Director: Leon Gast

Category: Learning
Rated: PG (MPAA)
Running time: 90
Studio: Facets Video
Released:1996

Plot: Twenty-two years in the making, this documentary
chronicles one of the most famous heavyweight championship bouts in history, the Muhammad Ali-George Foreman "Rumble in the Jungle" in Kinshasa, Zaire in 1974. Along with highlights of underdog Ali's stunning victory andinfamous "Rope-A-Dope" tactics, the film also covers the back-story of the event and its cultural significance, with footage of Ali's goodwill tours, concert footage featuring B.B. King and James Brown, interviews with George Plimpton, Norman Mailer and Don King, and more.
Academy Awards: Best Documentary Feature.

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