

25/10/1996
It's 1974. Muhammad Ali is 32 and thought by many to be past his prime. George Foreman is ten years younger and the heavyweight champion of the world. Promoter Don King wants to make a name for himself and offers both fighters five million dollars apiece to fight one another, and when they accept, King has only to come up with the money. He finds a willing backer in Mobutu Sese Suko, the dictator of Zaire, and the "Rumble in the Jungle" is set, including a musical festival featuring some of America's top black performers, like James Brown and B.B. King.

Muhammad Ali
as Self

George Foreman
as Self

Don King
as Self

James Brown
as Self

B.B. King
as Self

Spike Lee
as Self

Mobutu Sese Seko
as Self

Norman Mailer
as Self

George Plimpton
as Self

Malick Bowens
as Self

Lloyd Price
as Self

Miriam Makeba
as Self

Drew Bundini Brown
as Self

Odessa Clay
as Self

Howard Cosell
as Self

Wilton Felder
as Self

Wayne Henderson
as Self

Stix Hooper
as Self

Stewart Levin
as Self

Alan Pariser
as Self

Danny 'Big Black' Rey
as Self

Dick Sadler
as Self

Joe Sample
as Self

Philippé Wynne
as Self

Archie Moore
as Self

Lola Love
as Self
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