MUHAMMAD ALI’S GREATEST FIGHT
MUHAMMAD ALI’S GREATEST FIGHT looks at Muhammad Ali’s historic Supreme Court battle from behind closed doors. When Ali was drafted into the Vietnam War at the height of his boxing career, his principled 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 in the land. Justice Harlan, a respected jurist with 15 years on the Court, finds himself at odds with the Court’s status quo – as defined by Nixon appointee Chief Justice Burger – after his perspective is challenged by the contemporary ideals of his new clerk.
Year of production: 2012
Country: United States
Duration: 97 minutes
Credits
- Stephen FREARS Director
- Shawn SLOVO Screenplay
- Jim DENAULT, ASC Cinematography
- Dan DAVIS Production Design
- George FENTON Music
- Mick AUDSLEY Editing
Casting
- Benjamin WALKER Kevin Connolly
- Christopher PLUMMER Justice John Marhall Harlan II
- Frank LANGELLA Chief Justice Warren E. Burger
- Danny GLOVER Justice Thurgood Marhsall
- Ed BEGLEY JR. Justice Harry Blackmun
- Kathleen CHALFANT Ethel Harlan
- Pablo SCHREIBER Covert Becker
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- SAKURA FILMS United Kingdom
Secondary Production
- RAINMARK FILMS United Kingdom
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