00:00:17:Thank you very kindly.
00:00:19:Ladies and gentlemen,|right now we'd like to introduce...
00:00:23:the star of our show, the young man|you've all been waiting for.
00:00:28:So let's all get together and welcome|him to the stage with a great big hand.
00:00:32:How about it for Sam Cooke?
00:00:43:Before we do anything, we'd like|to say how are you doing out there?
00:00:48:- Is everyone feeling all right?|- Yeah!
00:00:50:How are you doing?
00:00:53:- You doing okay?|- Yeah!
00:00:55:- You two doing okay?|- Yeah!
00:00:57:Well, I ask you one more time.|How you doing?
00:01:03:Oh, yeah
00:01:06:I said oh, yeah
00:01:08:Oh, yeah!
00:01:10:Oh, yeah
00:01:11:Oh, yeah!
00:01:21:I believe we're gonna have|a good time tonight
00:01:25:It's good to have somebody|you can twist the night away with
00:01:29:Right now
00:01:31:Oh, yes, it is
00:01:33:I said it feels good|when you got somebody
00:01:37:To twist the night away|with right now
00:01:39:- Lord have mercy.|- What you running from, son?
00:01:44:We got a call.
00:01:52:Don't fight the feelin'|Don't fight the feelin'
00:01:57:Got to feel the feelin' now|Got to feel the feelin'
00:02:01:'Cause it make you groove right|when you feel the feelin'
00:02:05:Oh, make me want you now
00:02:08:Got to feel the feelin'
00:02:11:'Cause it make you groove right|when you feel the feelin'
00:02:16:Make me want ya|when I got the feelin', baby
00:02:20:So don't fight it
00:02:23:No, don't fight it
00:02:25:Baby, just feel it
00:03:21:I 'm gonna bust you up.
00:03:23:Beat your ass|like I was your daddy.
00:04:08:I said I'm beginning|to feel all right now
00:04:17:I feel I can tell you|about my baby right now
00:04:25:I said I feel|you're in the mood right now
00:04:36:I said I feel|you're in the mood
00:04:43:Sometimes me and my baby|we fuss and fight
00:04:45:And my baby leave home|'cause things ain't right
00:04:48:For those of you|who think you came here today...
00:04:51:to hear us tell you|like these Negro leaders do...
00:04:53:that your times|will just get better...
00:04:56:that we shall|overcome someday...
00:05:01:I say to you,|you came to the wrong place.
00:05:04:Because your times will never|get better unless you make them better.
00:05:09:Those of you who think you came here|to hear us tell you...
00:05:12:to turn the other cheek|to the brutality of the white man...
00:05:15:and this system of in justice|that's in place right here in America...
00:05:19:you think youre gonna come here|and hear us tell you...
00:05:22:to go out there and beg|for a place at their lunch counter...
00:05:27:again, I say you came|to the wrong place.
00:05:30:We don't teach you|to turn the other cheek in the South.
00:05:34:And we don't teach you|to turn the other cheek in the North.
00:05:37:The Honorable Elijah Muhammad|teaches you to obey the law...
00:05:41:to carry yourselves|in a respectable way...
00:05:44:in a proud|Afro- American way.
00:05:47:But at the same time,|we teach you...
00:05:50:that anyone puts|their hand on you...
00:05:54:brother, you do your best to see they|don't put their hand on anybody else...
00:05:59:again.
00:06:05:Time.
00:06:26:Just like that, Daddy.
00:06:28:Never jump in one place.|Bad for the heart.
00:06:30:Forwards, backwards, sideways.
00:06:32:That's the most important thing.
00:06:45:I'm called Bundini.
00:06:47:Rhymes with Houdini.|He was a Jew too.
00:06:51:Some people call me Fast Black.|Some call me Daddy Mac.
00:06:55:Gave Sugar Ray Robinson|my power for seven years.
00:06:58:My voodoo. My magic.
00:07:01:Now Shorty done sent me here|to work for you.
00:07:04:- Who's Shorty?|- I call him Shorty.
00:07:07:Call him Shorty|'cause he like 'em circumcised.
00:07:09:Original people. Like Moses.|And I was a babe in a basket too.
00:07:14:Born on a doorstep with a note|across my chest that read...
00:07:17:"You do the best|you can for him, world. "
00:07:21:I wanna be your inspiration.
00:07:23:Your motivator in your corner.
00:07:26:Can I be in your corner,|young man?
00:07:36:Time!
00:07:41:Got to tell you|how I feel right now
00:07:44:This song gonna tell you|how I feel
00:07:47:I know you been gone away|for a long time, but listen
00:07:50:Baby, if you ever
00:07:54:Change your mind
00:07:57:Know that leaving
00:07:59:Leaving me behind
00:08:04:Bring it to me
00:08:06:Bring that good lovin', baby
00:08:09:Bring it on home to me
00:08:11:Yeah, yeah
00:08:12:Listen, I got to be a man|to tell you this, honey, look
00:08:16:I'll give you jewelry
00:08:18:I'll give you some|of that money too
00:08:20:But listen|That ain't all
00:08:23:That ain't all|Sam will do for you
00:08:26:All you got to do|is bring it to me
00:08:30:Bring that good lovin', baby
00:08:32:Be the invisible man|as soon as he swings.
00:08:34:Get personal with him.
00:08:36:This is important|Listen to me
00:08:38:Dont you know|that I'll always
00:08:42:I'll always be your slave
00:08:45:Till I'm buried
00:08:47:Buried in my grave
00:08:50:While I'm livin'
00:08:52:Bring it to me|Bring that good lovin', baby
00:08:56:Bring it on home to me
00:08:59:One more thing|I gotta tell you
00:09:01:Listen to me right now
00:09:02:You know that I try
00:09:06:To treat you right|What did you do
00:09:09:You stayed up
00:09:11:You stayed up late at night
00:09:13:I don't care|who you was with
00:09:15:Bring it to me
00:09:17:Bring all that good lovin', baby
00:09:20:Bring it on|Everybody's with me
00:09:23:Everybody's with me tonight
00:09:25:Listen, let me hear you|say yeah
00:09:35:Yeah, oh, yeah
00:09:42:Sonny Liston,|you ain't no champ! You a chump!
00:09:45:Float like a butterfly,|sting like a bee.
00:09:48:Oh!|Rumble, young man, rumble.
00:09:51:Y'all wanna losey'all money?|Then you bet it on Sonny.
00:09:53:He know I'm great.|He will fall in eight.
00:09:56:Come on, you big, ugly bear.|I'll whup you right now.
00:10:01:Two- ten and a half.|Two- ten and a half!.
00:10:04:The challenger, Cassius Clay,|two hundred and ten and a half pounds.
00:10:08:- Man, you sure that's right?|- That's what the weight is.
00:10:11:Old, ugly bear, come on.|Let's go.
00:10:13:You got these folks fooled. I ain't|scared of ya! I ain't scared of ya!
00:10:20:Two hundred and eighteen.|Two hundred and eighteen.
00:10:22:Sonny Liston,|the champion of the world.
00:10:25:Two hundred and eighteen pounds.
00:10:27:- Pounds of what?|- Pounds of ugly.
00:10:30:That man's so ugly,|when he sweat...
00:10:32:the sweat run backwards off his forehand|just to stay away from his face.
00:10:40:Come on, you big, ugly bear!|I'll turn you into a rug!
00:10:43:Keep talkin'.|I'm gonna fuck you up.
00:10:52:If you whup me...
00:10:54:I'll crawl out of the ring and take|the first jet airplane out the country.
00:10:58:- Is that a promise, Mr. Clay?|- You'll eat his words first.
00:11:01:- Cassius, you're a 7-1 underdog.|- Liston says he talks with his fists.
00:11:05:- What do you say?|- You scared of him?
00:11:07:I'm gonna give Sonny Liston|talkin' lessons...
00:11:09:boxin' lessons|and fallin' down lessons.
00:11:13:Cassius, are you a black Muslim?|Pat Putnam says in the Miami Herald--
00:11:16:A man's religion is his own business.|What kind of question is that?
00:11:18:- Angelo, tell me--|- Malcolm X was in town, then he left.
00:11:24:Was that so|he wouldn't embarrass you?
00:11:26:- Yeah, Howard?|- Liston doesn't like you.
00:11:28:Really can't stand you.|Says he wants to kill you.
00:11:31:|Howard Cosell, you ain't|nothin' but an instigator.
00:11:33:- Man, how you get that way?|- Cassius, now youre being truculent.
00:11:37:If it's good, I'm that.
00:11:41:You next. Soon as I'm done with Sonny|Liston, I'm fightin' Howard Cosell.
00:11:44:Y'all write that down right now.
00:12:01:That's good?
00:12:04:Wanna check that out?
00:12:14:Hey, man, when you get back?
00:12:16:I just got here.|I'm front row, seat seven.
00:12:23:I'll be sittin'|with Mom and Dad.
00:12:29:You should've stayed in the first place.|Nobody gotta hide when theyre with me.
00:12:32:There's nothing wrong|with being cool, my brother.
00:12:35:He's right.
00:13:23:- ... and challenger, Cassius Clay.|- Good evening, ladies and gentlemen.
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00:13:45:Another boxing milestone|is at hand.
00:13:48:In just a few minutes,|Louisville's Cassius Marcellus Clay...
00:13:52:will be facing|the devastating punching power...
00:13:54:of the heavyweight champion,|Charles "Sonny" Liston.
00:13:57:... for the heavyweight championship|of the world.
00:14:04:Introducing, on my right--
00:14:07:And now the time has come.
00:14:09:Both challenger and champion|are in the ring.
00:14:14:|The heavyweight championship|of the world is on the line.
00:14:17:If it goes past the first round,|there will be surprises already.
00:14:22:Sonny Liston wrapped in that|terry cloth towel of his...
00:14:25:wrapped around his head|swami fashion...
00:14:28:looking as malevolent|and baleful as ever.
00:14:31:But this man|is a professional prizefighter.
00:14:34:Make no mistake about it.
00:14:39:I want a clean fight.
00:14:41:When I say break,|stop punching and step back.
00:14:44:Do you have|any questions, champ?
00:14:46:Any questions, challenger?
00:14:48:We're fine.|Touch gloves, gentlemen. Good luck.
00:14:55:Good evening,|sports fans across the nation.
00:14:58:Liston in the white trunks|with the black stripes.
00:15:00:Clay, an inch and a half taller, in|the white trunks with the red stripes--
00:15:19:And Cassius Clay|is sidestepping.
00:15:36:There it is, champ.|Stay on your toes now.
00:15:46:And we can see that the champion|is the aggressor.
00:15:50:There's a shot under the heart.
00:16:22:Cassius Clay slips away.|And now Clay pounds a left.
00:16:25:Another left. A straight jab.
00:16:32:It seems to have stunned him.|And that's the bell.
00:16:34:And they're fighting after the bell.|And they're still fighting.
00:16:38:This round is over.
00:16:41:Break it up, ref.
00:16:42:There is no love lost between|the two contenders at this time.
00:16:46:Cassius goes back to his corner.|It's been an amazing round.
00:16:50:You can beat this guy.
00:16:54:I'm still here.
00:16:56:And Sonny Liston|is not taking the stool.
00:17:00:He's anxious to get back|into the challenger's face.
00:17:03:|Take it to the body.|Kill the body, the head will follow.
00:17:37:This is a totally different fight|than Liston expected...
00:17:39:and anyone in this arena|will tell you.
00:17:41:There's a long, looping left hand.|Clay's eyes are wide open now.
00:17:56:- Come on, Cass! Move!|- Step back.
00:18:00:- Come on, Cassius!|- Come on, Chi-Chi!
00:18:06:I'm not prognosticating|anything...
00:18:08:but merely his survival|to this juncture--
00:18:28:Cass, hit him!
00:18:41:Break.
00:18:44:Let him go.
00:19:14:Sonny Liston is hurt.|He's bleeding from his eye.
00:19:21:He's defying the experts early.
00:19:22:We have to take a look at this man and|say he is not in awe of the champion.
00:19:55:He ain't nothin' to me.|And he know it.
00:19:59:This is it now.
00:20:06:Let me have that, John.
00:20:13:And now they're ready.
00:20:19:You gonna knock|the ugly off of him.
00:20:22:That's gonna take a long time,|but you can do it.
00:20:28:There he is. Get him off.|Do your job, ref.
00:20:31:Shake him.|Do your job, ref.
00:20:38:There it is.
00:20:41:Come on, ref.
00:20:47:Break.
00:20:54:- There he is.|- Clay slips around and out.
00:20:59:Up against the ropes.|Right above me now.
00:21:06:Too tight. Get in there.
00:21:21:My eyes. There's something in my eyes.|I can't see nothin'.
00:21:23:Come on.
00:21:28:- What's going on?|- Nothin'.
00:21:29:The guy's punchin' on the breaks.|Just take care of it. We're fine.
00:21:35:I can't see nothin', man.|Just go and cut 'em off, Angie.
00:21:37:No, no. You can't fight|with no gloves on.
00:21:41:Just get up. Get up.|Try and do it. Come on.
00:21:43:I can't see, man.
00:21:45:- Come on, Cass!|- Dance!
00:21:55:Liston crouching,|hitting to the body.
00:21:57:It's like he's blinking,|like he doesn't see Liston.
00:22:00:Ref, you gotta do your job.
00:22:12:Hold it.
00:22:16:Stay away from him, Clay.|Stay away from him.
00:22:19:The champion, you can see,|is the aggressor.
00:22:28:- Get him, Cass!|- Come on, Cass!
00:22:31:- Knock him up!|- Clay looks all done.
00:22:34:Hold on to him!
00:22:40:- Stop it. Stop. Break.|- Knock him up.
00:22:46:Get on him.|Get on him, man.
00:23:06:- You can see him now.|- You go get him, man.
00:23:20:Clay lands a left,|but Liston ducked under it...
00:23:23:and took it high|on the forehead.
00:23:26:It's Clay coming on.
00:23:33:And Liston backs away.
00:24:21:And all the predictions|are going down the drain...
00:24:25:as Liston is listless.
00:24:29:And there's the bell.
00:24:34:We're coming up|to round seven.
00:25:14:Wait a minute!
00:25:17:Liston's not coming out.
00:25:20:The winner and new heavyweight|champion of the world is Cassius Clay.
00:25:23:Eat your words!|Eat your words!
00:25:27:Les, I'm going up into the ring.|Get back.
00:25:32:I'm the greatest thing|ever happened to boxing.
00:25:34:Cassius. Cassius.
00:25:36:I shook up the world!
00:25:39:It's a scene of|absolute bedlam in the ring!
00:25:42:I am the greatest.|I'm a bad man. I shook up the world!
00:25:47:Did he ever hurt you?
00:25:48:I'm only 22 years old.|I ain't got a mark on my face.
00:25:52:- I must be the greatest.|- And you're pretty.
00:25:54:I must be the greatest.
00:25:56:Wait. Hold on. Hold on one second.|That's Sam Cooke back there.
00:25:59:- Come on, Sam Cooke.|- Let Sam Cooke in here.
00:26:01:The greatest rock-and-roll singer,|and I'm the world's greatest boxer.
00:26:04:Hello, Sam.
00:26:14:That mummy's|gonna get him, baby.
00:26:17:- That mummy ain't gonna get him.|- Yeah, he is.
00:26:20:He ain't scared of that mummy.|That mummy too slow to catch anybody.
00:26:25:- What's going on, Sam?|- How you doing, Cassius?
00:26:28:Don't believe that stuff on TV.|Don't listen to him.
00:26:32:- Hey, congratulations, Clay.|- Hey, thank you, Jim.
00:26:34:- Hell of a fight.|- You next, man. You next.
00:26:38:- Go ahead and get some food, brother.|- Cassius Clay versus Jim Brown.
00:26:41:Biggest fight in history.
00:26:42:- The mummy only has one eye.|- One eye and a limp.
00:26:46:That mummy's 643 years old.
00:26:48:He can't catch nobody.|Look at him.
00:26:50:You gotta fall down 'cause that's|the only way the mummy could catch you.
00:27:05:Way to go, champ!
00:27:09:- Yeah, you the greatest.|- Thank you, brother. Thank you.
00:27:13:- I'll see your next fight.|- You'll see the next one?
00:27:15:- Oh, yeah.|- Well, you better get there very early.
00:27:18:|You better get there very early|'cause that man's going down.
00:27:23:If he talk a little jive,|he's going down in five.
00:27:28:He talk a little more,|I might drop him in four.
00:27:32:If you wanna have more fun,|do it in round one.
00:27:34:Oh, yeah. Hold on.|I'm doing the rhymin'.
00:27:50:The people really look up to you. You|plan on being a champ like Joe Louis?
00:27:54:Well, yeah, I'm gonna be|the people's champ.
00:27:57:Not like Joe Louis.|Well, you know, not exactly.
00:28:02:My name is not Clay.
00:28:04:Clay is the name of the people|that owned my ancestors...
00:28:06:and I no longer wanna be called|by that slave name.
00:28:09:- I am Cassius X.|- Minister Malcolm.
00:28:12:What about the divisions|in the Nation of Islam?
00:28:14:This is the champ's time. I'm here|as a friend to support his victory...
00:28:18:so I have nothing you want.
00:28:21:I'm definitely gonna be|the people's champion...
00:28:23:but I just ain't gonna be the champ|the way you want me to be the champ.
00:28:25:I'm gonna be the champ|the way I wanna be.
00:28:39:... for no home is immune|to termites...
00:28:42:no matter how well|it is built or maintained.
00:28:45:- Hey, brother.|- I was leaving.
00:28:47:I saw your light on.|What you doing up at this hour, champ?
00:28:50:Oh, man, I'm watching this program|on termites.
00:28:54:And them little itsy-bitsy things is|eatin' these people's whole house down.
00:28:58:Oh, man, look.
00:29:04:I've been invited to speak|at Ibadan University in Nigeria.
00:29:09:- You wanna go with me?|- Hey, look, man.
00:29:12:You can have six million termites|in your house and don't even know it...
00:29:16:till you going to get something to eat|and you bust through the floor.
00:29:21:- What'd you say? Where?|- Africa. You been?
00:29:26:Africa.
00:29:27:All right, come on.|Let's go.
00:29:35:What is it?
00:29:41:You ever thought|you'd lose it?
00:29:43:I mean, really lose it?
00:29:50:When I was little, I tore out|this picture of Emmett Till.
00:29:54:They put the barbed wire|around his neck...
00:29:56:and strapped him|to that 75-pound cotton gin fan.
00:30:00:And they cut out one of his eyes|'cause he looked at some white lady.
00:30:06:Man.
00:30:08:I couldn't take my eyes to it,|couldn't throw it away.
00:30:15:When I heard about those...
00:30:18:four little girls who got bombed|in that Birmingham church...
00:30:24:the prohibitions of the Honorable|Elijah Muhammad prevented me...
00:30:27:from speaking|my thoughts in action.
00:30:32:Because Birmingham was part|of the civil rights struggle.
00:30:34:You know, begging for our place|at the white man's table.
00:30:38:But dead children|are dead children.
00:30:41:So the anger I felt|I had to contain.
00:30:47:I locked it up so tight...
00:30:50:my muscles seized.
00:30:54:I lost control|over the right side of my body.
00:30:57:My leg gave out.
00:30:59:Right arm gave out.|"I'm having a stroke, " I thought.
00:31:03:But I had to hold it in|'cause all I wanted--
00:31:07:Brother, all I wanted to do|was find something and break it.
00:31:11:Break a part--|Break any part of this system...
00:31:14:because you are so provoked|in your heart...
00:31:19:and your spirit|as a human being...
00:31:23:at dead children.
00:31:26:And I could do...
00:31:31:|nothing.
00:31:41:Everyone knows|I can't do nothing...
00:31:45:anymore.
00:31:51:So Elijah Muhammad has suspended me|as a minister in the Nation of Islam.
00:32:03:Man...
00:32:06:you can fix that.
00:32:08:I don't know.
00:32:10:I'll try when we get back.
00:32:21:You get some rest, champ.
00:32:23:All right, brother.
00:33:00:Sit.
00:33:14:You know, only after|long service and high merit...
00:33:18:in the spiritual and physical rebirth|of Afro-American people...
00:33:23:is one granted an original name.
00:33:25:But you are special.
00:33:28:A world champion.
00:33:32:So there is a gift|I wish to give you.
00:33:35:From this day forward...
00:33:37:you will be known|as Muhammad Ali.
00:33:45:- What?|- That's right.
00:33:48:You what?
00:33:52:Well, what's wrong with our name?|My name?
00:33:56:We-- We made you.
00:33:58:Ain't nobody made me.
00:34:00:No bow tie-wearin',|Arab- talkin' nigger gonna change that.
00:34:02:Ain't nobody in that ring but me.|I made me.
00:34:04:You don't know who you are.
00:34:07:I know who I ain't.|I ain't drinkin'.
00:34:10:I ain't going back on my wife|and for sure I ain't prayin'...
00:34:12:to no blond-haired,|blue- eyed Jesus.
00:34:14:Paintin' those blue-eyed, blond-haired|Jesuses is what put food in you.
00:34:18:- Steak and vegetables on the table.|- It's dinner!
00:34:27:Go ahead.
00:34:30:Go ahead.
00:34:53:Hello?
00:34:55:Here you go, Daddy.
00:34:58:Thank you, baby.
00:34:59:- Yeah?|- Brother Malcolm.
00:35:02:The Honorable Elijah Muhammad has given|the Muslim name of Muhammad Ali...
00:35:06:to Cassius X.
00:35:09:Herbert Muhammad has been put|in charge of his training.
00:35:12:He will not be traveling|with you to Africa.
00:35:15:He also asked me|to inform you...
00:35:17:that your suspension|will be extended indefinitely.
00:35:31:Brother Cassius|won't be coming to Africa.
00:35:37:Not with me.
00:35:43:Don't put it off.
00:35:50:We'll be fine.
00:35:57:I will.
00:35:59:I got a little doll|for Atallah.
00:36:02:Really?
00:36:03:Yeah, it's beautiful.
00:36:05:I've got so much|to show the girls when I get back.
00:36:08:- I'm taking a lot of pictures.|- Yeah?
00:36:10:Yeah, I got some good stuff|I want to show you.
00:36:13:Are you eating?
00:36:16:Well, you're not cooking, so--
00:36:18:- What's going on? Anything?|- Nothing.
00:36:22:He's on the phone,|talking to his wife.
00:36:24:She's having a hard time sleeping,|the baby's kicking a lot...
00:36:27:what are they gonna|name the baby.
00:36:32:I just wake up a couple of times|in the night, but it's okay.
00:36:49:Would you like to take a seat?
00:36:51:Sure, thank you.
00:36:57:What y'all done did|with the real pilot?
00:36:59:I am the pilot.|He's the copilot.
00:37:02:Here. Sit down, Mr. Clay.
00:37:04:Oh, man.
00:37:07:In Louisville, where I growed up,|they barely let black folks drive buses.
00:38:50:Muhammad!
00:38:55:Hey, brother.|What's going on, man?
00:39:03:- What you doing here?|- I was just going to the airport.
00:39:05:We just got here now.|So where you going?
00:39:08:Liberia.
00:39:09:Say hello to Maya Angelou right here|and Ambassador Huang Hua.
00:39:12:And that is Taher Kaid.|He's the ambassador from Algeria.
00:39:15:Oh, man. Where should I go?|I wanna go all over this place.
00:39:18:Go to Algeria.|See Ben Bella.
00:39:21:Then go to see Mecca and Medina.|I just came from there.
00:39:25:Made my seven circuits|around the Kaaba.
00:39:28:I prayed at sunrise. Two million people.|Pilgrims from all over, man.
00:39:31:Dressed the same.|High and low, the same.
00:39:34:Blond- haired, blue-eyed Muslims,|Arabs, Africans, Indonesians.
00:39:53:Seeing brothers just like us,|praying together, it was beautiful.
00:39:56:I drank water|from the well of Zem Zem.
00:39:58:I prayed in the ancient city of Mena.|I prayed on Mount Arafat.
00:40:03:You shouldn't have quarreled|with Elijah Muhammad.
00:40:07:Walking in their footsteps.
00:40:09:All of us together.
00:40:11:You shouldn't have quarreled|with the Honorable Elijah Muhammad.
00:40:14:What?
00:40:17:You shouldn't have quarreled|with Elijah Muhammad.
00:40:21:Hey, Brother Muhammad,|look here.
00:40:27:Brother Muhammad!
00:40:52:Listen, I'm sorry|to keep you waiting.
00:41:08:Into each life...
00:41:09:a little rain must fall.
00:41:11:And, you know,|every day cannot be sunny.
00:41:14:Every smile is not|a smile of happiness.
00:41:17:And every tear that is shed--
00:41:19:Sonji, Sonji, Sonji.
00:41:21:- What you keep saying my name for?|- 'Cause I love it, girl.
00:41:25:- How long you been working with Herbert?|- About a year.
00:41:27:I sell Muhammad Speaks|over the phone.
00:41:30:- What kind of name is that?|- My father named me after Sonja Henie.
00:41:35:What's your father do?
00:41:37:He was shot in a poker game|when I was two, so he don't do nothing.
00:41:41:And my mother died|when I was eleven.
00:41:44:- Who raised you?|- My godparents.
00:41:47:But I been off on my own|for a long time.
00:41:52:What you doing tomorrow?|Go for a ride with me.
00:41:54:- Oh, no, no. I gotta work.|- I'm gonna square it with Herbert.
00:41:56:- Herbert said you met the Beatles.|- Oh, yeah, yeah.
00:41:59:Only one of'em is smart, though.|The fella with the glasses.
00:42:03:Oh, he is my favorite.
00:42:05:Yeah, folks was screaming|and fainting.
00:42:07:I said, "Man, is this how they act|when you get big? "
00:42:10:- What did he say?|- He said, "Champ...
00:42:13:the more real you get,|the more unreal it's gonna get. "
00:42:17:Wow.
00:42:25:Your
00:42:28:Precious love
00:42:32:Love
00:42:34:Means more to me
00:42:40:More, more
00:42:44:Than any love
00:42:48:Can ever bring me
00:42:50:Never came true
00:42:53:Oh, and I
00:42:59:I wanted you
00:43:01:Let me tell ya|I was so lonely
00:43:03:So lonely, lonely|So lonely and so blue
00:43:08:Good God Almighty
00:43:11:That's what love will do
00:43:13:Do
00:43:19:Let's go.
00:43:22:Yeah.
00:43:23:Where you live?
00:43:26:I'm gonna take you there.
00:43:29:And you know I got a man somewhere|out there that I don't mind crawling to.
00:43:32:Sometimes I wake up in the midnight|hour, tears rolling down my face.
00:43:36:And if I look around for my man|and I can't find him...
00:43:38:I follow the Lord,|look a little higher.
00:43:40:Kind of pray to the Lord.
00:43:42:Because I always believed that the Lord|could help me if nobody else could.
00:43:45:But sometime|I think he don't even hear me.
00:43:47:So I have to fall a little lower|on my knees, look a little higher.
00:43:50:Kind of raise my voice|a little higher.
00:43:52:And this is what I say|when I call on my man.
00:43:54:I especially want you ladies to listen|to me 'cause maybe you can try this.
00:43:58:It might help you|every once in a while.
00:44:00:This is what you say|when you call on your man.
00:44:02:Get in tune to--
00:44:11:Darlin'
00:44:16:Darlin', don't you know
00:44:19:That I love you so much, yeah
00:44:25:Fall down on my knees
00:44:27:Beg my baby, please
00:44:29:I got to tell the man|that I love him, yes, I will
00:44:36:For your precious love
00:44:38:For your precious love
00:44:40:There's nothing|There's nothing, nothing
00:44:43:In this whole wide world|I wouldn't do for you, darling
00:44:48:I'll walk all night|out in the rain
00:44:51:Lord, I got to see|my baby again
00:44:55:I got to tell the man|that I love him
00:44:57:One more time, yeah
00:45:15:You ain't no Muslim, huh?
00:45:16:Cover my hair, wear no makeup|and wear those long dresses?
00:45:20:Honey, please.
00:45:26:Were you a virgin?
00:45:28:A virgin? How you gonna--|What you saying?
00:45:31:Well, you were just so gone,|off on a little good time.
00:45:36:Well, no,|I ain't no virgin.
00:45:39:But I may as well be.
00:45:41:I ain't joking.
00:45:44:I always know when I know.
00:45:49:You see this face?
00:45:51:You got a pretty face|for a lady's face...
00:45:53:but you ever seen anything|as pretty as me?
00:45:56:Who wouldn't want|to be with me?
00:45:59:What, you five foot three|or something like that?
00:46:01:That's too small for me,|but I'm gonna make an exception.
00:46:03:- Oh, well, thank you.|- Because of your spirit.
00:46:06:- My spirit?|- Yeah, girl. You too much fun.
00:46:08:- But you got to be a Muslim.|- A Muslim?
00:46:11:And how you do that? You jump over|a broom and, shazam, you're a Muslim?
00:46:15:I ain't never been|with nobody like you.
00:46:18:And, baby...
00:46:20:baby, you ain't never|gonna be with any other.
00:46:40:- What?|- That's right.
00:46:44:I wanna marry her.
00:46:48:True love.
00:46:50:You don't marry that girl.|She was a date.
00:46:53:Have some fun.
00:46:55:She's not your wife.|You don't marry this girl.
00:46:59:Here's some management papers.|I need you to sign right there.
00:47:02:My father would kill me.
00:47:05:Watch what youre signing, Ali.
00:47:07:This ain't got nothing|to do with you.
00:47:09:Anything's to do with me I say is to do|with me, fat boy. I'm still a Christian.
00:47:14:And get me a kosher cook. I want|that lady over at Malcolm's temple.
00:47:18:- Lana Shabazz.|- And put my brother on payroll.
00:47:20:Fifty G a year|just for drivin' and jivin'.
00:47:22:What do you say, Howard?|Come on full-time as my photographer?
00:47:25:I'm not gonna be on the payroll.|I'm freelance. Emphasis on "free. "
00:47:29:Muhammad, she's not for you.
00:47:32:When I met her,|she worked in a cocktail lounge...
00:47:34:with a bunny tail|on her backside.
00:47:36:What the hell was you doing|in a bunny tail lounge anyway, Herbert?
00:47:39:Sellin' Muhammad Peeks?
00:47:44:- You been saving it up training, Ali.|- Your ass.
00:47:48:You should spread that stuff around|a little bit before you settle down.
00:47:50:No, man. Marriage is|the cornerstone of Muslim life.
00:47:54:- Yeah, well, Sonji Roi is not a Muslim.|- Well, she's gonna be now.
00:47:58:You just fix it up, Herbert.
00:48:17:Yeah. Okay.
00:48:20:So, why we meeting?
00:48:23:I got Malcolm shoulder to shoulder|with Martin Luther King.
00:48:26:And we got Malcolm traveling all over|the world, getting Ben Bella and Nasser.
00:48:33:We were better off before|with Malcolm inside the Nation.
00:48:38:So we've decided|we want you...
00:48:42:to get Elijah Muhammad|to take Malcolm back.
00:48:53:That's a joke, Joe.
00:49:08:When am I being reimbursed|for my expenses?
00:49:11:Dry- cleaning all these suits|is not free.
00:49:15:We gotta talk about this guy too.
00:49:21:Get me receipts, I'll reimburse you|for your dry cleaning.
00:49:34:- What you drinking?|- What I'm drinking?
00:49:36:Come on, champ. This is water.|You know I'm a natural man.
00:49:39:You know.
00:49:41:- What's going on? We're late.|- I'm changing my damn clothes.
00:49:44:You gave me that look,|so I know you don't like what I had on.
00:49:49:- What is this?|- What you wanted, isn't it?
00:49:52:- A water glass with vodka in it.|- No, that was before.
00:49:54:- Before what, sir?|- Before you showed up. Get out of here.
00:49:59:I'm fine running around here|in these cute, short things for you.
00:50:02:I am submissive to you.
00:50:04:|I ain't gonna be submissive to them|Brother X's and Z's...
00:50:07:about what they think.
00:50:09:They ask me a bunch|of questions all the time anyway.
00:50:12:- What questions?|- About you and us.
00:50:14:- And I ain't telling them shit.|- You tell it like it is, sugar.
00:50:20:Took away my boy's name.|What they give him back?
00:50:23:Bad style.
00:50:27:I think you drunk.|Daddy Clay, you're something else.
00:50:32:Now, that's a firecracker right there.|We're gonna have to work with that.
00:50:35:- A scale of one to ten.|- That's right.
00:50:37:I have one-- I had a ten--|Well, I didn't have a ten.
00:50:39:I had a five--|five good twos.
00:50:44:I don't drink. I don't smoke.|I converted to Islam for you.
00:50:47:Okay? I--|All except the dress.
00:52:31:What you doing in my pockets, man?|Get your hand out of my pocket!
00:52:34:- Hold it, my brothers.|- We got a thief in here!
00:52:36:Just be cool.
00:52:38:Be cool.
00:53:32:Brother, you crazy?
00:53:34:They killed Malcolm!|They shot Malcolm! They shot Malcolm!
00:53:37:They shot Malcolm!
00:53:41:... was hit seven times|in the chest and body...
00:53:45:and one in the lower|right shin.
00:53:48:Apparently, the unknown man...
00:53:52:walked up|to the speaker's platform...
00:53:55:at the time|Malcolm X was speaking...
00:54:01:opened fire at him|at very short range.
00:55:11:The arena is surrounded by FBI.
00:55:15:The stands are only half full.
00:55:17:The promoter has taken out|a million-dollar insurance policy...
00:55:21:due to Cassius Clay's membership in|the militant and radical black Muslims.
00:55:27:And, oh, by the way,|Sonny Liston is here too.
00:55:31:Touch gloves|and come out fighting.
00:56:05:Come on, son.
00:56:06:- Come on, Chi-Chi.|- Put a whupping on him now.
00:56:15:Ain't nothing changed.
00:56:17:Whup on him now.|Whup up on him.
00:56:22:Way to go!
00:56:26:- There it is!|- Sock it to him, baby!
00:56:38:Yes!
00:56:40:Get up!|Ain't nobody gonna believe this.
00:56:42:Get up!
00:56:45:Yes!
00:56:59:Confused.|We're confused.
00:57:03:- Check his time.|- Timekeeper's sounding it's over.
00:57:05:Check his time!
00:57:09:It is over!
00:57:23:I think the champ|was in a hurry.
00:57:34:Are you okay?
00:57:37:What's wrong?
00:57:39:Why you all done up like that?
00:57:45:I'm out there dying for you|out of worry.
00:57:48:- Worry?|- Yes.
00:57:49:And all you can think about|is if I look dull enough?
00:57:52:What if I straightened my hair|and moved into some white suburb?
00:57:56:How I am says something.
00:58:22:You want me to go get her?
00:58:37:Not now.
00:58:38:- Not right now, fellas.|- Not now.
00:58:45:- What I got to do?|- About Sonji?
00:58:49:Have no contact with her|for 90 days.
00:58:51:Make a public statement|of divorce at the mosque...
00:58:54:and Islamic law|will be satisfied.
00:58:56:Satisfaction is not making it with|the woman who send you to the moon?
00:59:00:I'm the only normal person|left around here.
00:59:02:I'm a black Jew, I can't read|and I'm half drunk.
00:59:06:I need to talk to you.
00:59:09:- No, you can stay, Brother Herbert.|- Brother? He ain't your brother.
00:59:12:Your brother's taking your wife back|to Chicago. She's crying like a widow.
00:59:16:- Well, I ain't dead.|- Well, you may as well be.
00:59:18:You don't remember your name|or who you are.
01:00:35:You gonna try for Germany?
01:00:37:You gonna try to get|stationed in Germany?
01:00:39:- Everybody is trying to avoid Vietnam.|- What you talkin' about, man?
01:00:44:They changed your classification.|It's in the paper.
01:00:47:- What?|- Champ. Eskridge.
01:00:49:You're 1 A.
01:00:53:They tryin' to draft me in the army?|You know about this?
01:00:56:Okay, here we go.
01:00:58:All right, all right.|Hey, I got to go.
01:01:06:They started runnin'.
01:01:10:You know, so I went down there,|I did everything I was supposed to do...
01:01:10:You know, so I went down there,|I did everything I was supposed to do...
01:01:13:and I flunked|their draft board test.
01:01:15:Then without testing me again,|to see if Im any wiser or worser...
01:01:19:they decide|I can go in the army?
01:01:22:- Cassius, in my opinion--|- My name ain't Cassius Clay.
01:01:24:That is a slave name,|and I am a free man.
01:01:27:I am Muhammad Ali.
01:01:28:You know, I apologize.|I apologize to you on the air.
01:01:34:Your name is Muhammad Ali.
01:01:36:You have a right to be called|whatever you want.
01:01:38:I apologize to you.
01:01:40:You sure make a lot of mistakes|for a so-called educated man.
01:01:44:- You really went to law school?|- Yes, Muhammad.
01:01:46:And to think I gave up a lucrative|practice for the likes of you.
01:01:50:I'm the best thing|ever happened to you, Cosell.
01:01:52:Without me, you'd be a tall white man|with a microphone in his mouth.
01:01:56:And without me,|you'd be a mouth.
01:02:06:We'll be right back.
01:02:10:- You want some food for that thing?|- How could you do such a thing?
01:02:13:- 'Cause it's funny.|- To someone you revere.
01:02:16:- That thing almost bit my finger off.|- Mr. Bundini...
01:02:19:I'm glad you were here|to witness this-- this assault.
01:02:26:Have a little coffee|with your sugar.
01:02:33:They're coming after you...
01:02:35:because they're scared of|black militancy in the inner cities.
01:02:40:I ain't no H. Rap Brown.|I ain't no Stokely Carmichael.
01:02:44:All they are is political.
01:02:46:You're the heavy weight|champion of the world.
01:03:05:Here's the deal the government offered.|You do six weeks in basic.
01:03:07:You go to the reserves.|You don't go to Vietnam.
01:03:09:Now, the messenger would not object|if you joined under those terms.
01:03:12:I stay out of jail and keep boxing.
01:03:14:If you accept the induction,|life goes on.
01:03:27:Marvin Decker Anderson,|US Army.
01:03:27:Marvin Decker Anderson,|US Army.
01:03:33:Juan Raymondo Benitez,|US Army.
01:03:38:Pryce Marshall Benson,|US Marines.
01:03:46:Cassius Marcellus Clay,|US Army.
01:04:02:Mr. Clay,|I'm required to inform you...
01:04:03:that refusal to accept|a lawful induction order...
01:04:07:constitutes a felony...
01:04:09:under the Universal Military|Training and Service Act...
01:04:13:punishable by|five years imprisonment...
01:04:17:and a $10, 000 fine.
01:04:20:Do you understand?
01:04:22:Yes, sir.
01:04:45:Federal Bureau of Investigation.
01:04:47:Mr. Clay, you're under arrest|for refusing induction.
01:05:28:Yeah.
01:05:30:Yeah, this is me.
01:05:33:No, you got to ask Chauncey Eskridge.|That's my lawyer. He's in Chicago.
01:05:38:No, I'm out on bail.
01:05:42:No, man, I ain't never|shot nothin' in my life.
01:05:46:No ducks, no geese,|no deer, no nothin'.
01:05:50:Yeah, I know where Vietnam is.|It's on TV.
01:05:55:Southeast Asia?|What, it's there too?
01:06:03:What do I think about who?
01:06:05:The Vietcong?
01:06:09:Man, I ain't got no quarrel|with them Vietcong.
01:06:14:Ain't no Vietcong|ever called me nigger.
01:06:18:Yeah, that's right.
01:06:25:You know what youre doin', Ali?
01:06:29:You know what you just said?
01:06:31:Everyone, Europe to China,|every home in America...
01:06:33:everyone's gonna know what the|heavyweight champion of the world...
01:06:36:said about the US war.
01:06:39:So what? So what?|I ain't got to be...
01:06:42:what nobody else|want me to be...
01:06:45:and I ain't afraid to be|what I wanna be...
01:06:47:think how I wanna think.
01:07:08:I got almost nowhere I can|promote a fight for you.
01:07:11:Plus I think they're gonna|vacate you from the crown.
01:07:14:- What?|- Yeah, if youre convicted.
01:07:18:Oh, so they're gonna take from me|what no fighter in the world can.
01:07:21:And New York may revoke|your boxing license.
01:07:23:You sure you wanna do this?
01:07:26:The next three to four years|are every heavyweight's prime.
01:07:29:There are few of those years.
01:07:35:- What about Terrell?|- We'll know about that this afternoon.
01:07:38:I gotta find us some venues fast.|I'll call you later.
01:07:46:You understand the issue is your|license to fight Terrell in Illinois?
01:07:52:Yes.
01:07:53:Then are you prepared|to apologize...
01:07:56:about your unpatriotic remarks|about the war?
01:08:08:- You say youre the people's champion.|- Yes, sir.
01:08:10:Do you think youre acting|like the people's champion?
01:08:13:Yes, sir.|I'm not gonna apologize to you.
01:08:16:This is not a courtroom, and I do not|have to answer your questions.
01:08:29:- What about Terrell?|- We'll fight in another state!
01:08:32:- Are you gonna dodge the draft?|- I ain't draft-dodgin'...
01:08:34:I ain't burnin' no flag,|and I ain't runnin' to Canada.
01:08:37:I'm stayin' right here.|You wanna send me to jail?
01:08:40:Fine. You go right ahead.|I've been in jail for 400 years.
01:08:42:I can be there|for four or five more.
01:08:44:But I ain't goin'|no 10, 000 miles...
01:08:46:to help murder and kill|other poor people.
01:08:49:If I wanna die, I'll die right here|right now, fightin' you, if I wanna die.
01:08:53:You my enemy. Not no Chinese,|no Vietcong, no Japanese.
01:08:57:You my opposer|when I want freedom.
01:08:59:You my opposer when I want justice.|You my opposer when I want equality.
01:09:03:You want me to go somewhere|and fight for you.
01:09:05:You won't even stand up for me|right here in America...
01:09:07:for my rights|and my religious beliefs.
01:09:09:You won't even stand up for me|right here at home.
01:09:14:- Which guy you want to go first?|- You, sir.
01:09:16:Tell Clay he gettin' on after me.|I'm the champ.
01:09:19:- What?|- I said you can get on after me.
01:09:22:- No. What'd you call me?|- I called you Clay.
01:09:25:You will announce it from right here,|from flat on your back.
01:09:27:What's my name?|What's my name?
01:09:31:What's my name? Say my name!|You gonna say my name!
01:09:35:Your mama called you Clay!|I'm gonna call you Clay!
01:09:38:I want you all to tell|all their aunts...
01:09:40:and all their uncles|and cousins and friends...
01:09:42:get to your television set,|get to your radio...
01:09:45:'cause I never wanted|to whup a man so bad!
01:10:01:What's my name?|What's my name?
01:11:00:What's my name, motherfucker?|What's my name?
01:11:07:What's my name?
01:11:29:The jury has found you guilty|of refusing induction...
01:11:31:into the United States|Armed Forces.
01:11:34:Does the defense have anything|it wants to say?
01:11:37:Yeah, I'd appreciate if the court would|just give me my sentence right now...
01:11:40:rather than waitin' and stallin'.
01:11:43:Very well.
01:11:48:I sentence you to|the maximum sentence allowable:
01:11:51:five years imprisonment|and a fine of $10, 000.
01:11:56:Doubtless your lawyer|will lodge an appeal...
01:11:58:so while you're free on bond, I order|that your passport be surrendered.
01:12:02:I'll not have you benefiting yourself|by fighting abroad.
01:12:07:This court is adjourned.
01:12:49:Hold on. Watch this.|I've been working on this at home.
01:12:49:Hold on. Watch this.|I've been working on this at home.
01:12:52:Just relax.
01:12:54:See? 'Cause it's spooky and sometimes|people get scared and run.
01:12:58:Pay attention.|This is very spooky.
01:13:03:Go ahead.|Blow on that for me.
01:13:11:See, you don't need|to fight no more.
01:13:17:You don't remember me, do you?
01:13:21:Yeah. I remember somethin'.|What's your name?
01:13:26:- You know my name.|- I know your name.
01:13:28:You came to my school|right before you won the title.
01:13:32:I interviewed you|for my school paper.
01:13:34:I was eleven.
01:13:38:You had a long braid.
01:13:40:Yeah.
01:13:42:- You called me "Little Indian Girl. "|- Wow.
01:13:46:- Man, that was you.|- That was me.
01:13:50:And I loved you then,|just like all them kids did.
01:13:53:I never stopped.|I still do.
01:15:00:Hey, did you see|that Ellis-Quarry fight?
01:15:03:Yeah.
01:15:07:We're gonna be in front of|the US Court of Appeals next month.
01:15:10:We're gonna lose.
01:15:11:- We'll appeal to the Supreme Court.|- Jimmy Ellis, the champ.
01:15:14:Man, I've been whupping on that boy|since I was 16.
01:15:17:All that's gonna happen,|they gonna give Ellis to Frazier...
01:15:19:Frazier's gonna kill him,|then what?
01:15:22:Where's the gate?|Then they got to let me fight.
01:15:27:Jimmy Ellis.|Fight that boy in a phone booth.
01:15:31:Fight him in the middle of Times Square.|You think thatd draw a crowd?
01:15:35:Champ, draw a crowd|or not draw a crowd...
01:15:38:it's not gonna make a difference|with your boxing licenses.
01:15:45:The ACLU's handling your case|against the New York Boxing Commission.
01:15:48:They've discovered that New Yorks|got actual ex-murderers...
01:15:50:and ex-rapists|currently licensed to fight.
01:15:53:But revoke yours?
01:15:56:They don't want you to fight.
01:15:59:- Tijuana.|- No.
01:16:00:State Department refuses permission|for the one-hour visa.
01:16:03:No fight in Tijuana.|Look--
01:16:06:Can't fight here.|Can't fight outside the country.
01:16:10:I know people|in the restaurant business.
01:16:12:They want to start a chain.|Muhammad Ali Champ Burgers.
01:16:14:Muhammad Malts,|Fistful of Fries.
01:16:17:All of that.
01:16:18:Why do I wanna be|in the restaurant business?
01:16:21:'Cause you need the money.
01:16:22:- How much all this gonna cost?|- Too much.
01:16:27:They do that to you too, you know.
01:16:29:They bust you out.
01:16:44:All right.
01:16:49:Go get me some|Champ Burgers.
01:17:02:Did y'all see that?|That man just hit me.
01:17:04:Oh, you done messed up now, sucka.|You done messed up--
01:17:08:I don't wanna do nothin'|in front of your daughters, though.
01:17:10:I can't beat you up|in front of your daughters.
01:17:12:- Hey, champ, good to see you.|- All right, ladies. Take care now.
01:17:16:All right now.|All right now.
01:17:29:You called me "Little Indian Girl"|'cause I wore my hair in a braid.
01:17:35:And then I said,|"Man, you scribble.
01:17:39:You can't even write.
01:17:40:Need to go back to school|till you learn how to do it better. "
01:17:43:Now, why you just havin'|a fresh mouth talkin' to me.
01:17:46:So you think that's funny, huh?
01:17:48:Telling me I can't write,|that I scribble.
01:17:52:Now you wanna try|to make up with me.
01:17:54:- This will make everything better.|- Shut up.
01:18:16:Mommy and Daddy|moved to Mexico!
01:18:37:Come on, baby.
01:18:40:Oh, sweetie, come on.
01:18:56:We will give you five minutes|to leave this area.
01:19:03:Who is the heavyweight champion|of the world?
01:19:17:What's happenin'?
01:19:34:- Hey, man.|- We lost on the appellate level...
01:19:36:in New Orleans.
01:19:37:- We're heading to the Supreme Court.|- We already got turned down there.
01:19:40:I'm petitioning on a conscientious|objection basis. Religious belief.
01:19:45:I believe that they'll hear that.
01:19:48:Where the money|gonna come from, Chauncey?
01:19:52:Herbert say I'm runnin' on empty.|Now, just put aside...
01:19:55:"How did that happen? "
01:19:57:License all revoked, passport gone,|can't fight here, can't fight nowhere.
01:20:02:Then what happen if I lose|at the Supreme Court?
01:20:07:Then you go to jail for five years.
01:21:25:Oh, I saw Bundini|when I was in Europe.
01:21:27:- Yeah? How is he?|- He's bad. He's in bad shape, man.
01:21:32:You better get your belt back
01:21:39:Look at this.
01:21:42:Joe Frazier.|He can't up no gate.
01:21:44:Can't fill no arena.|They got to let me fight.
01:21:47:Fight.
01:21:52:If that happens, promise me youll|put some new people around you.
01:22:01:What you talkin' about?
01:22:04:Where Herbert and them|when we need 'em?
01:22:06:Gene Kilroy's dropping off groceries|like charity.
01:22:12:We borrow money from my folks.
01:22:16:They're all over you when you got it,|and then they just drop off you...
01:22:20:when you don't.
