Tag Archives: muhammad ali

Ali (2001)

Posted on March 10, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Michael Mann Writers: Stephen J. Rivele & Christopher Wilkinson and Eric Roth & Michael Mann (Story by Gregory Allen Howard) Commemorative Edition.

Posted in Drama, Sports | Tagged 2001, a. kitman ho, africa, athlete, barry shabaka henley, boxer, boxing, bruce mcgill, Cassius clay, christopher wilkinson, don king, drama, emmanuel lubezki, eric roth, fight, fighter, giancarlo esposito, gregory allen howard, howard cosell, islam, jada pinkett smith, james lassiter, jamie foxx, jeffrey wright, jon peters, jon voight, levar burton, lisa gerrard, lynzee klingman, malcolm x, maro van peebles, martin luther king jr., michael mann, muhammad ali, muslim, mykelti williamson, nation of islam, nona gaye, paul ardaji, pieter bourke, politics, ron silver, rumble in the jungle, sport, sports, stephen e. rivkin, stephen j. rivele, stuart waks, ted levine, vietnam, war, will smith, william goldenberg, zaire | Leave a comment

One Night in Miami (2020)

Posted on February 13, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Regina King Writer: Kemp Powers (Based on the play by Kemp Powers) Good!

Posted in Drama | Tagged 1960s, 2020, adaptation, aldis hodge, athlete, beau bridges, bob dylan, boxer, boxing, Cassius clay, christian magby, civil rights, drama, eli goree, football, georgia, hotel, jackie wilson, jess wu calder, jim brown, jody klein, keith calder, kemp powers, kingsley ben-adir, lance reddick, leslie odom jr., malcolm x, michael imperioli, motel, muhammad ali, music, musician, muslim, nightclub, one night in miami, one night in miami..., play, politics, regina king, religion, sam cooke, singer, sport, sports, stage play, tami reiker, tariq anwar, terence blanchard, theater, theatre | Leave a comment

Da 5 Bloods (2020)

Posted on July 4, 2020 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Spike Lee Writers: Danny Bilson & Paul Demeo and Kevin Willmott & Spike Lee

Posted in Adventure, Drama, War | Tagged 1960s, 2020, adventure, african-american, battle, beatriz levin, chadwick boseman, civil rights, clarke peters, communism, communist, da 5 bloods, danny bilson, delroy lindo, donald trump, drama, fortune, gold, government, isiah whitlock jr., jasper paakkonen, jean reno, john kilik, jonathan majors, kevin willmott, lbj, lloyd levin, lyndon b. johnson, malcolm x, martin luther king, melanie thierry, money, muhammad ali, neil armstrong, netflix, newton thomas sigel, norm lewis, paul de meo, paul demeo, paul walter hauser, politics, reunion, richard nixon, spike lee, terence blanchard, treasure, veteran, vets, vietnam, war | Leave a comment

Malcolm X (1992)

Posted on August 16, 2018 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Spike Lee Writers: Arnold Perl and Spike Lee (Based on the book by Alex Haley and Malcolm X)

Posted in Drama | Tagged adaptation, al sharpton, alex haley, angela bassett, arnold perl, assassination, biography, christopher plummer, debi mazar, delroy lindo, denzel washington, drama, fbi, gangster, giancarlo esposito, history, john david washington, john sayles, karen duffy, kkk, ku klux klan, malcolm x, martin donovan, mecca, michael imperioli, minister, muhammad ali, murder, muslim, nation of islam, nelson mandela, osier davis, prison, religion, richard schiff, spike lee, true story, vincent d'onofrio, wendell pierce, william fichtner | Leave a comment

When We Were Kings (1996)

Posted on May 12, 2015 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Leon Gast

Posted in Sports | Tagged africa, alien, b.b king, boxer, boxing, champion, championship, documentary, don king, fight, george foreman, george plimpton, heavyweight, james brown, joe frazier, leon gast, muhammad ali, norman mailer, rumble in the jungle, spike lee, sport, sports, taylor hackford, when we were kings 1996, zaire | Leave a comment