OT: Facing Ali
VicXnews
heard of it...I'll watch it tonight or tomorrow and find out
http://www.demonoid.com/files/details/2076696/1302018/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1419318
Directed by
Pete McCormack
Cast (in alphabetical order)
George Chuvalo ... Himself
Henry Cooper ... Himself
George Foreman ... Himself
Joe Frazier ... Himself
User Reviews (Review this title)
3 out of 3 people found the following review useful.
A beautiful, honest film, 24 December 2009
Author: jimbob12404 from Accord, NY
I wasn't sure what to expect with this film. I had not heard anything about
it and when I was able to get a copy I figured it would be a puff piece,
but it is much much more than that. Interviews with several opponents of
Muhammad Ali reveal a lot about both the interviewees themselves, and their
lives, and their almost unanimous love for Ali. Footage of each fighter's
bouts with Ali is plentiful and exciting, and watching it will make you cry
when you realize how much he has lost over the years. Something else that
will make you cry is what one of his greatest opponents--I won't say who it
is---cries openly for Ali and calls him "a great guy...and I hope he gets
to live the way we all live...he's earned it." This film just knocked
"Tyson" out of the top spot in my best sports documentaries of the year
list.
Swillabrew
about every other Ali flick & have seen the previews of this & I agree
it looks good. Kind of cool to see how those other guys look now too.
Go Blazers !
$Bill
audiences):
Hardwired (R) [pretty good movie - didn't esp like Cuba in the part]
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (R) [intense - good movie/remake]
Thieves highjack subway train and demand ransom. (Denzel Washington
[Walter Garber], John Travolta [Ryder], James Gandolfini [Mayor])
Aliens in the Attic (PG) [mostly for kids, but I liked it]
Kids must fight off mini-aliens bent on world domination. (Ashley
Tisdale [Bethany Pearson], Robert Hoffman [Ricky], Carter Jenkins [Tom
Pearson])
VicXnews
bd0931...@p8g2000yqb.googlegroups.com:
I'll let you know...
VicXnews
september.org:
> Vic, finished watching these and would recommend them all (for the right
> audiences):
>
> Hardwired (R) [pretty good movie - didn't esp like Cuba in the part]
>
I've read the reviews on this one before...maybe I'll dl it when I get a
chance
> The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (R) [intense - good movie/remake]
> Thieves highjack subway train and demand ransom. (Denzel Washington
> [Walter Garber], John Travolta [Ryder], James Gandolfini [Mayor])
>
I saw this while ago...it was good
> Aliens in the Attic (PG) [mostly for kids, but I liked it]
> Kids must fight off mini-aliens bent on world domination. (Ashley
> Tisdale [Bethany Pearson], Robert Hoffman [Ricky], Carter Jenkins
[Tom
> Pearson])
>
>
never heard of this one...I'll have to check it out
Invictus was the best movie I've seen this year...
VicXnews
september.org:
Wow...great doc...must see for all boxing/Ali fans...all in the words of
the boxers(Frazier,Foreman,Spinks,Holmes and more)
Great fight footage...when they talked about a fight they showed it...
boy is Leon Spinks a hoot =8-)
http://www.demonoid.com/files/details/2076696/1302018/
...
my brush with a heavyweight champ...
Larry Holmes walks up to my table at the Stardust and asks for five
grand...
Vic...
aaahhh...Cappy...the champ wants five grand
Larry Holmes to the floorman(one of the Chicago boys)...
give me $5000
Cappy...
do you have a line of credit here?
Holmes...
no but I'm making 10 million tomorrow(he was fighting Gerry Cooney)
Cappy...
come back when you have the fucking 10 million