Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 89 min
- Age rating
- PG
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States, Congo - Kinshasa
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
The story
It's 1974. Muhammad Ali is 32 and thought by many to be past his prime. George Foreman is ten years younger and the heavyweight champion of the world. Promoter Don King wants to make a name for himself and offers both fighters five million dollars apiece to fight one another, and when they accept, King has only to come up with the money. He finds a willing backer in Mobutu Sese Suko, the dictator of Zaire, and the "Rumble in the Jungle" is set, including a musical festival featuring some of America's top black performers, like James Brown and B.B. King.
- africa
- boxer
- black magic
- world champion
- zaire
- psychic power
- sympathy
- endurance
- sports documentary
- power of love
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- B.B. King — Self
- Spike Lee — Self
- Mobutu Sese Seko — Self
- Norman Mailer — Self
- George Plimpton — Self
- Malick Bowens — Self
- Lloyd Price — Self
- Miriam Makeba — Self
- Drew Bundini Brown — Self
- Odessa Clay — Self
- Howard Cosell — Self
Production
- Rating
- 7.6 / 10 · 260 ratings
- Studio
- David Sonenberg Production, DAS Films
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
