Regie:
Stephen FrearsScenario:
Shawn SlovoCamera:
Jim DenaultMuziek:
George FentonActeurs:
Danny Glover, Christopher Plummer, Benjamin Walker, Frank Langella, Bob Balaban, Barry Levinson, Ed Begley Jr., Pablo Schreiber, Harris Yulin (meer)Samenvattingen(1)
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. (officiële tekst van distribiteur)
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