When We Were Kings (1996)
Directed by Leon Gast
It's 1974. Muhammad Ali is 32 and thought by many to be past his prime. George Foreman is ten years younger and the heavyweight champion of the world. Promoter Don King wants to make a name for himself and offers both fighters five million dollars apiece to fight one another, and when they accept, King has only to come up with the money. He finds a willing backer in Mobutu Sese Suko, the dictator of Zaire, and the "Rumble in the Jungle" is set, including a musical festival featuring some of America's top black performers, like James Brown and B.B. King.
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What follows are guerilla war sequences that are brilliantly and convincingly staged by the director, Taylor Hackford ("The Devil's Advocate", 1997; "When We Were Kings", 1996), who went to well-deserved pains to keep all the relationships clear and maximized.