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Movie
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-Will
Smith
-Jamie
Foxx
-Jon
Voight
Michael
Mann's
ALI
manages
to
be
an
informative
look
at
the
career
of
legendary
boxer
Muhammad
Ali
and
an
entertaining
and
moving
portrait
of
the
man.
The
action
begins
with
the
brash
young
Cassius
Clay's
surprising
victory
over
Sonny
Liston.
The
film
depicts
Clay's
conversion
to
Islam,
his
partnership
with
"Bundini"
Brown
(Jamie
Foxx
in a
wonderfully
complex
turn),
his
friendship
with
Howard
Cosell
(a
transformed
Jon
Voight),
his
principled
refusal
to
serve
in
the
military
during
Vietnam,
and
his
subsequent
problems
with
the
law
and
the
boxing
commission.
The
film
concludes
with
Ali's
battle
with
George
Foreman
in
the
"Rumble
in
the
Jungle."
Will
Smith
delivers
a
worthy
performance,
transforming
his
body,
face,
and
voice
to
capture
the
spirit
of
the
charismatic
fighter.
The
work
of
the
supporting
cast
is
superb,
including
Smith's
real-life
wife,
Jada
Pinkett
Smith,
and
Marvin
Gaye's
daughter,
Nona
Gaye,
as
the
women
in
Ali's
life.
Mann
brings
the
viewer
in
close
to
the
boxing
action,
effectively
depicting
Ali's
unique
grace
and
quickness,
and
the
violent
frenzy
of
the
sport.
The
film
shows
the
familiar
public
figure
of
fights
and
press
conferences,
and
also
gives
a
glimpse
of
the
quiet,
thoughtful
private
life
of
Ali.
Portions
of
this
page
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1948-2006 Muze
Inc.
and
Muze
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