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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0027616876294
Label: MGM (Video & DVD)
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD)
Region Code: 1
Release Date: February 05, 2002
Running Time: 85 minutes
Sales Rank: 19169
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Theatrical Release Date: 1970
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'A study of crazy brilliance and flamboyant sincerity' (LA Herald-Examiner), a.k.a. Cassius Clay presents a fascinating look at the incredible life and achievements of one of the most courageous, outspoken and charismatic figures of boxing: Muhammad Ali. Born Cassius Clay in 1942, Alisoon rose to become a renowned athlete, an articulate author and a compelling political leader. Audacious, ambitious and totally fearless, Ali became a symbol of pride, a legend of hope and one of the most extraordinary cultural icons of the 20th century. Filled with 'plenty of meat in the visual material' (Newsweek), a.k.a. Cassius Clay charts the voyage of a man who grabbed Olympic gold at the age of 18, captured the world heavyweight title at 21 and ultimately came topower as one of the most forceful leaders of the American civil rights movement. Featuring clips from his most celebrated fights with Archie Moore and Sonny Liston, rare interviews with his trainer Cus D'Amato and extraordinary footage of Ali during his alliance with Malcolm X, a.k.a. Cassius Clay is an 'intelligently and artistically assembled' (Los Angeles Times) and 'provocative'(Box office) documentary.
Amazon.com:
Made in 1970, just as he was reaching the end of a three-year exile fromboxing, A.K.A. Cassius Clay is a documentary about Muhammad Ali's lifeand career. Produced by Jim Jacobs and Bill Cayton, who would go on to manageMike Tyson, it includes reams of Jacobs's vast collection of fight footage, someof it familiar, some quite rare, such as flickering images of Ali's earliestbouts.
Ali's familiar story is competently related here: his 1960 Olympic triumph, hisupset of Sonny Liston in 1964, his conversion to the Nation of Islam, and theplainly vindictive decision on the part of the authorities to revise his draftstatus and call him up for service in Vietnam. The principal pleasure iswatching Ali in full verbal flow, including his maniacal teasing of Liston thatproved to be a psychological knockout blow: 'The man's too ugly to be theworld champ. The world champ should be pretty, like me!' --DavidStubbs
Customer Reviews Average Rating: 
Rating:  - A Must Have For Your Collection
Complete and comprehensive. If you are an Ali fan at any level you'll absolutely love this. Get it. Now.
Rating: - Fascinating and entertainaing
Released in '70,before Frazier, Foreman, Spinks, etc., it's amazing how much substance there already is. The first third of this legend's story, as told here, is more than the Mike Tysons of this world will clock in with for a lifetime.
Rating:  - Para fanáticos
Sin ser un documental que trate en profundidad la trayectoria o la vida de Ali, tiene la gracia de ser contemporáneo a él, de modo que la película tiene una estética y una manera de narrar las cosas que es particular de los 70s (si no te gusta este estilo, ya puedes ir borrando una estrella).
La película trata muy brevemente la trayectoria de Ali, con algunos detalles (que se agradecen) de sus inicios aún no profesionales, para luego ahondar en su momento actual (recordemos que la película ... Read More
Rating: - The Greatest
I bought this movie mainly for footage of Ali and his contemporaries, and therefore wasn't expecting much of a plot or a very deep documentary.For this reason I wasn't disappointed.Keep in mind that this film was primarily something for Ali to do during his exile that would make money.It's full of interesting quotes and clips that show a closer side of Ali and make for an enjoyable viewing.At times it slips into an argument with famed boxing trainer Cus D'Amato over whether or not Muhammad Ali is ... Read More
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