Spinners.
Credits
Cinematography, Maryse Alberti ... [et al.] ; editors, Leon Gast ... [et al.].
Audience
MPAA rating: PG (Parental guidance suggested; some material may not be suitable for children).
System Details Note
DVD ; full screen and widescreen (1.85:1) presentations ; Dolby digital.
Awards
Academy Award, Best Documentary Feature.
Added Author
Added Corporate Author
Record Appears in
Table of Contents
Talk the talk
Press conferences
Welcome to Zaire
President of Zaire
Postponement
The concert
Prepare to fight
In the ring
Reflections
When we were kings.
Press conferences
Welcome to Zaire
President of Zaire
Postponement
The concert
Prepare to fight
In the ring
Reflections
When we were kings.