When We Were Kings
1996 · 89 MIN · IMDB 7.9 · 19,725 VOTES · DIR. Leon Gast
Overview
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,345 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:21 Yeah, I'm in Africa. Yeah, Africa's my home.
00:04:47 and no one can whup him.
00:08:13 Maybe he can pull off a miracle
00:11:47 'Very few Black athletes had ever talked the way Muhammad Ali talked
00:15:19 'so Don King now had both fighters
00:18:54 - You don't think about losing?
00:23:43 Hi! You know who we are, don't you?
00:26:55 # Gotta make a start today
00:32:00 'about the rhythm and the blues as they're so-called
00:36:00 He's scared to death.
00:39:59 Does he want it postponed?
00:43:43 # Ow!
00:47:00 Writers found different ways to describe this uprush of hair.
00:50:47 # We're gonna take you high
00:54:50 'for Africans and the whole world.'
00:58:22 He had said that...
01:02:31 'and he didn't come to the fight.
01:06:00 Eight seconds left in the round.
01:09:13 'powerful, powerful, powerful.
01:12:36 'the way he reconstructed his personality
01:16:02 'and he's as happy with each day as anybody I know.'
01:19:59 # Sting like a bee
01:23:33 # Hey, what's the deal? I seen the Devil spar with Allah
01:26:03 # Many lies, put up for stakes, wash our sins at the Great Lakes
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,345
Dialogue density15.1 lines / min
First line00:00:21
Final line01:26:03
Production Record
DirectorLeon Gast
LanguageEnglish
Revenue$2,666,118
IMDb votes19,725