When we were kings
(1997, original release: 1996)

Nonfiction

DVD

Call Numbers:
DVD/DOCUMENTARY/WHEN

Availability

Locations Call Number Status
Movies DVD/DOCUMENTARY/WHEN Available

Details

PUBLISHED
[Place of publication not identified] : PolyGram Video, [1997]
©1997
DESCRIPTION

1 videodisc (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in

ISBN/ISSN
6307425040 440 045 847-2
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

Originally released as a motion picture in 1996

It's 1974, Muhammed Ali is 32 and thought by many to be past his prime. George Forman is ten years younger and the Heavyweight champion of the world. Promoter Don King wants to make a name for himself and offers both fighters five million dollars apiece to fight one another, and when they accept, King has only to come up with the money. He finds a backer in Mobutu Sese Suko, the dictator of Zaire and the "Rumble in the Jungle" is set

Standard and widescreen formats. Includes interactive menus, film and cast biographies; digitally mastered

"The untold story of the Rumble in the Jungle"--container

Muhammad Ali, George Foreman, James Brown, B.B. King, Norman Mailer, George Plimpton, Spike Lee, The Crusaders, The Spinners

DVD

Dialogue in English with optional subtitles in French and Spanish

Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired

Academy Award, Best Documentary Feature, 1997

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