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
Michael Michele
as Veronica Porche
David Purdham
as Madison Square Garden Announcer
Christian Stolte
as Miami Cop
LeVar Burton
as Martin Luther King, Jr.
Herb Mitchell
as Boxing Commissioner
Natalie Carter
as Harlem Neighbor
Will Smith
as Muhammad Ali / Cassius Clay
Mykelti Williamson
as Don King
Rufus Dorsey
as Floyd Paterson
Graham Clarke
as Reporter in Zaire
Marc Grapey
as Bob Arum
Malick Bowens
as Joseph Mobutu
Ron Madoff
as Cameraman
Victoria Dillard
as Betty Shabazz
Morgana Van Peebles
as Malcolm X's Daughter
Sylvaine Strike
as ORTF Interviewer
Gailard Sartain
as Gordon Davidson
Chico Benymon
as Hampton House Announcer
Dan Robbertse
as Reporter in Zaire
Jada Pinkett Smith
as Sonji Roi
Laurence Mason
as Luis Sarria
Eddie Bo Smith Jr.
as Malcolm's Bodyguard
Ellis Williams
as Family Photo Man
Ted Levine
as Joe Smiley
Shari Watson
as Woman Singer
John Gleeson Connolly
as Assistant Director
Candy Ann Brown
as Odessa
William Utay
as The Doctor
Jack Reiss
as Referee Arthur Mercante
Alexandra Bokyun Chun
as Asian Cosmetologist
Mario Van Peebles
as Malcolm X
Jamie Foxx
as Drew 'Bundini' Brown
Leonard Termo
as Madison Square Garden Reporter
Daniel Janks
as CIA Man
Ron O.J. Parson
as Death Newsman
Ray Bokhour
as Reporter
Graham Hopkins
as London Banker
Johnny Ortiz
as Madison Square Garden Reporter
James Toney
as 'Smokin' Joe Frazier
David Haines
as Rudy Clay / Rahaman Ali
Steven Randazzo
as Reporter
Giancarlo Esposito
as Cassius Clay, Sr.
Michael Dorn
as Black Pilot
Nona Gaye
as Belinda Ali
Barry Shabaka Henley
as Herbert Muhammad
Kim Taylor-Coleman
as Lana Shabazz
Jeffrey Wright
as Howard Bingham
Joe Morton
as Chauncey Eskridge
Bruce McGill
as Bradley
Albert Hall
as Elijah Muhammad
Maestro Harrell
as Young Cassius Clay
Jon Voight
as Howard Cosell
David Cubitt
as Robert Lipsyte
Brad Greenquist
as Marlin Thomas
Kim Robillard
as Jimmy Cannon
Ronald A. DiNicola
as Prosecutor
Wade Williams
as Lieutenant Jerome Claridge
Ron Silver
as Angelo Dundee
Paul Rodríguez
as Dr. Ferdie Pacheco
Guy Van Swearingen
as Induction FBI Man
Crew
Jon Peters
Producer
Lynzee Klingman
Editor
William Goldenberg
Editor
Gregory King
Supervising Sound Editor
Stephen J. Rivele
Screenplay
Kevin De La Noy
Unit Production Manager
Lisa Gerrard
Original Music Composer
Joel Kramer
Stunt Coordinator
Michael Mann
Director, Screenplay, Producer
Anna Behlmer
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Graham King
Executive Producer
John Myhre
Production Design
Emmanuel Lubezki
Director of Photography
Gregory Allen Howard
Story
Craig Henighan
Sound Effects Editor
Ray Conchado
Set Dresser
A. Kitman Ho
Producer
Stephen E. Rivkin
Editor
Victoria Thomas
Casting
Marlene Stewart
Costume Design
Christopher Wilkinson
Screenplay
Shaughnessy Hare
Assistant Sound Editor
Andy Nelson
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Eric Roth
Screenplay