Title: AliDirector: Michael MannRelease Date: December 11, 2011List of characters (actor name):• Will Smith as Cassius Clay, Jr. / Cassius X / Muhammad Ali• Jamie Foxx as Drew Bundini Brown • Jon Voight as Howard Cosell • Mario Van Peebles as Malcolm X • Ron Silver as Angelo Dundee • Jeffrey Wright as Howard Bingham • Mykelti Williamson as Don King • Jada Pinkett Smith as Sonji Roi • Nona Gaye as Belinda/Khalilah Ali • Michael Michele as Veronica Porsche • Joe Morton as Chauncey Eskridge • Paul Rodriguez as Dr. Ferdie Pacheco • Bruce McGill as by Bradley • Barry Shabaka Henley as Herbert Muhammad • Giancarlo Esposito as Cassius Clay, Sr. • Laurence Mason as Luis Sarria • LeVar Burton as Martin Luther King Jr. • Albert Hall as Elijah Muhammad • David Cubitt as Robert Lipsyte • Michael Bentt as Sonny Liston • James Toney as Joe Frazier • Charles Shufford as George Foreman • Robert Sale as Jerry Quarry • Candy Ann Brown as Odessa • David Haines as Rudy Clay / Rahaman Ali • Leon Robinson as Joe Smiley • David Elliott as Sam Cooke • Shari Watson as Singer • Malick Bowens as Joseph Mobutu • Zaa Nkweta as Foreman Fight Announcer • Brandon T. Jackson as Club Goer (uncredited) • Victoria Dillard as Betty (Molcom X's wife). Sources: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0248667/ Plot Summary: The film begins with Cassius Clay Jr. before his championship debut against then heavyweight champion Sonny Liston. Cassius Clay enters the fight as an underdog and is able to dominate the first rounds of the match, but halfway through the fight Clay complains of a burning sensation in his eyes due to Sonny Liston's attempt to blind Cassius with a substance on his glove . Cassius regains his sight and easily masters... middle of paper... deals with Parkinson's disease and delves into more detail about his relationship with his family. Michael Mann does a good job of incorporating scenes where there isn't much going on with music to help set the mood of the scene. Michael Mann's choice of cast is also excellent, with actors such as Will Smith and Jamie Foxx. Will Smith does an excellent job of showing an almost uncanny mastery of the mannerisms and speech patterns of the real Ali. Ali is an inspiring and encouraging film that allows the viewer to get a closer look at Muhammad Ali's boxing career and legal turmoil. Michael Mann could improve this film by also focusing on Muhammad Ali's personal life outside of boxing and court trials. The strengths of this film were the excellent acting and the intense boxing scenes that made the viewer feel as if they were actually watching a real boxing match..