The Greatest

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American film biographical sports drama film film

"The Greatest" is a 1977 biographical sports drama film about Muhammad Ali, in which Ali portrays himself.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American film ⓘ
biographical sports drama film ⓘ
film ⓘ
basedOn The Greatest: My Own Story ⓘ
autobiography of Muhammad Ali ⓘ
basedOnAuthor Muhammad Ali ⓘ
Richard Durham ⓘ
Toni Morrison ⓘ
cinematographyBy Bill Butler ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Monte Hellman ⓘ
Tom Gries ⓘ
distributor Columbia Pictures ⓘ
editedBy Robert Lawrence ⓘ
featuresSong Greatest Love of All ⓘ
surface form: The Greatest Love of All

Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You’re Going To) ⓘ
genre biographical film ⓘ
drama film ⓘ
sports drama film ⓘ
language English ⓘ
musicBy Michael Masser ⓘ
notableFact Muhammad Ali ⓘ
surface form: Muhammad Ali plays himself in the film

film dramatizes Muhammad Ali’s early life and boxing career ⓘ
portrays life of Muhammad Ali ⓘ
portraysEvent Rumble in the Jungle ⓘ
surface form: Muhammad Ali vs George Foreman fight

Joe Frazier ⓘ
surface form: Muhammad Ali vs Joe Frazier fights

Muhammad Ali vs Sonny Liston fight ⓘ
producer John Daly ⓘ
Martin Bregman ⓘ
releaseDate 1977-04-19 ⓘ
releaseYear 1977 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 102 ⓘ
screenwriter John Milius ⓘ
Ring Lardner Jr. ⓘ
stars Al Pacino ⓘ
surface form: Alfredo James Pacino

Ben Johnson ⓘ
Dina Merrill ⓘ
Ernest Borgnine ⓘ
James Earl Jones ⓘ
John Marley ⓘ
Lloyd Haynes ⓘ
Muhammad Ali ⓘ
Paul Winfield ⓘ
Robert Duvall ⓘ
Roger E. Mosley ⓘ
subject Vietnam War draft resistance ⓘ
boxing ⓘ
American civil rights movement ⓘ
surface form: civil rights movement
title The Greatest self-link ⓘ

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album: Sound & Color → hasPart → The Greatest ⓘ
subject surface form: Sound & Color
Muhammad Ali → nickname → The Greatest ⓘ
Greatest Love of All → originalAlbum → The Greatest ⓘ
The Greatest → title → The Greatest self-link ⓘ