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Image info
| Artist | Bruno Girin |
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| Credit | originally posted to Flickr as Alberto Martin on the receiving side |
| License | cc-by-sa-2.0 |
| Desc | Alberto Martín against Marin Čilić in the 2009 Wimbledon Championships first round |
| Usage | Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 |
1977 film about Muhammad Ali
The Greatest
| Released | 1977 (45 years, 2 months ago) |
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| Director | Tom Gries and Monte Hellman |
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| Duration | 101 minutes |
| Genre | biographical film, sports film and drama film |
| Composer | Lee Holdridge |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom and United States of America |
| Screenwriter | Ring Lardner |
| Producer | John Marshall |
About The Greatest
The Greatest is a 1977 film about the life of boxer Muhammad Ali, in which Ali plays himself. It was directed by Tom Gries and Monte Hellman. The film follows Ali's life from the 1960 Olympics to his regaining the heavyweight crown from George Foreman in their famous "Rumble in the Jungle" fight in 1974. The footage of the boxing matches themselves are largely the actual footage from the time involved. The movie is based on the book The Greatest: My Own Story written by Muhammad Ali and Richard Durham and edited by Toni Morrison.The song "The Greatest Love of All" was written for this film and sung by George Benson; it was later covered by Whitney Houston.
Cast and crew
Cast and crew listed below. See if you can find out who is who from the stats below.
James Earl Jones
American actor
Robert Duvall
American actor and director
Ernest Borgnine
American actor
Dina Merrill
American actress, socialite heiress, businesswoman and philanthropist
Ben Johnson
American film actor
Paul Winfield
actor
Roger E. Mosley
American actor
James Gammon
American actor
David Huddleston
American actor
John Marley
1907–1984; American actor
David Clennon
American actor
Richard Venture
American actor
Recent Deaths
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former dictator and 10th President of Pakistan
Vani Jairam
Indian singer
David Crosby
American singer, guitarist and songwriter
Annie Wersching
American actress
Cindy Williams
American actress and producer
Jay Briscoe
American professional wrestler
Gina Lollobrigida
Italian actress, photojournalist, and politician
Lisa Loring
American actress
Josep Maria Espinàs
Catalan writer and journalist
Sherif Ismail
Egyptian Prime Minister
Bobby Hull
Canadian ice hockey player
Kasinathuni Viswanath
Indian director and actor