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THE BACK OF THE BOX
WHAT THE STUDIO WANTS YOU TO KNOW

    Will Smith delivers a "towering Performance," (Peter Travers, Rolling Stone) in Academy Award nominee (The Insider) Michael Mann's epic story of one of the greatest athletes and most controversial Americans of all time.
    Challenging the authorities and convention with defiance and charisma, Ali journeyed far beyond athletics.
    With an all-star cast, including Jamie Foxx, Mario Van Peebles and a mesmerising performance by Academy Award nominee Jon Voight, Mann's powerful masterpiece brings you into stunning intimacy with Muhammad Ali in his most turbulent decade. "Breathtaking." (Elvis Mitchell, The New York Times)

STARRING:

Will Smith: Cassius Clay/Cassius X/Muhammad Ali
Jamie Foxx: Drew 'Bundini' Brown
Jon Voight: Howard Cosell
Mario Van Peebles: Malcolm X
Ron Silver: Angelo Dundee
Jeffrey Wright: Howard Bingham
Mykelti Williamson: Don King

SCREENWRITER: Stephen J. Rivele, Christopher Wilkinson, Eric Roth, Michael Mann

DIRECTOR: Michael Mann

RUNNING TIME: 159 minutes

STUDIO: Columbia Pictures

Average Hollywood Guys Rating: D -

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GIGGLES, GLOBES AND OSCARS
AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS

ACADEMY AWARDS
(2 nominations and 0 wins)

Best Actor - Will Smith
(nominated)

Best Supporting Actor - Jon Voight
(nominated)

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GOLDEN GIGGLES

No awards or nominations given to this film.

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GOLDEN GLOBES
(3 nominations and 0 wins)

Best Actor (Drama) - Will Smith
(nominated)

Best Supporting Actor - Jon Voight
(nominated)

Best Original Score - Lisa Gerrard and Pieter Bourke
(nominated)
 
 
 

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THE GEEK BOX
TRIVIA TO IMPRESS YOUR EASILY IMPRESSED FRIENDS

• This movie was floating around Hollywood for more than a decade. Throughout the nineties many directors signed on to the project including Spike Lee, Norman Jewison, and Oliver Stone. Oliver stone came close to making the film and he was in talks with Denzel Washington to play the role of Ali, but the project fell through when Washington signed on to the film The Hurricane, causing Oliver Stone to abandon the project and make Any Given Sunday.
• Will Smith had to gain 35 pounds to match Ali's fighting weight of 220 pounds.
• The original screenplay was commissioned to be written by Remember The Titans screenwriter Gregory Allen Howard, his script was never used and producers then asked Stephen J. Rivele and Christopher Wilkinson to write a new script which at more than 200 pages spawned Ali's life from a child to the present. When Michael Mann signed on as director he hired on Eric Roth who wrote The Insider with him, to help him rework the script.
• Both Michael Mann and Will Smith were so passionate about making the film they informed producers that if they went over budget they could take the extra money form their salaries.

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