When We Were Kings

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 and infamous "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 Award winner for Best Documentary Feature.

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Year - Presenter		Award Category		Result		Name
1996 - Academy Awards		Best Documentary Feature		Winner		Not Applicable

"...The best documentary of the year. WHEN WE WERE KINGS offers a stunning look at the 1974 Muhammad Ali/George Foreman fight in Zaire..." -- Peter Travers , (Rolling Stone)

"...[An] extraordinary Oscar-nominated documentary....[A] masterpiece, a total original..." 4 out of 4 stars" -- Mike Clark , (USA Today)

"...Enormously entertaining....A total delight for every second of its running time..." -- Todd McCarthy , (Variety)

"...A valentine to Muhammad Ali as an athlete and political figure..." -- Rachel Rosen , (Film Comment)

"...[Ali,] wonderfully captured in finely chosen swatches of film, was beautiful, charming, self-confident, articulate and burning with talent in his prime..." -- Lisa Schwarzbaum , (Entertainment Weekly)

"...[Ali's] presence alone makes WHEN WE WERE KINGS a special event....[The film] always compels our interest..." -- Kenneth Turan , (Los Angeles Times)

"...A time capsule....It is a new documentary of a past event, recapturing the electricity generated by Muhammad Ali in his prime..." -- Roger Ebert , (Chicago Sun-Times)

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