Muhammad and Larry (2009)
Overview
In October of 1980 Muhammad Ali was preparing to fight for an unprecedented fourth heavyweight title against his friend and former sparring partner Larry Holmes. To say that the great Ali was in the twilight of his career would be generous; most of his admiring fans, friends and fight scribes considered his bravado delusional. What was left for him to prove? In the weeks of training before the fight, documentarians Albert and David Maysles took an intimate look at Ali trying to convince the world and perhaps himself, that he was still “The Greatest.” At the same time, they documented the mild-mannered and undervalued champion Holmes as he confidently prepared to put an end to the career of a man for whom he had an abiding and deep affection
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 3.152 |
Directed By
Bradley Kaplan
Albert Maysles
Crew
Bradley Kaplan
Robert Richman
Keith Vyse
Clifton Towns Sr.
Albert Maysles
Marvin Towns Jr.
Janet Swanson
David Gasperik
Kate Hirson
Connor Schell
Joel Beckerman
Keith Clinkscales
Michael Tollin
John Dahl
Michelle Materre
John Skipper
Phil Hernandez
Albert Maysles
Joan Lynch
Chris Maxwell
Laura Coxson
Chris Connelly
Bill Simmons
Ian Markiewicz
Mi Sook Cho
Paul Carruthers
Mark Durand
Deirdre Fenton
Libby Geist
Bradley Kaplan
Kristin McDowell
Sean Price Williams
Robert Richman
Eugene Lehnert
David Maysles
Jeff Levy
Alex Berman
Eugene Lehnert
Jonathan Jackson
Katie Sorohan
Albert Maysles
TOP CAST
Muhammad Ali
Himself
Drew Bundini Brown
Himself
Angelo Dundee
Himself
Larry Holmes
Himself
Jerry Izenberg
Self
Gene Kilroy
Self
John Schulian
Self
Leon Spinks
Himself (archive footage)
Ken Norton
Himself (archive footage)
Thomas Hauser
Himself
Howard Cosell
Himself (archive footage)
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