Ali (2001)

Réalisateur : Michael Mann

Scénaristes : Eric Roth, Michael Mann, Christopher Wilkinson, Stephen J. Rivele, Gregory Allen Howard

Genre : Drame

157 minutes

Status : Released

Budget : 107 000 000 $

Langue : English

Pays : United States of America

Sociétés de production : Initial Entertainment Group, Columbia Pictures, Overbrook Entertainment, Forward Pass, Peters Entertainment, Lee Caplin / Picture Entertainment

Synopsis

La vie du boxeur Cassius Clay à partir de sa victoire historique sur le champion du monde Sonny Liston en 1964 jusqu'au célèbre combat contre George Foreman en 1974. En marge de sa carrière sportive de l'époque, le film retrace l'engagement de celui qui changera de nom pour Mohamed Ali aux côtés du mouvement Nation of Islam et ses relations avec Malcom X.

Will Smith - Muhammad Ali / Cassius Clay
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
Jada Pinkett Smith - Sonji Roi
Nona Gaye - Belinda Ali
Michael Michele - Veronica Porche
Joe Morton - Chauncey Eskridge
Paul Rodríguez - Dr. Ferdie Pacheco
Bruce McGill - Bradley
Barry Shabaka Henley - Herbert Muhammad
Giancarlo Esposito - Cassius Clay, Sr.
Laurence Mason - Luis Sarria
LeVar Burton - Martin Luther King, Jr.
Albert Hall - Elijah Muhammad
David Cubitt - Robert Lipsyte
Ted Levine - Joe Smiley
Candy Ann Brown - Odessa
Shari Watson - Woman Singer
Malick Bowens - Joseph Mobutu
Michael Bentt - Sonny Liston
James Toney - 'Smokin' Joe Frazier
Charles Shufford - George Foreman
Rufus Dorsey - Floyd Paterson
David Haines - Rudy Clay / Rahaman Ali
Victoria Dillard - Betty Shabazz
Brad Greenquist - Marlin Thomas
Maestro Harrell - Young Cassius Clay
Kim Robillard - Jimmy Cannon
David Purdham - Madison Square Garden Announcer
Gailard Sartain - Gordon Davidson
Wade Williams - Lieutenant Jerome Claridge
Guy Van Swearingen - Induction FBI Man
Marc Grapey - Bob Arum
Eddie Bo Smith Jr. - Malcolm's Bodyguard
Alexandra Bokyun Chun - Asian Cosmetologist
John Gleeson Connolly - Assistant Director
Jack Reiss - Referee Arthur Mercante
Chico Benymon - Hampton House Announcer
Ronald A. DiNicola - Prosecutor
Steven Randazzo - Reporter
Ray Bokhour - Reporter
Leonard Termo - Madison Square Garden Reporter
Johnny Ortiz - Madison Square Garden Reporter
Reginald Footman - Harlem Neighbor
Christian Stolte - Miami Cop
Carol Hatchett - Pointer Sister
Graham Hopkins - London Banker
Daniel Janks - CIA Man
Michael Dorn - Black Pilot
Graham Clarke - Reporter in Zaire
Ron Madoff - Cameraman (uncredited)
Deborah Smith Ford - Party Guest (uncredited)
Donald Dowd - News Reporter (uncredited)
Matisha Baldwin - Club Patron (uncredited)
Greg Bronson - Upscale Fight Fan (uncredited)
Lionel D. Carson - Dr. King's Driver (uncredited)
Ralph Cole Jr. - Harlem Resident (uncredited)
Vincent De Paul - Roving Reporter (uncredited)
Trish Dempsey - Diplomat's Wife (uncredited)
Richard Fitzpatrick - Sparring Partner (uncredited)
Edward C. Gillow - Foreman-Frazier Fight Judge (uncredited)
Brandon T. Jackson - Club Goer (uncredited)
Michael Keyes - Dumbfounded Spectator (uncredited)
Leon - Brother 'Joe' (uncredited)
Valentine Miele - Liston Fight Reporter (uncredited)
Jermaine Montell - Dancer (uncredited)
John O. Nelson - Louis Rodriguez (uncredited)
Hunter F. Roberts - Angry Fight Fan (uncredited)
Sheldon Robins - Heckler (uncredited)
Prince Shah - Angry Fight Fan (uncredited)
Robert Standley - Ringside Photographer (uncredited)
Larry Vigus - Times Ringside Photographer (uncredited)
Jackie Zane - Fight Fan (uncredited)
Ray Uhler - Ringside Photographer (uncredited)
Vic Manni - Dressing Room Weigh-In Guy
David Elliott - Sam Cooke
Alfred Cole - Ernie Terrell
Robert Sale - Jerry Quarry
Vince Cooke - Jimmy Ellis
Damien 'Bolo' Wills - Ken Norton
Morgana Van Peebles - Malcolm X's Daughter
Maya Van Peebles - Malcolm X's Daughter
William Utay - The Doctor
Doug Hale - Judge Ingraham
LaDonna Tittle - Bundini's Landlady
Herb Mitchell - Boxing Commissioner
Bobby Stuart - Thomas 15X Johnson
Patrick New - Room Service Guy
Ron O.J. Parson - Death Newsman
Ellis Williams - Family Photo Man
Warner Saunders - Customer
Marty Denkin - Frazier Fight II Announcer
Tamara Lynch - Flight Attendant
Bill Plaschke - Miami Weigh-In Reporter
Steve Springer - Miami Weigh-In Reporter
Patrick M. Connolly - Announcer
Patrick C. Russell - Referee
Robert Byrd - Willie Reddick
Cedric Wills - Jersey Joe Walcott, Referee
Moses Hollins - Man on Train
Daniel E. Gurevitz - Boxing Commission Reporter
Mark Salem - New York Reporter
Sheldon Fogel - New York Reporter
Jim Gray - New York Reporter
Melvin Thomas - Harlem Neighbor
Natalie Carter - Harlem Neighbor
Poe Poe - Harlem Reporter
Mel Dick - Louisville Sponsoring Group
Kim Taylor-Coleman - Lana Shabazz
Will Gill Jr. - Dick Sadler
Sylvaine Strike - ORTF Interviewer
Denis Luposo - Kinshasa Reporter
Sharon Wilkinson - Rose Jennings
Judith Mwale - Pointer Sister
Keabetswe Motsilanyane - Pointer Sister
Richard Katanga - Mobutu Aide / Military Aide
Thomas Kariuki Matheri - Lieutenant Nsakala
Larry Hazzard Sr. - Zack Clayton
Derrick Brown - Larry Holmes
Rommel Hyacinth - The Pilot
Bradford E. Lang - Black Pilot
Dan Robbertse - Reporter in Zaire
Dimitri Cassar - Reporter in Zaire
Frank Notaro - Reporter in Zaire
Mark Mulder - Reporter in Zaire
David W. Hess - Reporter in Zaire
Henrikennyo Mukenyi - Bula
Nathaniel Malekane - Archie Moore
Millard Arnold - Doc Broadus
Edda Collier - Blonde French Reporter
Lu Wei - Chinese Delegate
Lee Cummings - Hunter Thompson
Zaa Nkweta - Foreman Fight Announcer
Themba Gasa - Idi Amin
Andrew P. Jones - Don King's Aide
Marc Kulazite Mboli - Additional Aide to Mobutu
Cimanga Kalambay - Additional Aide to Mobutu
Jean Bikoi - Additional Aide to Mobutu
James Gilbert - Sparring Partner in Africa
Carolina Lancaster - Dancer (uncredited)