Ali tells Sonny Liston that he floats like a butterfly, stings like a bee at the weigh-in. The press asks Ali if he's Muslim and if he follows Malcolm X. cheer, audience, reporter, taunt, harass

ICONIC QUOTE:
"I float like a butterfly, sting like a bee....Rumble, young man, rumble!"
(Muhammad Ali)

"If ya'll wanna lose your money, then you bet it on Sonny. He knows I'm great, he will fall at 8."
(Muhammad Ali)

"Pounds of ugly. That man so ugly when he sweats, the sweat run backwards off his forehead just to stay away from his face."
(Muhammad Ali)

"I'm gonna give Sonny Liston talking lessons, boxing lessons, and falling down lessons."
(Muhammad Ali)

TITLE: Ali
PRODUCTION YEAR: 2001
LIBRARY: Lionsgate
DIRECTOR: Michael Mann
PRODUCER(S): Michael Mann, Jon Peters, James Lassiter, Paul Ardaji, A. Kitman Ho
COMPOSER: Lisa Gerrard, Pieter Bourke
IMDB: 
IMDB SCORE:  0.0
TALENT: Michael Bentt, Jamie Foxx, Ron Silver, Will Smith, Jon Voight
GENRE: Biography, Blockbuster, Drama, History, Iconic, Period Piece, Sports, True Story
ERA: 1960s, 1970s
TERRITORY RIGHTS:  Other
TERM RIGHTS: Perpetuity
ICONIC TITLE: yes
FILENAME: gk-ali-004
DURATION: 00:02:04:00
TIME IN: 00:09:58:00