Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight (2013)

Directed by

Stephen Frears

Genre

boxing film, trial film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 37m

Rated

16

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 43 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This film covers Muhammad Ali's legal battle after he refused the military draft during the Vietnam War. It focuses on the Supreme Court justices as they debate and ultimately decide his case.

historicalseriousrestrainedlegalcontemplativefocusedearnestdramatic

What happens

Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight is a 2013 American television drama film about boxer Muhammad Ali's refusal to report for induction into the United States military during the Vietnam War, focusing on how the United States Supreme Court decided to rule in Ali's favor in the 1971 case of Clay v. United States. The film was directed by Stephen Frears, from a screenplay written by Shawn Slovo based on the 2000 book Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight: Cassius Clay vs. the United States of America by Howard Bingham and Max Wallace. It premiered on HBO on October 5, 2013. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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