When We Were Kings

Name: When We Were Kings
Director: Leon Gast
Released: 1996
Duration: 89 min
Rating: 7.9
Cast: Muhammad Ali, George Foreman, Don King, James Brown, B.B. King

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.

00:04:49 When little Cassius Clay stopped Sonny Liston

00:08:18 So young, so strong, so fearless?

00:12:03 'because he had joined the Nation of Islam

00:15:34 - Of all time! - All time, as the champ says.

00:19:22 We never dreamed of this!

00:24:19 # My suitcase in my hand

00:27:22 Ready to dance? I got ants in my pants, I gotta dance.

00:33:01 Your woman doesn't leave you and slip away like our women

00:36:43 "And as he gropes his way forward

00:40:47 This meeting is called to order. Here, here.

00:44:39 # Listen

00:47:59 So, when I do this here he can understand.

00:52:04 - # Bad! - # Bad!

00:56:02 and I can take all this back to America!

01:00:37 They all believed he was gonna get defeated and they were terrified.

01:03:50 Round one, Ali bouncing around, shifting left to right.

01:07:26 Ali tries to tie him up.

01:10:41 Works over the shoulder of Foreman.

01:14:14 We have been made just like white people mentally.

01:17:57 # For I recall

01:22:00 He gave this wonderful speech about he hadn't had the opportunity

01:24:42 # For the man who made the fam' remember when we were kings

100:00:00 hollering "Ali, boma ye!"

Cast & Characters

Muhammad Ali Self George Foreman Self Don King Self James Brown Self B.B. King Self Mobutu Sese Seko Self (President of Zaire) Spike Lee Self Norman Mailer Self - Writer George Plimpton Self - Writer Thomas Hauser Self

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,345

Dialogue density15.1 lines / min

First line00:00:21

Final line100:00:00

Production Record

DirectorLeon Gast

LanguageEnglish

Revenue$2,666,118

IMDb votes19,725