Twenty-two years in the making, this documentary chronicles one of the most famous heavyweight championship bouts in history, the Muhammad Ali-George Foreman "Rumble in the Jungle" in Kinshasa, Zaire in 1974. Along with highlights of underdog Ali's stunning victory and infamous "Rope-A-Dope" tactics, the film also covers the back-story of the event and its cultural significance, with footage of Ali's goodwill tours, concert footage featuring B.B. King and James Brown, interviews with George Plimpton, Norman Mailer and Don King, and more. Academy Award winner for Best Documentary Feature.

Screened at the 1996 Sundance Film Festival.

DVD Features:

Region 1
Keep Case
Widescreen
Full Frame - 1.33
Audio:
Dolby Digital 2.0 - English
Interactive Features:
Interactive Menus
Text/Photo Galleries:
Biographies - 1. Cast and Crew

Muhammad Ali: Boxer
George Foreman: Professional Boxer/Actor
George Plimpton: American Writer, actor
Norman Mailer: American Novelist/Filmmaker

Leon Gast: Producer/director - When We Were Kings

"...The best documentary of the year. WHEN WE WERE KINGS offers a stunning look at the 1974 Muhammad Ali/George Foreman fight in Zaire..."
"...[An] extraordinary Oscar-nominated documentary....[A] masterpiece, a total original..." 4 out of 4 stars"
"...Enormously entertaining....A total delight for every second of its running time..."
"...A valentine to Muhammad Ali as an athlete and political figure..."
"...[Ali,] wonderfully captured in finely chosen swatches of film, was beautiful, charming, self-confident, articulate and burning with talent in his prime..."
"...[Ali's] presence alone makes WHEN WE WERE KINGS a special event....[The film] always compels our interest..."
"...A time capsule....It is a new documentary of a past event, recapturing the electricity generated by Muhammad Ali in his prime..."