I Am Ali (2014) on Netflix
PG20141h 51mBiographyDocumentarySport
Muhammad Ali's own audio journals from the 1970s, with memories from family, friends and boxing rivals, tell his story. His young daughter Hana asks him not to take one more fight.
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- Netflix3.4/5
- IMDb7.2/104,213 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes64%
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Plot summary
A phone call between Muhammad Ali and his daughter Hana begins the story: he tells her that he may box one more time, and she, still a young child, asks him not to. Recordings Ali made of his own conversations during the 1970s, interviews with family, friends and figures from boxing, and archival footage carry the rest. Those accounts reach back to his childhood and to the theft of his bicycle, the episode that led him into boxing at twelve. His brother Rahaman recalls that Ali believed he would be among the greatest boxers. His matches with Joe Frazier, George Foreman and Sonny Liston are discussed, along with his conversion to Islam, his change of name from Cassius Clay and his refusal of military service on religious grounds.
Cast
- Hana Alias Self
- Maryum Alias Self
- Marvis Frazieras Self
- Ken Jonesas Self
- Gene Kilroyas Self
- George Loisas Self
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about I Am Ali (2014)
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- Director Clare Lewins chose not to tell Muhammad Ali's life in linear order, instead starting the film with his decision to accept his final professional fight.
- The theft of Muhammad Ali's bicycle as a child, retold in the film, was what led him into boxing at age twelve.
- No soundtrack album was released for I Am Ali; the film's music instead drew on tracks by Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Wonder, Ella Fitzgerald, Ray Charles and others.
