When We Were Kings

1h 28m • Documentary, Sport • 1996

AroView: Dateline: Zaire, 1974, the ‘Rumble in the Jungle’. The hype and drama of the Muhammad Ali/George Foreman boxing match is brilliantly caught in this Oscar-winning documentary.

Ali spars, Norman Mailer provides commentary and President Mobutu puts the wind up everyone. Twenty five years in the crafting, this retains all the verve and thrill of a hot scoop.