a.k.a. Cassius Clay (1970)

Directed by

Jimmy Jacobs

Genre

documentary film, boxing film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 25m

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows Muhammad Ali's boxing career up to 1970, focusing on the period when he was banned from the sport. It shows footage of his past fights and conversations about how he would have matched up against older champions.

informativeretrospectiveintrospectivearchivalbiographicalfocusedreflective

What happens

A.k.a. Cassius Clay (styled as a.k.a. Cassius Clay) is a 1970 boxing documentary film about the former heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali. Directed by Jimmy Jacobs, the film was made during Ali's exile from the sport for refusing to be inducted into the US Army on religious grounds. Narrated by Richard Kiley, the film gives an overview of Ali's career to that point. The film features archival footage of people associated with Ali, such as Angelo Dundee, Malcolm X, and Drew Bundini Brown, and clips of his fights with Sonny Liston, Henry Cooper, George Chuvalo and Floyd Patterson. These are intercut with scenes featuring Ali and veteran boxing trainer Cus D'Amato discussing his career and how he would have fared against past champions such as Joe Louis. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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