When We Were Kings
When We Were Kings is a 1996 American documentary film directed by Leon Gast about the "Rumble in the Jungle" heavyweight championship boxing match that was held on October 30, 1974, in Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo) between world heavyweight champion George Foreman and Muhammad Ali. It features archival footage of celebrities, including James Brown, B.B. King, and promoter Don King, in the lead-up to the fight and accompanying Zaire 74 music festival, alongside interview footage of Norman Mailer, George Plimpton, Spike Lee and Thomas Hauser from the 1990s.
| When We Were Kings | |
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| Directed by | Leon Gast |
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| Cinematography | Maryse Alberti Paul Goldsmith Kevin Keating Albert Maysles Roderick Young |
| Edited by | Leon Gast Taylor Hackford Jeffrey Levy-Hinte Keith Robinson |
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| Distributed by | Gramercy Pictures |
Release dates | January 1996 (Sundance) October 25, 1996 |
Running time | 89 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $2,789,985 |
The film took Gast 22 years to edit and finance, but it was finally released to strong reviews and won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature of 1996.
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