| Record Number |
877205 |
| Title |
When we were kings [videorecording]. |
| Edition |
DVD special edition. |
| Publisher/Date |
Australia : Madman, 2022. |
| ©2019. |
| Pagination etc. |
1 videodisc (87 min.) : DVD video, sound, color with black and white sequences ; 12 cm. |
| Contents note |
Title and credits from screen. |
| Title from title frame. |
| Originally released as a documentary film in 1996. |
| Widescreen (1.78:1 aspect ratio). |
| Features: New, restored 4K digital transfer -- "Soul Power," a 2008 documentary about the Zaïre 74 music festival directed by Jefrey Kusama-Hinte -- New interview with producer David Sonenberg -- Interview from 1997 with director Leon Gast -- Trailer -- An essay by critic Kelefa Sanneh. |
| Creation Note |
Produced by Leon Gast, David Sonenberg & Taylor Hackford ; directed by Leon Gast. |
| Performer note |
Featuring Muhammad Ali, George Foreman, Don King. |
| Summary Note |
"In 1974, Leon Gast traveled to Africa to film Zaire 74, a music festival planned to accompany an unprecedented sports spectacle: the Rumble in the Jungle, in which late-career underdog Muhammad Ali would contend with the younger powerhouse George Foreman for the boxing heavyweight championship title--'a fight between two blacks in a black nation, organized by blacks, ' as a Kinshasa billboard put it. When the main event was delayed, extending Ali's stay in Africa, Gast wound up amassing a treasure trove of footage, observing the wildly charismatic athlete training for one of the toughest bouts of his career while basking in his role as black America's proud ambassador to postcolonial Africa. Two decades in the making, When We Were Kings features interviews with Norman Mailer and George Plimpton that illustrate the sensational impact of the fight, rounding out an Academy Award-winning portrait of Ali that captures his charm, grace and defiance"--Container. |
| Target audience note |
Rating: PG; for images of violence, brief nudity and some language. |
| Language note |
English dialogue with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH). |
| Subject - Name |
Ali, Muhammad, -- 1942-2016 |
| Foreman, George, -- 1949- |
| Subject |
Boxers (Sports) -- United States -- Biography |
| Boxing matches -- Congo (Democratic Republic)History -- 20th century |
| Documentary films. |
| Biographical films. |
| Sports films. |
| Nonfiction films. |
| Video recordings for the hearing impaired. |
| Added Author |
Gast, Leon director,
producer. |
| Sonenberg, David producer. |
| Hackford, Taylor, 1944- producer. |
| Ali, Muhammad, 1942-2016 on-screen participant. |
| Foreman, George, 1949- on-screen participant. |
| King, Don, 1931- on-screen participant. |
| Brown, James, 1933-2006 on-screen participant. |
| King, B. B on-screen participant. |
| Mobutu Sese Seko, 1930-1997 on-screen participant. |
| Lee, Spike on-screen participant. |
| Mailer, Norman on-screen participant. |
| Plimpton, George on-screen participant. |
| Hauser, Thomas on-screen participant. |
| Added title |
When we were kings (Motion picture) |
| Shelf Location |
DVD F WHEN |
