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Muhammad and Larry

2009 · 53m · 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

Cast

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

Details

Director

Bradley Kaplan and Albert Maysles

Released

October 27, 2009

Runtime

53m

Genres

Documentary

Studio

ESPN and ESPN Films

Status

Released

TMDB score

6.4 / 10 from 12 votes