George Foreman Movies

Ben Stiller returns as Larry Daley, the unfortunate night watchman who continues to encounter living and breathing museum exhibits in Night at the Museum 2: Escape From the Smithsonian, 20th Century Fox's tent-pole sequel from director Shawn Levy. Scott Frank, Robert Ben Garant, and Thomas Lennon provide the script, with Chris Columbus returning to handle producing duties. Amy Adams (Enchanted) and Hank Azaria join the returning cast of Robin Williams, Ricky Gervais, and Owen Wilson in the 1492 and 21 Laps Entertainment co-production. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, Rovi

He rose from poverty to become an unrivaled champion in the boxing ring and inspire a entire nation to carry on in a time of unrelenting hardships, and now viewers can take a look at the real-life Cinderella Man who inspired Ron Howard's triumphant tale in the documentary that follows the life of boxing legend Jim Braddock. From his early struggle to make a name for himself in the world of boxing to the late-career comeback that serves as the ultimate example of the American spirit, Braddock was an underdog whose rare, late-career second chance ultimately led him to win the World Heavyweight Champion title and forever alter the course of boxing history. A story as inspiring today as it was when Braddock stepped into the ring to fight for the World Heavyweight title back in 1935, this remarkable story of one man's unbreakable will is sure to have sports fans cheering in their seats. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

After covering baseball in Bull Durham, basketball in White Men Can't Jump. and golf in Tin Cup, writer, director, and obvious sports fan Ron Shelton takes on the world of boxing in this comedy. Vince Boudreau (Woody Harrelson) and Cesar Sota (Antonio Banderas) are close friends and aspiring boxers struggling on the lowest rungs of the fight game. When a major boxing promoter needs to fill out the card for a heavyweight bout in Las Vegas, Vince and Cesar both get the call to head out to Sin City. But the excitement sours when they realize that there's a small problem: the promoter's schedule has the two pals fighting each other. Play It to the Bone also features Lolita Davidovich, Lucy Liu, Tom Sizemore, and Robert Wagner. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

This 1994 episode of Saturday Night Live is hosted by George Foreman and features musical guest Hole. ~ Skyler Miller, All Movie Guide

Champions Forever is filmmaker Dimitri Logothetis' bouquet to past boxing greats. Adopting a "then and now" approach, Logothetis alternates clips of these fighters in their prime with recently filmed interviews. The five boxers spotlighted herein are Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier, Ken Norton, Larry Holmes, and George Foreman--whose "prime", it would later turn out, hadn't quite passed yet. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

A pair of blue-collar buddies use hypnosis to turn a wimpy boxer into a champ in this crime comedy, which reunites actor/director Sidney Poitier and comedian Bill Cosby, stars of the similarly themed Uptown Saturday Night. Clyde Williams (Poitier) and Billy Foster (Cosby) want to help raise funds to sustain the Sons and Daughters of Shaka Lodge, their local community group. Given that Clyde was trained as a hypnotist while in the military, the pair decide to con mobster Biggie Smalls (Calvin Lockhart) by placing a high-stakes bet on a boxing match and then using hocus-pocus to transform skinny underdog Bootney Farnsworth (Jimmie Walker) into a bruiser. When Biggie finds out about their ruse, he and his thugs move in to reclaim their money, setting the stage for further laughs and sleight-of-hand. With a supporting cast that includes Denise Nicholas and Lee Chamberlin as the protagonists' wives and Ossie Davis as an elder at their lodge, Let's Do It Again also reunited Good Times stars Walker and John Amos to the silver screen. Cosby and Poitier would return two years later with A Piece of the Action, though Lockhart, another veteran of Uptown Saturday Night, would sit out the final team-up. Hip-hop fans will note that Lockhart's character provided one of the aliases for slain '90s rap star Christopher Wallace, also known as the Notorious B.I.G. The soundtrack for Let's Do It Again featured Curtis Mayfield songs performed by the the Staple Singers. ~ Brian J. Dillard, All Movie Guide

This documentary contains the entire highly publicized match in Kinshasa, Zaire, between the impressive new champion, George Foreman, and an older Muhammad Ali in front of an excited, almost frenzied, crowd. Ali had recently lost a number of fights after experiencing a three-year layoff (imposed because of his conscientious objector stance toward the war in Vietnam), but he went into this contest with a glow of confidence and drew on his long experience to overcome his strong and skillful young opponent, taking Foreman's powerful punches without showing pain, causing him to expend extra energy, and using his own developed talents to outmaneuver him. Finally, Ali knocked Foreman down for the count -- the fight was over. Ali had regained the championship and Foreman continued with his career. The documentary is narrated by veteran commentator Jim Lampley, and post-fight interviews are included in the program. This match and the events that surrounded it are also the subject of the 1996 film When We Were Kings. ~ Alice Duncan, All Movie Guide