Ali is interviewed by Howard Cosell on Wide World of Sports. Ali pulls Cosell's hairpiece off. Backstage, Cosell warns Ali that the government is worried he will insight black militancy in the inner cities. wig, toupee, sugar

ICONIC QUOTE:
"My name ain't Cassius Clay that is a slave name and I am a free man. I am Muhammad Ali."
(Muhammad Ali)

"Without me, you'd be a tall white man with a microphone in his mouth."
"And without me, you'd be a mouth."
(Muhammad Ali, Howard Cosell)

"They're coming after you because they're scared of black militancy in the inner cities."
"I ain't no H. Rap Brown. I ain't no Stokely Carmichael."
"All they are is political. You're the heavyweight champion of the world."
(Muhammad Ali, Howard Cosell)

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: 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-019
DURATION: 00:01:45:00
TIME IN: 01:01:22:00