<P> Ali is a 2001 American biographical sports drama film written , produced and directed by Michael Mann . The film focuses on ten years in the life of the boxer Muhammad Ali , played by Will Smith , from 1964 to 1974 , featuring his capture of the heavyweight title from Sonny Liston , his conversion to Islam , criticism of the Vietnam War , and banishment from boxing , his return to fight Joe Frazier in 1971 , and , finally , his reclaiming the title from George Foreman in the Rumble in the Jungle fight of 1974 . It also touches on the great social and political upheaval in the United States following the assassinations of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King , Jr . </P>
<P> Ali is a 2001 American biographical sports drama film written , produced and directed by Michael Mann . The film focuses on ten years in the life of the boxer Muhammad Ali , played by Will Smith , from 1964 to 1974 , featuring his capture of the heavyweight title from Sonny Liston , his conversion to Islam , criticism of the Vietnam War , and banishment from boxing , his return to fight Joe Frazier in 1971 , and , finally , his reclaiming the title from George Foreman in the Rumble in the Jungle fight of 1974 . It also touches on the great social and political upheaval in the United States following the assassinations of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King , Jr . </P>
who played muhammad ali in the movie ali
who played muhammad ali in the movie ali
Will Smith
Will Smith