Muhammad Ali: King of the World (2000)
- Starring:
- Terrence Howard, Gary Dourdan, (more)
- Director(s):
- John Sacret Young
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It is just possible that the made-for-TV biopic Muhammad Ali: King of the World was hastily pieced together to capitalize on the popular theatrical documentary When We Were Kings and the publicity attending the upcoming Will Smith movie vehicle Ali. Actually, the title of the TV film was something of a misnomer, since the story covers the formative days of Ali's career and fame, when he was still fighting under his given name Cassius Clay. Played by Terrence DaShon Howard, the young Clay slugs his way from poverty-stricken obscurity to the 1960 Olympics, garners both positive and negative publicity with his incessant self-worship and improvised rhymes, and proves that he is more than just talk when he defeats Sonny Liston (Steve Harris) in 1964. It is in fact at this point that the film draws to a close, with a few hints of what is to come manifested in an early meeting between the impressionable Clay and Islamic activist Malcolm X (Gary Dourdan). Based on the bestselling 1998 biography by David Renwick, Muhammad Ali: King of the World debuted January 10, 2000, on ABC. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Terrence Howard - Cassius Clay
- Steve Harris - Sonny Liston
- Chi McBride - Drew "Bundini" Brown
- Darryl Cox - Howard Cosell
- Saint Adeogba - Betty X
- Vince Davis - Izzy Sharnik
- Steve Shearer - Jack Kilon
- Gary Dourdan - Malcolm X
- John Ventimiglia - Angelo Dundee
- Brandon Smith - Bill Barnstable
- Jerry Haynes - Jimmy Cannon
- Rodger Boyce - Bill McDonald
- Blue Deckert - Gorgeous George
- Jason Winer - Robert Lypsite
- Director(s):
- John Sacret Young
- Producer(s):
- George W. Perkins
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