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Muhammad Ali: The Greatest

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France · 1969
2h 0m
Director William Klein
Starring Muhammad Ali, Sonny Liston, George Foreman
Genre Documentary

Universally accepted as a true icon of the 20th century, Muhammad Ali’s phenomenal achievements spanned sport, politics, and religion. One man – photographer William Klein -- had comprehensive access to the events that shaped Ali’s legend, from his 1964 defeat of Sonny Liston to his 1974 match with George Foreman, and everything in between.

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70

Village Voice by

Fight footage is kept to a minimum; in this film, the boxer's best one-two's don't hit inside the ring. Clay's ingenious hype-baiting moxie drives the first half, cut to a nouvelle pop beat.

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The New York Times by Dana Stevens

In an era whose culture was defined by what the literary critic Richard Poirier called the performing self, Mr. Ali's persona was one of the greatest performances of all.

70

TV Guide Magazine by Maitland McDonagh

William Klein's film documents a turbulent time and an outsized personality, but the film's glories are in the details and its intimacy would be unimaginable in the rigidly spin-controlled atmosphere of 21st-century sports.

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