Ali's biggest match, his fight with the US government. A film about the politics and hubris surrounding the Vietnam War and the revenge exacted on America's greatest sportsman of the 20th century because he refused to fight in that war.
director: Stephen Frears
With: Pablo Schreiber (Covert Becker), Christopher Plummer (John Marshall Harlan), Benjamin Walker (Kevin Kennedy), Danny Glover (Justice Thurgood Marshall), Frank Langella (Chief Justice Warren Burger), Barry Levinson (Justice Potter Stewart), Ed Begley Jr (Justice Harry Blackmun), Harris Yulin (William Douglas), Muhammad Ali (Himself, archive footage), Dana Ivey (Mrs. Paige), a.o.
Credits
director: Stephen Frearsproducer: Scott Ferguson
screenplay: Shawn Slovo
Editor: Mick Audsley
Cinematography: Jim Denault
sound: William Sarokin
production company: HBO Films
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subtitles: Dutch subt.country: United States of America
year: 2013
Filmography
STEPHEN FREARS (1941): The Burning (1968, short), Parkin's Patch (1969, TV series, director of 2 episodes), Tom Grattan's War (1970, TV series, director of 5 episodes), Gumshoe (1971), A Day Out (1972, TV movie), The Cricket Match (1973, TV movie), Follyfoot (1973, TV series, director of 4 episodes), Sporting Scenes (1973, TV series, director of 1 episode), Second City Firsts (1974, TV series, director of 1 episode), Daft as a Brush (1975, TV movie), Three… Show more
Technical Specs
format: HD CamOther festival films by director Stephen Frears
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1993:Snapper, the
1988:Sammy and rosie get laid
1986:My beautiful laundrette