Muhammad and Larry

Muhammad and Larry (2009)

6.4 53 min Movie
Documentary

Some fights nobody wins

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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Cast

Muhammad Ali Muhammad Ali Himself
Drew Bundini Brown Drew Bundini Brown Himself
Angelo Dundee Angelo Dundee Himself
Larry Holmes Larry Holmes Himself
Jerry Izenberg Jerry Izenberg Self
Gene Kilroy Gene Kilroy Self
John Schulian John Schulian Self
Leon Spinks Leon Spinks Himself (archive footage)
Ken Norton Ken Norton Himself (archive footage)
Thomas Hauser Thomas Hauser Himself
Howard Cosell Howard Cosell Himself (archive footage)

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