Description: Two latter-day warriors travel to their ancestral homeland in When We Were Kings, a fascinating documentary about the 1974 "Rumble in the Jungle" title bout between heavyweight boxers Muhammad Ali and George Foreman. At the time, Foreman was world champion, and 32-year-old Ali was thought to be past his prime. Director Leon Gast struggled more than 20 years to complete the film.
My Promulgation: I remember when this happened, but I was only 10 years old, so I rented so I could learn more about this big boxing match in Africa. It reminded me of when Arnold out psyched poor Lou in the docu-drama Pumping Iron. How ironic that now Ali can't wipe his own ass and George Foreman is a multi-millionare selling those stupid grills. And why they hell did he name all his sons George? What a dumb ass. Oh well, if success is measured by the moola we make, he's clearly got more than me. Good God will you look at this? USB Grill
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the movie was better than that. you may not like their riches, but the hisotrical significance of this event can't be denied. it was the first all-black promotion, all-black managed, all-black participated event in a very black country. the idea of blacks having any say in an event up until this point was unheard of. the characters might have some sketchy dealings; foremana money hungry preacher; ali (who does a lot more than wipe his ass, visiting fidel castro last year for Human rights violations awareness to name but one thing); and Don king a criminal in fraud.
but lets face it whites ain't much better.
spike lee took as much taht was of significance and told a story and summarised it beautifully. 5 out of 5
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