World Famous Comics: Muhammad Ali - The Greatest Collection
Muhammad Ali - The Greatest Collection
Starring: Muhammad Ali, George Foreman, Joe Frazier Average Rating: Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: DVD Format: Box set, Black & White, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC Label: Hbo Home Video Number of Items: 1 Region Code: 1 Release Date: October 05, 1999 Running Time: 248 minutes Theatrical Release Date: 1999
Amazon.com: Before Muhammad Ali, plenty of African American heavyweights boxed, but few did for the game (or for blacks) what Ali did. Ali was bold, outrageous, and controversial. His antics outside of the ring showed an often-hilarious flair for self-promotion, and his conversion to Islam and decision to avoid the Vietnam War only fueled the storm of controversy that surrounded him. The thing about Ali, though, was that he was good enough to get by with it; after all, it's hard to argue with success. In the ring, he showed a sheer prowess and technique that few before or since could approach (the bonus CD-ROM discusses the similarities and contrasts between Ali and the great Joe Louis). Outside the ring, Ali had a sharp mind, good looks, and the strength of his own convictions going for him. This DVD contains footage of Ali's 1964 fight in which he slaughtered Sonny Liston, the 1974 bout where his technique got the better of George Foreman and his fearsome punching power, and the brutal 1975 fight against Joe Frazier (all fights are shown in their entirety). There have been few heavyweight boxers who can compare favorably to Muhammad Ali, and this DVD should be in the collection of all those who consider themselves fans of the sport. --Jerry Renshaw
Excellent Introduction to Muhammad Ali! This is a great bargain! You get three of Muhammad Ali's most justly celebrated fights (Ali-Liston I, Ali-Foreman, and Ali-Frazier III), plus one hour long documentary of Ali on one DVD.
You see Cassius Clay/Ali's huge heart in surviving Liston's furious fifth round assault, then coming back to whitewash Sonny in round six. You also see Ali's resiliency and toughness in outlasting and outfighting the heavily favored George Foreman.
Finally, you see Ali against Joe Frazier in the Thrilla in Manila with Don Dunphy and Ken Norton calling the fight.
The Ali documentary was filmed in the early 1980's, so you don't get the revisionist history and reflection associated with the longer lapse of time.
This Ali DVD must be the greatest. Highly recommended.
I AGREE WITH A VIEWER! I don't understand why they don't release the career's of (boxing bigist names Ali included). There are websites on the Internet that claim to sell career sets for just about every fighter you can think of. The Problem is that what they are offering are burned (Homemade) DVD'S. These sites claim that the DVDS are high quality but, these DVDS freeze and the audio doesn't go along with the picture. There are TV ads in them LOL. That is Anti-piracey (sp) and it is highly illgal. Last but notleast they charge too much. Like I said I don't see why the studio's can't produce sets legally like they do EVERYTHING ELSE. They produce wreasliing, Baseball, Baseketball and Football DVDS. They release all these sports programs on DVD but Boxing gets overlooked. I DONT'T GET IT!!!
This is the DVD to buy "Muhammad Ali, the greatest collection"
THIS IS THE DVD TO BUY
This has lots of boxing. The whole fight with original microphone. a) 1964 Clay vs Liston [THE WHOLE FIGHT] b) 1974 Ali vs Foreman "Rumble in the Jungle" [THE WHOLE FIGHT] c) 1975 Ali vs Frazier "Thilla in Manila" [THE WHOLE FIGHT]
Just highlights of some fights: [JUST THE HIGHLIGHTS] a) 1960 Olympics Z. Pietrzykowski of Poland b) 1960 Turnney Hunsinger c) 1962 Archie Moore d) 1964 Sonny Liston e) 1965 Sonny Liston rematch f) 1966 Cleveland Williams g) 1967 Zorra Folley h) trouble with the draft board i) 1970 Occar Bonavena j) 1971 Joe Frazier k) 1973 Ken Norton l) 1973 Ken Norton rematch m) 1974 Joe Frazier rematch n) 1974 George Foreman [Rumble in the Jungle] o) 1975 Joe Frazier [Thrilla in Manilla] p) 1978 Leon Spinks q) 1978 Leon Spinks rematch r) 1980 Larry Holmes
Memories of the golden era of heavyweight boxing A truly tremendous compilation of Muhammad Ali's best fights. You will get the entire fights along with walk-ins, as well as pre- and after fight hoopla. The best thing is that the fights are shown with the original broadcasting commentary, so the excitement really makes you feel like actually being there back in the seventies. The only drawback of this DVD is the 60 min HBO documentary focusing on the entire career of Ali, where they show only short fight flicks with mixed over studio sounds and studio commentary. In my opinion, the overall quality of the DVD would have been better without the documentary. Sometimes, less is more!
Great DVD value for all fight fans Considering you're getting three full fights, PLUS a one hour biography, PLUS a reference CD-ROM, this is a great value. Perfect for all boxing fans, casual or serious. The "Rumble in the Jungle" fight happens to be my fave.
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