King of the World (2000)
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It is just possible that the made-for-TV biopic Muhammad Ali: King of the World was hastily pieced together to capitalize on the popular theatrical documentary When We Were Kings and the publicity attending the upcoming Will Smith movie vehicle Ali. Actually, the title of the TV film was something… More It is just possible that the made-for-TV biopic Muhammad Ali: King of the World was hastily pieced together to capitalize on the popular theatrical documentary When We Were Kings and the publicity attending the upcoming Will Smith movie vehicle Ali. Actually, the title of the TV film was something of a misnomer, since the story covers the formative days of Ali's career and fame, when he was still fighting under his given name Cassius Clay. Played by Terrence DaShon Howard, the young Clay slugs his way from poverty-stricken obscurity to the 1960 Olympics, garners both positive and negative publicity with his incessant self-worship and improvised rhymes, and proves that he is more than just talk when he defeats Sonny Liston (Steve Harris) in 1964. It is in fact at this point that the film draws to a close, with a few hints of what is to come manifested in an early meeting between the impressionable Clay and Islamic activist Malcolm X (Gary Dourdan). Based on the bestselling 1998 biography by David Renwick, Muhammad Ali: King of the World debuted January 10, 2000, on ABC. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- John Sacret Young
- Genres
- Drama, Television
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Jan 10, 2000 Wide
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Cast
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Terrence Howard
as Cassius Clay
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Gary Dourdan
as Malcolm X
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Steve Harris
as Sonny Liston
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John Ventimiglia
as Angelo Dundee
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Chi McBride
as Drew "Bundini" Brown
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Brandon Smith
as Bill Barnstable
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Darryl Cox
as Howard Cosell
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Jerry Haynes
as Jimmy Cannon
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Saint Adeogba
as Betty X
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Rodger Boyce
as Bill McDonald
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Vince Davis
as Izzy Sharnik
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Blue Deckert
as Gorgeous George
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Steve Shearer
as Jack Kilon
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Jason Winer
as Robert Lypsite
- Vyto Ruginis
- Carmen Argenziano
