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.
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| award | Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film |
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| director | Leon Gast |
| editor | Jeff Levy-Hinte |
| events | boxing |
| musicBy | Lauryn Hill |
| producer | David Sonenberg Leon Gast Taylor Hackford |
| productionCompany | PolyGram Filmed Entertainment |
| publisher | Gramercy Pictures |
| theme | dance documentary |