Ali the Movie and the Man - Softcover

Michael, Mann

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1557045100 ISBN 13: 9781557045102

Publisher: Citadel Press, 2001

Synopsis

Generously illustrated with movie stills, historical photos, and posters in a stunning four-color book designthe only official tie-in to the new film, starring Will Smith and directed by Michael Mann (The Insider). Includes over 200 images, the screenplay, behind-the-scenes stories, and writings by Norman Mailer, George Plimpton, Wilfred Sheed, David Remnick, Thomas Hauser, and Pete Hamill, among others. Filmed in five months in six cities throughout America and Africa, Ali focuses on 1964-1974, from the night in Miami when 22-year-old Cassius Clay beat Sonny Liston for the heavyweight title, to the stunning upset in Africa ten years later when the fighter regained his crown from a hugely favored George Foreman. With the real Muhammad Ali involved in the filmmaking, as well as his close friend photographer Howard Bingham (who is also a character in the film), Ali takes us into the ring, the strategy sessions, the bedrooms, and straight into the mind and heart of the man who, as biographer Thomas Hauser wrote, "has become a legend in his own lifetime."

About this title

About the Author:

Introduction by director Michael Mann and writings by Norman Mailer, George Plimpton, Wilfred Sheed, David Remnick (King of the World), Thomas Hauser and Pete Hamill amongst others.

About this edition

• Publisher: Citadel Press
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 1557045100
• ISBN 13: 9781557045102
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 176