Muhammad and Larry
“Some fights nobody wins”
6.5
2009
53m
Documentary
In October of 1980 Muhammad Ali was preparing to fight for an unprecedented fourth heavyweight title against his friend and former sparring partner Larry Holmes. To say that the great Ali was in the twilight of his career would be generous; most of his admiring fans, friends and fight scribes considered his bravado delusional. What was left for him to prove? In the weeks of training before the fight, documentarians Albert and David Maysles took an intimate look at Ali trying to convince the world and perhaps himself, that he was still “The Greatest.” At the same time, they documented the mild-mannered and undervalued champion Holmes as he confidently prepared to put an end to the career of a man for whom he had an abiding and deep affection
Key Crew
Director
Albert Maysles
Producers
Keith Vyse
Laura Coxson
Mark Durand
Cinematography
Albert Maysles
Music
Joel Beckerman
Cast (11)
Muhammad Ali
Himself
Drew Bundini Brown
Himself
