Trailer for HBO's MUHAMMAD ALI'S GREATEST FIGHT
HBO has released the first trailer for a new film they have made called Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight. It tells the story of Ali's Supreme Court battle to stay out of the Vietnam War.
If you're not familiar with the backstory, the boxer was drafted in the ’60s but he refused to go due to his religion and went on to declare himself a conscientious objector. Because of those actions, he was convicted of draft evasion and his title and boxing license were taken away from him. He went on to appeal the conviction which ended up in the Supreme Court, which is where the movie picks up.
It stars Christopher Plummer, Frank Langella, and Danny Glover, who play some of the Supreme Court justices. Ali is not played by any actor in the film. The filmmakers got really clever, and the boxing legend only appears in archival footage. Here's the synopsis:
MUHAMMAD ALI’S GREATEST FIGHT looks at Muhammad Ali’s historic Supreme Court battle from behind closed doors. When Ali was drafted into the Vietnam War at the height of his boxing career, his claim to conscientious objector status led to a controversial legal battle that rattled the U.S. judicial system right up to the highest court in the land.
The movie will premiere sometime in the fall. Check out the trailer!
