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When We Were Kings (1996) [PG]

Release Date:
October 25, 1996

Original Title:
When We Were Kings

Alternate Titles:
Os Campeões do Boxe
Quando eravamo Re
Quando Éramos Reis
When We Were Kings. Cuando éramos reyes
When we were Kings - Einst waren wir Könige
우리가 왕들이었을 때
웬 위 워 킹스

Genres:
Documentary | History | Music | TV Movie

Production Companies:
DAS Films
David Sonenberg Production
Gramercy Pictures
PolyGram Filmed Entertainment

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
GB: 12  NL: 16  US: PG 

Runtime: 89

The untold story of the Rumble in the Jungle.

Overview from TheMovieDB

It's 1974. Muhammad Ali is 32 and thought by many to be past his prime. George Foreman is ten years younger and the heavyweight champion of the world. Promoter Don King wants to make a name for himself and offers both fighters five million dollars apiece to fight one another, and when they accept, King has only to come up with the money. He finds a willing backer in Mobutu Sese Suko, the dictator of Zaire, and the "Rumble in the Jungle" is set, including a musical festival featuring some of America's top black performers, like James Brown and B.B. King.

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Assistant Camera:
Joe Arcidiacono

Co-Producer:
Vikram Jayanti
Keith Robinson

Director:
Leon Gast

Director of Photography:
Paul Goldsmith
Maryse Alberti
Kevin Keating
Roderick Young
Albert Maysles

Editor:
Leon Gast
Taylor Hackford
Jeffrey Kusama-Hinte
Keith Robinson

Executive Producer:
David Sonenberg

Post Production Assistant:
Jamie Ware Billett

Producer:
Taylor Hackford
Leon Gast

Writer:
Leon Gast

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