Muhammad and Larry

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Muhammad and Larry (2009)

Directed by Bradley Kaplan, Albert Maysles

“Some fights nobody wins”

Documentary · 53m

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

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Cast

Muhammad Ali Himself Drew Bundini Brown Himself Angelo Dundee Himself Larry Holmes Himself
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Jerry Izenberg Self
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Gene Kilroy Self John Schulian Self Leon Spinks Himself (archive footage) Ken Norton Himself (archive footage) Thomas Hauser Himself Howard Cosell Himself (archive footage)

Crew

Director
Bradley Kaplan, Albert Maysles
Director of Photography
Albert Maysles
Original Music Composer
Joel Beckerman, Phil Hernandez, Chris Maxwell
Editor
Janet Swanson, Kate Hirson, Ian Markiewicz, Paul Carruthers
Producer
Keith Vyse, Laura Coxson, Mark Durand, Bradley Kaplan

Details

Release date
2009-10-27
Runtime
53m
Genres
Documentary
Original language
EN
Spoken languages
English
Countries
United States of America
Production
ESPN, ESPN Films