Ali
Ali
Release: 2001-12-10
·Runtime: 157m
·★ 6.8
Drama
In 1964, a brash, new pro boxer, fresh from his Olympic gold medal victory, explodes onto the scene: Cassius Clay. Bold and outspoken, he cuts an entirely new image for African Americans in sport with his proud public self-confidence and his unapologetic belief that he is the greatest boxer of all time. Yet at the top of his game, both Ali's personal and professional lives face the ultimate test.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Columbia Pictures
Initial Entertainment Group
Forward Pass
Overbrook Entertainment
Peters Entertainment
Lee Caplin / Picture Entertainment
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Dan Robbertse
as Reporter in Zaire
Jack Reiss
as Referee Arthur Mercante
John Gleeson Connolly
as Assistant Director
David Cubitt
as Robert Lipsyte
Shari Watson
as Woman Singer
Gailard Sartain
as Gordon Davidson
Ronald A. DiNicola
as Prosecutor
Leonard Termo
as Madison Square Garden Reporter
Bruce McGill
as Bradley
Ray Bokhour
as Reporter
Jada Pinkett Smith
as Sonji Roi
Michael Michele
as Veronica Porche
David Purdham
as Madison Square Garden Announcer
Steven Randazzo
as Reporter
Graham Hopkins
as London Banker
Daniel Janks
as CIA Man
Joe Morton
as Chauncey Eskridge
Jon Voight
as Howard Cosell
Ron Silver
as Angelo Dundee
Sylvaine Strike
as ORTF Interviewer
Ron Madoff
as Cameraman
Giancarlo Esposito
as Cassius Clay, Sr.
Marc Grapey
as Bob Arum
Mykelti Williamson
as Don King
Wade Williams
as Lieutenant Jerome Claridge
James Toney
as 'Smokin' Joe Frazier
Ellis Williams
as Family Photo Man
Natalie Carter
as Harlem Neighbor
Malick Bowens
as Joseph Mobutu
Brad Greenquist
as Marlin Thomas
Morgana Van Peebles
as Malcolm X's Daughter
Christian Stolte
as Miami Cop
Guy Van Swearingen
as Induction FBI Man
Alexandra Bokyun Chun
as Asian Cosmetologist
Paul Rodríguez
as Dr. Ferdie Pacheco
Kim Taylor-Coleman
as Lana Shabazz
Victoria Dillard
as Betty Shabazz
Jeffrey Wright
as Howard Bingham
Laurence Mason
as Luis Sarria
Johnny Ortiz
as Madison Square Garden Reporter
Graham Clarke
as Reporter in Zaire
LeVar Burton
as Martin Luther King, Jr.
Rufus Dorsey
as Floyd Paterson
Will Smith
as Muhammad Ali / Cassius Clay
Mario Van Peebles
as Malcolm X
Eddie Bo Smith Jr.
as Malcolm's Bodyguard
Michael Dorn
as Black Pilot
Ted Levine
as Joe Smiley
Kim Robillard
as Jimmy Cannon
Chico Benymon
as Hampton House Announcer
Ron O.J. Parson
as Death Newsman
Barry Shabaka Henley
as Herbert Muhammad
Maestro Harrell
as Young Cassius Clay
Herb Mitchell
as Boxing Commissioner
Candy Ann Brown
as Odessa
Nona Gaye
as Belinda Ali
David Haines
as Rudy Clay / Rahaman Ali
William Utay
as The Doctor
Jamie Foxx
as Drew 'Bundini' Brown
Albert Hall
as Elijah Muhammad
Crew
William Goldenberg
Editor
Jon Peters
Producer
Graham King
Executive Producer
Ray Conchado
Set Dresser
A. Kitman Ho
Producer
Lynzee Klingman
Editor
Emmanuel Lubezki
Director of Photography
Eric Roth
Screenplay
Andy Nelson
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Kevin De La Noy
Unit Production Manager
Stephen J. Rivele
Screenplay
John Myhre
Production Design
Gregory Allen Howard
Story
Stephen E. Rivkin
Editor
Michael Mann
Director, Producer, Screenplay
Anna Behlmer
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Marlene Stewart
Costume Design
Lisa Gerrard
Original Music Composer
Christopher Wilkinson
Screenplay
Shaughnessy Hare
Assistant Sound Editor
Gregory King
Supervising Sound Editor
Craig Henighan
Sound Effects Editor
Joel Kramer
Stunt Coordinator
Victoria Thomas
Casting