00:00:00:We will give you five minutes|to leave this area.
00:00:07:Who is the heavyweight champion|of the world?
00:00:21:What's happenin'?
00:00:38:- Hey, man.|- We lost on the appellate level...
00:00:40:in New Orleans.
00:00:41:- We're heading to the Supreme Court.|- We already got turned down there.
00:00:44:I'm petitioning on a conscientious|objection basis. Religious belief.
00:00:49:I believe that they'll hear that.
00:00:52:Where the money|gonna come from, Chauncey?
00:00:56:Herbert say I'm runnin' on empty.|Now, just put aside...
00:00:59:"How did that happen? "
00:01:01:License all revoked, passport gone,|can't fight here, can't fight nowhere.
00:01:06:Then what happen if I lose|at the Supreme Court?
00:01:11:Then you go to jail for five years.
00:02:29:Oh, I saw Bundini|when I was in Europe.
00:02:31:- Yeah? How is he?|- He's bad. He's in bad shape, man.
00:02:36:You better get your belt back
00:02:43:Look at this.
00:02:46:Joe Frazier.|He can't up no gate.
00:02:48:Can't fill no arena.|They got to let me fight.
00:02:51:Fight.
00:02:56:If that happens, promise me youll|put some new people around you.
00:03:05:What you talkin' about?
00:03:08:Where Herbert and them|when we need 'em?
00:03:10:Gene Kilroy's dropping off groceries|like charity.
00:03:16:We borrow money from my folks.
00:03:20:They're all over you when you got it,|and then they just drop off you...
00:03:24:when you don't.
00:03:36:Norton, he's big and strong,|but he ain't nothin'.
00:03:39:Hold on a second, Joe.|They're telling me we have a caller.
00:03:42:- Go ahead, please.|- Cosell, this is Muhammad Ali.
00:03:45:It's Muhammad Ali.
00:03:47:Everybody knows|that I am the champ.
00:03:49:The crown is a lie. I know it's a lie.|Joe Frazier knows it's a lie.
00:03:52:And it's time for everybody|to stop lying and tell the truth.
00:03:55:Let's tell it like it is.|With your court and boxing problems...
00:03:58:can you get a fight promoted?
00:04:00:I would fight Joe Frazier for free|in a phone booth...
00:04:02:in the middle of Times Square|if I wasn't broke.
00:04:05:Did you say you were broke?|How can you be broke?
00:04:07:You made more money than all previous|heavy weights champions combined.
00:04:11:What about your management?|Surely they have provided for you.
00:04:13:All I'm trying to say is it's time|for everybody to stop lyin'.
00:04:17:Muhammad Ali is the champ.
00:04:18:Get my son Herbert|on the telephone.
00:04:21:Muhammad, thank you for calling in.|I'll relay that to Joe.
00:04:24:And tell Joe I said|he is very ugly.
00:04:30:Muhammad says that he will|fight you anywhere, anytime...
00:04:33:and that the championship really is his|until that battle ensues.
00:04:51:Mr. Ali has sporting blood.
00:04:55:Mr. Ali wants a place|in this sports world.
00:04:58:He loves it too much.
00:05:01:I am therefore suspending Mr. Ali|from the practice of Islam.
00:05:05:He may no longer appear in temple,|pray or teach...
00:05:09:or have any conversation|with any Muslim whatsoever.
00:05:18:Why didn't you call|an ambulance or a doctor?
00:05:20:Because he gave me your number|when he checked in.
00:05:23:Normally, he's up there|making a lot of noise.
00:05:25:But now he hasn't answered the door|in three days.
00:05:31:- What's that?|- It's daylight.
00:05:34:Get me that short dog.
00:05:38:Give it to me.
00:05:44:What's wrong with you?
00:05:45:Ain't nothin' wrong with me.|My head ain't bad.
00:05:48:- Leave me alone.|- Leave you alone. You called me!
00:05:50:Yes, but that was a week ago.
00:05:52:- Why are you shamin' yourself?|- Let me go, man.
00:05:55:Why you doin' that|to yourself?
00:05:56:- Why you shamin' yourself?|- Ain't nobody shamed.
00:05:59:Ain't nothin' wrong with me.
00:06:02:I'm flyin'.
00:06:03:The Sky Chief talk through me.|I know the word.
00:06:06:- You know low.|- Yeah?
00:06:07:I know low where the king|is goin' back to his throne!
00:06:09:- From the root to the fruit!|- Them rhymes is old, Bundini.
00:06:12:You need to get some new ones.
00:06:18:God don't care about you.|Don't care about me.
00:06:22:In all of everything, we don't mean|nothin'. He don't owe us.
00:06:25:We be.
00:06:27:And that's the onliest thing He did.
00:06:30:But that's good.|That's why we free.
00:06:34:But free ain't easy. Free is real|and real is a motherfucker.
00:06:40:It eats raw meat.
00:06:43:It walk in its own shoes.
00:06:45:It don't ever waiver.
00:06:48:Yeah.
00:06:55:I-- I sold your belt.
00:06:59:I sold your belt to a barber|for $500 on Lenox Avenue.
00:07:02:That's how low I did you.|I couldn't help it. I got a crazy mind.
00:07:08:That belt say you the heavyweight|boxing champion of the world...
00:07:10:and I took that $500...
00:07:13:and I put it in my arm.
00:07:18:That's what I called to tell you.
00:07:27:I heard about the Nation stuff,|the courtroom.
00:07:32:What you gonna do?
00:07:45:Take me back.
00:07:55:I could go down there and get the belt.|I can go get the belt.
00:08:38:Hey, champ.
00:09:14:$1,000 to the man that bring me|Howard Cosell's toupee dead or alive!
00:09:20:Don't bother me.|I'm a world-famous sportscaster...
00:09:23:and you're an ex-champion|with diminished skills.
00:09:25:I can't be seen with you.
00:09:30:- How's it goin', champ?|- Pretty good, man.
00:09:39:Muhammad, I'd do anything for you.|You know that.
00:09:42:But I've got bosses who only|give a damn about Nielsen ratings.
00:09:48:I guarantee...
00:09:50:it will be a historical|and a momentous night.
00:10:00:If they came to me tomorrow and say,|"We want you to fight Joe Frazier.
00:10:04:Madison Square Garden.|Millions and millions of dollars.
00:10:07:Here's your license back."|I will tell them...
00:10:09:"I will never fight again."
00:10:11:Frankly, Muhammad, I'm surprised,|because unless you--
00:10:15:or until you fight Frazier--
00:10:17:Cosell, are you losin' your hearing|along with your hair?
00:10:21:Don't put no question to it, man.|I done told you, I'm through fightin'.
00:10:24:I got a much bigger contender,|a much heavier opponent.
00:10:27:I'm fightin'|the entire US government.
00:10:30:Do you think|you're going to jail?
00:10:33:I don't know. I don't know.
00:10:35:Joe Frazier told me on this show|that he could knock you out.
00:10:41:See, there you go agitatin'.
00:10:43:You should've asked Smokin' Joe|what have he been smokin'?
00:10:47:That boy even dream he whupped me,|he better wake up and apologize.
00:10:51:If I was to get in the ring with Joe...
00:10:53:here's what you might see.
00:10:55:Ali comes out to meet Frazier,|but Frazier starts to retreat.
00:11:00:If Joe goes back an inch farther,|he'll wind up in a ringside seat.
00:11:04:Ali swings with his left,|Ali swings with his right.
00:11:08:Just look at the kid|carry the fight.
00:11:10:Frazier keeps backin',|but there's not enough room.
00:11:12:It's only a matter of time|before Ali lowers the boom.
00:11:16:Ali swings with his right.|What a beautiful swing.
00:11:19:But the punch lifts Frazier|clean out of the ring.
00:11:22:Frazier's still risin',|and the referee wears a frown...
00:11:25:'cause he can't start countin'|till Frazier comes down.
00:11:28:Frazier's disappeared from view.|The crowd is getting frantic.
00:11:32:But our radar stations picked him up.|He's somewheres over the Atlantic.
00:11:36:Now, who wouldve thought|when they came to the fight...
00:11:38:they was gonna witness the launchin'|of a black satellite.
00:11:42:But dont wait for that fight.
00:11:45:It ain't never gonna happen.
00:11:47:Onliest thing you could do...
00:11:49:is wonder and imagine.
00:11:53:This has been another|sports exclusive from ABC.
00:11:59:- Two. Go two.|- Over to Jim McKay...
00:12:01:in Bern, Switzerland.
00:12:04:- How you gonna go from me to Jim McKay?|- Listen, uh--
00:12:07:- Did your wife leave you yet?|- No, she hasn't left me yet.
00:12:11:She's going to, 'cause I|told your wife when I seen her...
00:12:13:I said, "Listen, why you|doin' this to yourself?"
00:12:25:Oh, man, Joe.|Who dresses you?
00:12:29:You look like the heavyweight|champion of pimps.
00:12:32:Hey, shut up and get in.
00:12:35:That jackets a mess, man.
00:12:41:What you in Philly for?|Philly's my town.
00:12:44:Well, I just wanted to get|a little closer to you, honey.
00:12:47:Man, fuck you.
00:12:50:There'll be two undefeated heavyweight|champions, and they ain't fightin'.
00:12:54:- What about your license?|- I can fight in Atlanta.
00:12:57:There ain't no state boxing commission|in Georgia.
00:12:59:It's all set. I do a prelim in Atlanta|against Jerry Quarry...
00:13:03:but we got to get this|steamroller movin' right now.
00:13:05:So what do I have to do?
00:13:07:All you got to do is announce|that after I whup Jerry Quarry...
00:13:10:you gonna give me a title shot.
00:13:13:Come on, man.|Say it! Say it!
00:13:24:What I got and all I got,|I got with these right here.
00:13:28:Hell, man, I already got the title.
00:13:30:So I ain't got nothin' to win,|but I got everythin' to lose.
00:13:36:Yeah, but you know|you ain't the real champ yet.
00:13:48:You beat Quarry...
00:13:50:I'm gonna get you in the ring.|I'm gonna kick your ass.
00:14:04:By the way...
00:14:07:you need any money|or anything to tide you by?
00:14:12:No, I'm fine.
00:14:29:Time!
00:14:39:What you want?
00:14:45:Take me back, boss.
00:14:48:I'm clean.
00:14:50:This is a resurrection.|This is God's act.
00:14:55:And the prophet is goin' home.
00:14:58:Take me with you, boss.
00:15:01:I'll do anything.
00:15:14:Your hands can't hit|what your eyes can't see.
00:15:21:Float like a butterfly,|sting like a bee.
00:15:25:Rumble, young man, rumble.
00:15:46:God ain't watchin'!|Ain't nobody but us!
00:15:46:God aint watchin'!|Ain't nobody but us!
00:15:56:There it is!|Stay in his face!
00:16:03:Go, Muhammad!
00:16:16:There it is!
00:16:24:Now for the right. Boom!
00:16:32:Prophet is goin' home|to the throne.
00:16:51:That's how you do it, Ali.
00:16:53:That's how you do it.
00:17:02:You okay?|You're a goddamn Superman.
00:17:05:Ain't no kryptonite|in this ring tonight.
00:17:52:- We want Joe Frazier!|- We want him!
00:17:54:- We want Joe Frazier!|- And you deserve it. You deserve it.
00:18:02:This prophet is comin' home,|goin' from the darkness to the light.
00:18:08:Soak it in this|for about 20 minutes.
00:18:12:We don't need their management.
00:18:16:Hey, Herbert, we did good.|Doin' good tonight.
00:18:31:All praise to Allah.
00:18:37:The messenger has lifted|your suspension.
00:18:39:Congratulations.
00:18:41:So youre sayin'|I can be a Muslim again.
00:18:43:- Yes.|- I ain't never stopped.
00:18:45:Just like I ain't never stopped|bein' the champ.
00:18:49:I begged my father|to reinstate you.
00:18:51:When? When you do that, Herbert?
00:18:54:After I promoted this Quarry fight|or after I won it?
00:18:57:- We can get Frazier.|- Man, I done already got Frazier.
00:18:59:We can get $5 million for Frazier.
00:19:02:We talkin' management,|talkin' money or talkin' religion?
00:19:05:When I got leery|and talked up why I'm broke...
00:19:08:then come the suspension.
00:19:10:Now you explain that one to me,|my brother.
00:19:13:That was my father.
00:19:18:|Your father.
00:19:20:I love your father, Herbert.|I swear, man. I love the Nation.
00:19:24:But it don't own me.
00:19:36:You go on out there|and you make that Frazier deal.
00:19:44:My brother.|Yeah, your brother Herbert.
00:19:46:Go on somewhere,|make that deal.
00:19:58:And he accepts me.|I'm Jewish, but yet he's Muslim...
00:20:02:and we still get along.
00:20:03:He understands me. He understands me|and he still allows me to hang with him.
00:20:07:He knows I like pork and white women,|but still allows me to be herewith him.
00:20:10:Now, I can give up pork...
00:20:12:but them white women,|goddamn it!
00:20:15:How you deal with it, boy?
00:20:31:Hello?|Muhammad, it's for you.
00:20:39:Thank you, Lana.
00:20:41:- Yeah?|- Muhammad? Howard Cosell.
00:20:44:- You TKO'd them.|- Hey, what you talkin' about, Howard?
00:20:48:- With Quarry?|- No.
00:20:50:The Supreme Court ruled today...
00:20:52:in the case of The United States|vs. Cassius Clay...
00:20:56:aka Muhammad Ali.
00:21:00:You won an eight-to-zero|unanimous decision.
00:21:04:You're free.
00:21:06:Congratulations.
00:21:25:I'm free.
00:21:32:The Supreme Court|just set me free.
00:21:39:What are you talkin' about?
00:21:43:Eight-to-oh, unanimous decision.
00:21:44:The Supreme Court|just overturned my conviction.
00:21:49:- Yes!|- All right. All right.
00:21:52:- Did we get 'em, Ali?|- We got 'em, man.
00:21:55:Hey, man.
00:21:58:- Did we do it?|- We did it, man.
00:22:02:They wanna be on your side now because|the truth has shown itself to the power.
00:22:06:Now the power's comin' to the truth.|That's what it is.
00:22:08:And the truth tastes good|when there's a belly full of lies.
00:22:11:- What you talkin' about?|- It don't matter. It don't matter.
00:22:23:Ladies and gentlemen,|1 5 rounds of boxing...
00:22:26:for the undisputed heavyweight|championship of the world.
00:22:30:In this corner, the contender and former|heavyweight champion of the world...
00:22:35:weighing in at 21 3 pounds...
00:22:40:with a record of31 and 0|with 25 knockouts...
00:22:44:Muhammad Ali!
00:22:52:His opponent,|weighing in at 205.5 pounds...
00:22:57:with a record of26 and 0|with 23 knockouts...
00:23:01:the current heavyweight|champion of the world...
00:23:04:Smokin Joe Frazier!
00:23:11:I want a good, clean fight.|Protect yourself at all times.
00:23:14:Gentlemen, touch gloves.|Good luck to both of you.
00:23:56:Come on!
00:23:57:Stick him! Come on!
00:24:42:That's okay, champ.|Don't stop fightin'.
00:24:46:What's comin'?
00:24:48:Lean back, man.|Move back. Work, legs.
00:25:04:Ain't nobody hurt.
00:25:05:That's all right.|Ain't no--
00:25:25:Keep puttin' out.|Come on.
00:25:38:- Move, Ali!|- Back, back, back!
00:26:15:Muhammad, you said|you were gonna win the fight.
00:26:17:How do you account|for the beating you've taken?
00:26:19:- Did he hurt you?|-Joe said you don't wanna fight again.
00:26:21:Oh, how wrong he is.
00:26:24:- Why would it be different?|- Muhammad, wait!
00:26:31:- But I wanna ask him something!|- We all wanna ask him something.
00:26:34:- Sons of bitches! Get outta here!|- When are you gonna get a hairpiece?
00:26:37:Dont worry about it.|You lost all of yours.
00:26:39:You cue ball head motherfucker.|Get outta here!
00:26:41:-Just one more question.|- Let me talk to him.
00:26:43:We're close to the start|of round one.
00:26:46:Now that Smokin Joe|done run outta tomato cans...
00:26:48:I got Yank to commit to a rematch|with you in about six months.
00:26:51:Frazier said he'd be happy|with three mil.
00:26:53:I'll fly to Jamaica, get Yank to sign|right after Joe beats this big stiff.
00:26:59:I think he hurt Joe Frazier.
00:27:02:I think Joe is hurt.
00:27:05:Down goes Frazier!|Down goes Frazier!
00:27:08:- Down goes Frazier!|- Get up, Joe.
00:27:10:The heavyweight champion is|taking the mandatory eight count...
00:27:14:and Foreman|is poised as can be.
00:27:19:Foreman is all over Frazier.
00:27:21:And Frazier is down again!
00:27:24:He may be--|No, he's rising.
00:27:28:It's over! It is over!
00:27:30:It'd be easy to get a fight|with Frazier now.
00:27:33:Only thing he's champion of|is gettin' knocked down.
00:27:37:George Foreman is|the heavyweight champion ofthe world.
00:27:43:The Rumble in theJungle.|That is the name that I've given it.
00:27:47:Muhammad Ali and George Foreman|in Kinshasa, Zaire.
00:27:52:- Don, Zaire?|- Yeah, Don.
00:27:54:I mean, why not Antarctica,|somethin' like that?
00:27:56:What's wrong with New York City?
00:28:00:Becauseyou miss the significance.
00:28:02:See, I dream of overcoming|400 years ofracial depression...
00:28:07:to the dawn of a new day of liberation,|financial and otherwise.
00:28:11:It will raise up the spirits|of our inner cities.
00:28:14:It will rise up and fill with hope,|the souls...
00:28:17:the unrequited needs|ofthe black proletariat.
00:28:19:That is, the discouraged, dispirited,|denigrated denizens...
00:28:22:ofthe demimonde|that is called the ghetto.
00:28:25:Man, Don, you crazy.
00:28:28:You must've studied the whole|"D" section ofthe dictionary.
00:28:57:Good morning, sister.
00:29:01:Hi, brother.
00:29:05:How you doin', champ?
00:29:34:Why they saying that?|What they sayin'?
00:29:40:What that mean?|I don't understand.
00:29:43:- It means--|- What?
00:29:44:It mean, "Ali, kill him.|Ali, kill him."
00:30:34:The champ is here!
00:30:37:Ladies and gentlemen, the heavyweight|champion of the world has arrived!
00:30:42:The champ is here!
00:30:50:Hey, man.
00:30:52:He's quite younger than you.|How you feeling about that?
00:30:54:He's quite younger than me?|Well, we quite younger than you.
00:30:57:What you talkin' about? Thirty-two|years old. Best shape of my life.
00:31:59:Hey, stop!|All right, back up.
00:32:08:Did you see Muhammad Ali?
00:36:31:- Here's your water.|- Oh, thank you, hon.
00:36:35:Bottled water.|Frozen steaks.
00:36:39:Brought all that stuff in|like Africa's ain't got no steaks.
00:36:41:- You could pick up parasites.|- Mobutu eats it.
00:36:45:Mobutu's takin' care of Mobutu.
00:36:48:He steals all the wealth|and sends it to Switzerland.
00:36:52:What that got to do|with any of why we here?
00:36:54:We are here 'cause Don King|got Mobutu to put up $1 0 million.
00:37:00:Don King don't care about Africa.|He's worse than Herbert.
00:37:04:Here come Herbert.
00:37:07:And Don King fit right in too.
00:37:10:Now he's a dashiki-wearin' rip-off.
00:37:12:Don King delivered the first-ever...
00:37:14:black-promoted|championship fight in Africa.
00:37:16:Don King talks black,|lives white and thinks green.
00:37:20:And you're defending him|and Brother Herbert?
00:37:23:'Cause clean-cut Muslims in a parade|on the South Side of Chicago...
00:37:26:ain't gonna get this done!
00:37:30:I got to put honkies with connections|and bad-ass niggas to it.
00:37:33:And now they matched you up|against George Foreman.
00:37:35:Do you think they give a damn|if you get killed?
00:37:44:So that's what you think?
00:37:55:I just wanna know why|my Muslim husband...
00:37:58:is allowing himself|to get strung up on a cross.
00:38:02:Just tell me why.
00:38:12:Maryum's sick.
00:38:19:Maybe I ought to go back|to Chicago and look after her?
00:38:25:Sure.
00:38:33:Well, then I guess|I'll be back before the fight.
00:38:37:If thats all right, my husband.
00:39:06:This fight is no contest!
00:39:08:He is entirely too slow to fight me.
00:39:10:I say that George Foreman|is a mummy.
00:39:12:He's too slow.|You know I name all my fighters.
00:39:15:I'm gonna call George Foreman|"The Mummy."
00:39:18:He fight like a mummy.
00:39:24:And when I see George throwin' punches,|this is what I hear:
00:39:27:Here come the left.
00:39:29:Here come the right.
00:39:31:But the mummy can't hit|what the mummy can't see...
00:39:34:'cause I'm too fast for him.
00:39:38:I'm too fast.
00:39:40:I'm too fast. I'm too fast.|I move too good for him.
00:39:44:I'll hit George Foreman so many times,|he'll think he's surrounded.
00:39:49:He gonna say, "Call the police!|It's five of'em in here!"
00:39:54:I'm bad, man. I'm bad!
00:39:56:Muhammad, I'm sorry.|I have to ask.
00:40:01:Are you really|fast enough anymore...
00:40:03:to beat George Foreman?
00:40:05:If he gets you against the ropes,|he can knock you out with either hand.
00:40:10:Many people believe youre not the man|you used to be ten years ago.
00:40:18:See, now, Howard...
00:40:19:I didn't even want to talk|about this, man.
00:40:24:Especially not out here|in front of all these people.
00:40:28:But I talked to your wife...
00:40:31:and she said you not the man|you used to be two years ago!
00:40:58:Champ.
00:41:04:- Champ, George had an accident.|- He-- He had what?
00:41:07:- What are you talking about?|- He got cut right above his right eye.
00:41:09:His sparring partner's elbow|split it open.
00:41:12:- Can he fight?|- Not for six weeks.
00:41:17:This is not a humorous situation,|my champ.
00:41:19:This postponement could be long,|especially if George leaves.
00:41:22:You trying to|pull something here, Don?
00:41:25:If George leaves, he ain't comin' back.|George don't like it here.
00:41:28:How right you are, my suspicious|and short Italian brother.
00:41:32:Look here, man,|my fiduciary responsibility...
00:41:35:to this first all-black promotion...
00:41:37:is analogous to a garden in the African|sun-- it must grow, it must bloom.
00:41:41:Cannot flower in the gloom and shade|of postponement to the Astrodome...
00:41:46:or any dome out of Zaire where it be|deprivileged of light and bled of water.
00:41:48:'Cause what gonna be bleedin' out of|there is money-- a hemorrhage of cash.
00:41:52:I'm talkin' about blood on the floor.
00:41:54:Double hotel costs, airplane,|travel costs, food and beverage.
00:41:58:- So what do you want us to do?|- Muhammad Ali. The people's champion.
00:42:02:My black brother.
00:42:03:I need you.|I need your strength.
00:42:06:I need you to find a way|to get George to stay.
00:42:09:Be Moses in reverse.
00:42:12:Do not let my people go.|Keep them the fuck right here in Egypt.
00:42:16:- If youll pardon my Swahili.|- Lingala.
00:42:18:- Say what?|- They speak Lingala.
00:42:22:Ali wants his title,|and he wants it in Zaire.
00:42:29:Okay, all right, okay.|Let's take it back.
00:42:32:George go, George go.|Hell, I can get you Joe Frazier.
00:42:35:Ali-Frazier 3.|That's the fight everybody want to see.
00:42:38:- We don't want Frazier, we want George.|- Hell, I don't control George Foreman.
00:43:25:There's been an accidental injury|to George Foreman in training.
00:43:29:The truth is...
00:43:31:George knocked hisself out.
00:43:34:That's right.
00:43:35:He did three rounds, realized|he was gonna lose to Muhammad Ali...
00:43:39:and knocked hisself out.
00:43:41:I predict that when the fight is set,|he might not show.
00:43:44:Oh, you bad.
00:43:45:- That's right, I'm a bad man.|- Ain't no doubt about that.
00:43:48:Yeah, but you tell George|the same thing.
00:43:51:I heard you.|I been watching you.
00:43:53:I know he's your man, I know you got|him picked, but the man is in trouble.
00:43:57:The whole world was gonna know,|but now he ain't gonna show.
00:44:00:In order to ensure that George is ready,|we are thinking of postponing...
00:44:04:from September 24 to October 30.
00:44:07:What about the concert?
00:44:09:The concert will go on as planned.|Those dates are September 20, 21 --
00:44:13:I want all the helicopters guarded,|all the private planes, private boats.
00:44:18:I'm serious.|I want the airports--
00:44:20:I want President Mobutu|and all his paratroopers--
00:44:22:All you Zaireans,|y'all be on guard too.
00:44:25:Any strange boats creeping away,|they might be taking him out.
00:44:28:Bus stations.
00:44:30:And bus stations!
00:44:32:Right.|Watch the bus stations.
00:44:34:The elephant caravans-- They might be|trying to take him out on an elephant.
00:44:37:- What'd you say?|- Hell, I ain't talking to you.
00:44:40:Hey. Hey, man.
00:44:42:Dont you never talk|to Angelo like that.
00:44:44:Dont you never talk to Angie|like that again.
00:44:48:Something wrong with you, man?
00:44:52:Think you callin' some shots here?|You ain't callin' nothin'.
00:44:57:They all know.
00:44:59:All them ladies out there,|they know I'm ready.
00:45:03:I see fear in the eyes|of his followers.
00:45:06:This was supposed to be the fight|that Muhammad Ali was ended.
00:45:10:Supposed to be Muhammad was gonna fall.|Supposed to be my destruction.
00:45:14:Well, they miscalculated.|They misjudged.
00:45:17:They got it wrong.
00:45:42:Hold on a second.
00:45:45:What's your name?
00:45:47:Veronica Porche.
00:45:48:Porche. Like the sports car.
00:45:50:- Yes.|- With just a little something extra.
00:45:53:Hey, you with Don?
00:45:56:Don brought me here,|but I'm not with anybody, no.
00:46:00:- Where you come from?|- LA.
00:46:02:- LA?|- But my people are from Louisiana.
00:46:05:Louisiana.
00:46:06:What, you Creole?
00:46:08:We're Creole,|so I'm African, French and Spanish.
00:46:13:My mother's grandfather was Jewish.
00:46:16:Well, they mixed all that stuff up|in there real nice.
00:46:19:I'm the only witch doctor here.|Bundini Brown.
00:46:22:Bundini Brown|is an authentic witch doctor.
00:46:25:- You tell 'em.|- The only one in the United States.
00:46:29:I'm real glad|you said what you did.
00:46:33:You made sure the fight stays here.
00:46:39:You know all them reporters|and writers in there...
00:46:44:they say George|is gonna kill me.
00:46:47:What you think?
00:46:52:Mr. Ali? Mr. Ali?
00:46:55:- We want thank you.|- Hey, fella.
00:46:57:Y'all wanna thank me?
00:47:00:Y'all gonna thank me?|What I did?
00:47:05:They thanking me for something.
00:47:08:Hey, you ever been down to Hong Kong?|Thailand? Taiwan?
00:47:12:- No.|- No? I can't go there.
00:47:15:- Hi, Ruthie. How are you?|- Hi, champ.
00:47:22:What's going on?|I'm great. How you feeling?
00:47:24:When I go to sleep,|this closes up.
00:47:27:That's what happens. When I go|to sleep, all this rests together.
00:47:31:During the day, I got to think.
00:47:33:Get me out of this country.|All the women so pretty.
00:47:36:All of'em, they got hair come all|the way down to the back of their knees.
00:47:42:All of'em-- All of'em|about Veronicas complexion.
00:47:45:Every single one of'em.|Bad, man.
00:47:49:But ain't nothing like the sisters.
00:47:53:Ain't nothing like the sisters.
00:48:00:Come on. Why dont we go|take a ride or something?
00:48:03:Wanna come with me?
00:48:14:Ruth, tell us the truth.|Is this your kind of guy?
00:48:19:More cushion for the pushin'.
00:48:23:What'd he say?
00:48:26:So why you so glad|we still here?
00:48:32:Making the fight stay here|in Africa--
00:48:37:Anybody can fight in Vegas.
00:48:46:Well, that's one job.|I got two.
00:48:49:Got to whup George.
00:48:59:Islamic faith help you do that?
00:49:03:Listen, girl, as a Muslim|I am failed in the eyes of God.
00:49:06:I should've discovered Islam at 50,|'cause I'm weak on women.
00:49:12:First they take my eyes.
00:49:14:My heart follow.
00:49:17:Making me the lovingest husband|in the world...
00:49:19:and the most terriblest husband|at the same time.
00:49:24:Look at you.
00:49:26:Green eyes.
00:49:29:Cocoa skin.
00:49:32:Okay, rest of me, let's go.
00:49:42:Rumble, Ali.
00:50:27:- Mrs. Ali.|- Hello, Muhammad, Mr. Cosell.
00:50:29:- Hey, when you get in?|- Today.
00:50:32:And I learned we now have this suite|at the Intercontinental Hotel.
00:50:37:Muhammad, may I have|a word with you, please?
00:50:39:Yeah.
00:50:50:What's goin' on?
00:50:51:What do you mean,|what's goin' on?
00:50:53:Do you have to throw it|in my face?
00:50:56:Do I have to read about it? Do people|have to call me on the phone to tell me?
00:51:00:I didn't mean for that|to come out.
00:51:02:And I live with the casual ones.|I live with 'em.
00:51:06:So why do you|disrespect me like this?
00:51:08:I respect you.|I will always respect you.
00:51:22:Do you love her?
00:51:29:I don't know.
00:51:37:So what is supposed to happen now?
00:51:42:I fight George.
00:51:45:I didn't come all this far to lose.
00:51:51:Neither did I.
00:52:18:Belinda.
00:52:24:What, Bingham?
00:56:01:There it is.
00:56:16:Hey, Zack, where's George?
00:56:19:What's he pulling?
00:56:20:Where's George?|Where'd he go?
00:56:23:I just wanna make sure|you're gonna control the evening.
00:56:27:George is jerking us off,|making us wait.
00:58:08:It's all over for you, man.|You don't have a chance.
00:58:13:You don't have no chance.
00:58:15:The rumble in the jungle!
00:58:17:You don't have no chance, man.
00:58:20:Okay, let's go.
00:58:21:You guys know the rules.|I want a good, clean fight.
00:58:24:Ali, be quiet|and listen to the instructions.
00:58:27:You been hearing about me|ever since you was a boy.
00:58:29:Ali, be quiet.|Listen to the instructions.
00:58:31:- Now you got to face me.|- No hitting low.
00:58:34:- When I tell you to break--|- You got to face me now.
00:58:36:Be quiet,|or I'll disqualify you.
00:58:38:When I tell you to break,|I want a clean break. Understand?
00:58:41:- You shoulda never came to Africa.|- All right, shake hands.
00:58:45:Take your corners.
00:58:47:Okay. All right.|No problem.
00:59:33:Break!
00:59:44:All right, break. Step back.
01:00:18:Take it to him!|That's what we came to do, Daddy!
01:00:32:The heavyweight championship fight...
01:00:34:- That's all you got?|- live via satellite...
01:00:37:direct from Zaire, Africa.
01:00:42:- There we go.|- That's it, Daddy.
01:00:45:You just keep dancing|around him, okay?
01:00:48:Just keep moving.
01:00:57:Legs hurting.
01:01:00:Air heavy...
01:01:02:like I'm in water.
01:01:25:Get away from the rope!
01:01:28:Get off the rope!|Get off there! Move it!
01:01:34:Get off there! Get off there!
01:01:45:Get off the rope!
01:01:51:Get off them ropes!
01:01:53:Come on now, Ali,|get off the ropes!
01:01:57:Come on, baby!
01:02:00:Come on, Ali!
01:02:03:That's it?|That's all you got? That's it?
01:02:12:Move him out to the center!
01:02:15:There he goes!
01:02:18:Get away from the ropes!|Get off the ropes!
01:02:55:Been here before.
01:02:58:Little green room.
01:03:00:Open that door.|Gonna get out this place.
01:03:03:Come on, man,|get up and get out.
01:03:20:They said you could punch, George.
01:03:23:You ain't hittin'.|You hittin' like a sissy, George.
01:03:28:You can't lay up on the ropes|like that.
01:03:31:You're letting him beat on you.|You can't do that, champ. Come on, now.
01:03:35:-You wanna explain that to me?|-Jab, then go to the middle ofthe ring.
01:03:39:- You had your fight going, then--|- You gotta dance, baby.
01:03:43:Shut up! Just be quiet!|You let me take care of this!
01:03:46:Got to dance.|You can't come out there like that.
01:03:49:- You can't back up.|- You got to respect the man.
01:03:51:What is with the ropes? Something|going on you wanna talk to me about?
01:03:55:Tell me whats going on with you.|What are you doing?
01:03:58:Put the jab on him.|You got to let him go and dance.
01:04:02:Don't let him get in your corner.|He's trying to cut the ring off you.
01:04:06:He's trying to cut you off the ring.|You can't let that happen.
01:04:11:Just take care of it!
01:04:16:And there's the bell.|The fighters meet in mid-ring.
01:04:29:Get off the ropes!
01:04:31:Stay off the ropes!
01:04:34:Foreman again|pushing him against the ropes.
01:04:38:|And Ali laying back, fighting those|blows against the sides of his body.
01:04:42:Get back in the middle|ofthe ring, Ali!
01:04:46:Muhammad, get off the ropes!
01:05:20:You're punching like a sissy, George.|Punching like a sissy.
01:05:36:What the hell's going on?|Come on.
01:05:50:George, get him back.|What the hell's going on? Come on.
01:06:06:You got to get off the ropes!
01:06:09:Get off the ropes!
01:06:10:Eight rounds to go.|Running out of gas, big fella?
01:06:14:Let him go.
01:06:29:Can't let you get that second wind which|you don't even know is there for you.
01:06:33:You want the title?|Want to wear the heavyweight crown?
01:06:36:Nose broke, jaw smashed,|face busted in.
01:06:39:You ready for that?|Is that you?
01:06:41:'Cause you facing a man who will die|before he lets you win.
01:06:57:Ali, don't let him beat on you|on the inside.
01:07:01:Don't let him beat on you|on the inside.
01:07:12:Come on, Ali.
01:07:15:Let's go, Ali.
01:07:17:Let's go, baby!|Stay off the ropes!
01:07:21:Get off the ropes!
01:07:22:There it is.|Keep 'em in his face.
01:07:26:Break!
01:07:27:Oh, you missed him, George!
01:07:29:You gotta go to work on him, Ali!
01:07:40:I thought you could punch, George.|They said you could punch.
01:07:43:Come on, Ali!
01:07:46:Get away from the rope!|Get off the rope!
01:07:48:He got him!
01:07:56:Move him around! Take him!
01:07:59:Come on, Ali!
01:08:08:Get off the ropes!|Get off the ropes!
01:08:12:Get off the ropes!
01:08:59:George Foreman is hit|by a combination of punches...
01:09:02:and down he goes!
01:09:03:George Foreman is down!
01:09:05:He's fallen|like a tree in the forest!
01:09:08:He is felled by a combination of blows|from Muhammad Ali!
01:09:30:Okay, this fight's over!|This fight's over!
01:09:45:I told you! I told you!
01:09:58:Referee Zack Clayton is counting.|Seven, eight!
01:10:01:And he's on his knee.|It is over!
01:10:04:It is over! It is over!
01:10:06:It is over!
01:10:07:George Foreman has been knocked out|by Muhammad Ali!
01:10:11:Muhammad Ali|has done the impossible!
01:10:14:He has regained|the heavyweight crown...
01:10:16:that was taken unjustly|from him in 1 967.
01:10:24:What a moment of history|in this arena...
01:10:26:in Zaire, Africa!
01:10:39:A tremendous, tremendous moment.
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