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Trailer
Muhammad and Larry
6.2
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0h 53m
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2009
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Released
Overview
In October of 1980 Muhammad Ali was preparing to fight for an unprecedented fourth heavyweight title against his friend and former sparring partner Larry Holmes. To say that the great Ali was in the twilight of his career would be generous; most of his admiring fans, friends and fight scribes considered his bravado delusional. What was left for him to prove? In the weeks of training before the fight, documentarians Albert and David Maysles took an intimate look at Ali trying to convince the world and perhaps himself, that he was still “The Greatest.” At the same time, they documented the mild-mannered and undervalued champion Holmes as he confidently prepared to put an end to the career of a man for whom he had an abiding and deep affection

Cast
Muhammad Ali poster
Muhammad Ali
Himself
Drew Bundini Brown poster
Drew Bundini Brown
Himself
Angelo Dundee poster
Angelo Dundee
Himself
Larry Holmes poster
Larry Holmes
Himself
Jerry Izenberg poster
Jerry Izenberg
Self
Gene Kilroy poster
Gene Kilroy
Self
John Schulian poster
John Schulian
Self
Leon Spinks poster
Leon Spinks
Himself (archive footage)
Ken Norton poster
Ken Norton
Himself (archive footage)
Thomas Hauser poster
Thomas Hauser
Himself
Howard Cosell poster
Howard Cosell
Himself (archive footage)

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