Muhammad and Larry

6.5
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Run time: 53 min
  • Premiere: 2009. October 27.

In October of 1980 Muhammad Ali was preparing to fight for an unprecedented fourth heavyweight title against his friend and former sparring partner Larry Holmes. To say that the great Ali was in the twilight of his career would be generous; most of his admiring fans, friends and fight scribes considered his bravado delusional. What was left for him to prove? In the weeks of training before the fight, documentarians Albert and David Maysles took an intimate look at Ali trying to convince the world and perhaps himself, that he was still “The Greatest.” At the same time, they documented the mild-mannered and undervalued champion Holmes as he confidently prepared to put an end to the career of a man for whom he had an abiding and deep affection

Discover

Muhammad Ali

Himself

Larry Holmes

Himself

Leon Spinks

Himself (archive footage)

Ken Norton

Himself (archive footage)

Howard Cosell

Himself (archive footage)

Art

Mi Sook Cho

Graphic Designer

Camera

Robert Richman

Camera Technician

David Gasperik

Camera Technician

Sean Price Williams

Additional Camera

Robert Richman

Assistant Camera

Albert Maysles

Director of Photography

Crew

Albert Maysles

Cinematography

Eugene Lehnert

Post Production Supervisor

Directing

Bradley Kaplan

Director

Albert Maysles

Director

Editing

Kate Hirson

Editor

Alex Berman

Colorist

Eugene Lehnert

Online Editor

Lighting

Jeff Levy

Gaffer

Production

Keith Vyse

Producer

Clifton Towns Sr.

Executive Producer

Marvin Towns Jr.

Executive Producer

Connor Schell

Executive Producer

Keith Clinkscales

Executive Producer

Michael Tollin

Consulting Producer

John Dahl

Executive Producer

Michelle Materre

Executive Producer

John Skipper

Executive Producer

Joan Lynch

Executive Producer

Laura Coxson

Producer

Chris Connelly

Consulting Producer

Bill Simmons

Executive Producer

Mark Durand

Producer

Deirdre Fenton

Associate Producer

Libby Geist

Associate Producer

Bradley Kaplan

Producer

Kristin McDowell

Associate Producer

Katie Sorohan

Production Manager

Sound

Joel Beckerman

Original Music Composer

Phil Hernandez

Original Music Composer

Chris Maxwell

Original Music Composer