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Ali is a American biographicalsportsdrama film co-written, produced and directed by Michael Mann. The film focuses on ten years in the life of the boxer Muhammad Ali, played by Will Smith, beginning with his capture of the heavyweight title from Sonny Liston in and ending with his reclaiming the title from George Foreman in the Rumble in the Jungle fight of.

The project began in when producer Paul Ardaji optioned the movie rights to Muhammad Ali's life story.

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In , Ardaji visited Ali on his 50th birthday and persuaded him to allow a film to be made about his life. Nearing the end of his option period, Ardaji signed a contract with Sony Pictures, joining forces with producer Jon Peters as producing partner. In February , it was announced that Mann had taken over as a director, following his Academy Award nomination for The Insider.

Halfway through, he complains of a burning feeling in his eyes implying that Liston has tried to cheat and says he is unable to continue. Once Clay sees again, he dominates the fight and Liston quits before round seven, making Clay the second-youngest heavyweight champion at the time after Floyd Patterson. Clay spends time with Malcolm X and is invited to the home of Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad, where he is given the name Muhammad Ali, much to the disapproval of his father, Cassius Sr.

Ali marries Sonji Roi, an ex-Playboy Bunny, although she is not Muslim and does not abide sex segregation. Ali goes to Africa and meets up with Malcolm X, but later refuses to speak to him, honoring the wishes of Elijah. He is distraught over the assassination of Malcolm X. Upon returning to America, Ali fights Liston a second time and knocks him out in the first round.

He and Sonji divorce after she objects to various obligations Muslim women have. Ali then refuses conscription for the Vietnam War and is stripped of his boxing license, passport, and title, and sentenced to five years in prison. After marrying year-old Belinda Boyd and a three-year hiatus from boxing, his conviction is overturned in Clay v.