Directed by:
Stephen FrearsScreenplay:
Shawn SlovoCinematography:
Jim DenaultComposer:
George FentonCast:
Danny Glover, Christopher Plummer, Benjamin Walker, Frank Langella, Bob Balaban, Barry Levinson, Ed Begley Jr., Pablo Schreiber, Harris Yulin, Peter Gerety (more)VOD (1)
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When Ali was drafted into the Vietnam War at the height of his boxing career, his claim to conscientious objector status on religious grounds led to a lengthy legal battle that rattled the U.S. judicial system right up to the highest court. He was one of boxing's all-time greats, but Muhammad Ali's biggest challenge took place far from the ring – in the offices of the United States Supreme Court, where nine justices debated the legitimacy of his 1971 conscientious-objector appeal. Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight goes behind closed doors as the justices – Chief Justice Warren Burger, Hugo Black, William O. Douglas, John Harlan II, William Brennan, Jr., Potter Stewart, Byron "Whizzer" White, Thurgood Marshall and Harry Blackmun – decide the outcome of Ali's landmark appeal. In particular, Harlan finds himself at odds with the status quo – and his old friend Burger – after his perspective is challenged by his new clerk, Kevin Connolly. The film explores the intricate politics behind these historic decisions in a time of rapid social and cultural transformation in the American landscape. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Danny Glover
USA
Best movies:
Lethal Weapon (1987)
Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)
Saw (2004)
Christopher Plummer
Canada
Best movies:
A Beautiful Mind (2001)
My Brother Tom (1986) (TV movie)
12 Monkeys (1995)
Benjamin Walker
USA
Best movies:
Kinsey (2004)
In the Heart of the Sea (2015)
The War Boys (2009)
Frank Langella
USA
Best movies:
The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020)
Frost/Nixon (2008)
Captain Fantastic (2016)
Bob Balaban
USA
Best movies:
Midnight Cowboy (1969)
Whose Life Is It Anyway? (1981)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
Barry Levinson
USA
Best movies:
Rain Man (1988)
Quiz Show (1994)
Silent Movie (1976)
Ed Begley Jr.
USA
Best movies:
The Simpsons: Dark Secrets (1998) (video compilation)
Columbo (1971) (series)
Hardcore (1979)
Pablo Schreiber
Canada
Best movies:
Lords of Dogtown (2005)
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi (2016)
Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)
Harris Yulin
USA
Best movies:
Scarface (1983)
Steel (1979)
The Hurricane (1999)
Peter Gerety
USA
Best movies:
K-Pax (2001)
Changeling (2008)
Sleepers (1996)
Victor Slezak
USA
Best movies:
The Bridges of Madison County (1995)
Mildred Pierce (2011) (series)
The Saint of Fort Washington (1993)
Kathleen Chalfant
USA
Best movies:
Kinsey (2004)
Class Rank (2017)
Storm of the Century (1999) (series)
Jay Storey
Best movies:
Men in Black III (2012)
Taking Woodstock (2009)
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight (2013) (TV movie)
Muhammad Ali (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
Solino (2002) - a.f.
Richard Jewell (2019) - a.f.
American Made (2017) - a.f.
Charlie Hewson
Best movies:
Awake (2007)
Brooklyn Brothers (2011)
Going the Distance (2010)
Lisa Joyce
USA
Best movies:
The Brave One (2007)
The Messenger (2009)
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight (2013) (TV movie)
Chuck Cooper
USA
Best movies:
American Gangster (2007)
The Hurricane (1999)
Find Me Guilty (2006)
Justin Swain
USA
Best movies:
The Post (2017)
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight (2013) (TV movie)
Fritz Weaver
USA
Best movies:
The X-Files – File 7: Tunguska (1996) (video compilation)
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Fail-Safe (1964)
Steven Hauck
Best movies:
Collateral Beauty (2016)
Oldboy (2013)
Radium Girls (2018)