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Ali reports to the draft board. He refuses to accept the induction order. He is arrested. When he's released on bail, he goes back to his hotel and refuses questions. Later Ali tells a reporter he has no quarrel with the Viet Cong. Army, handcuff, reporters, question
ICONIC QUOTE:
"Yeah, I know where Vietnam is; it's on TV. Southeast Asia? It's there, too? "
(Muhammad Ali)
"Ain't no Vietcong ever called me nigger."
(Muhammad Ali)
"So what? So what? I ain't got to be what no nobody else want me to be. And I ain't afraid to be what I want to be. Think how I want to think."
(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: David Cubitt, Jamie Foxx, Barry Shabaka Henley, Joe Morton, Will Smith
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-020
DURATION: 00:04:03:00
TIME IN: 01:03:08:00