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Studio:Columbia Tri-Star
Director:Michael Mann
Screenwriter:Stephen J. Rivele, Christopher Wilkinson, Eric Roth, and Michael Mann
Story:Gregory Allen Howard
Producer:Paul Ardaji, A. Kitman Ho, James Lassiter, Michael Mann, Jon Peters
Director of Photography:Emmanuel Lubezki
Editor:William Goldenberg, Lynzee Klingman, Stephen E. Rivkin
Production:John Myhre
Music:Pieter Bourke
Cast:Will Smith (Cassius Clay/Cassius X/Muhammad Ali)
 Jamie Foxx (Drew "Bundini" Brown)
 Jon Voight (Howard Cosell)
 Mario Van Peeples (Malcolm X)
 Ron Silver (Angelo Dundee)
 Jeffrey Wright I (Howard Binham)
 Mykelti Williamson (Don King)
 JadaPinkett Smith (Sonji)
Awards:Nominated, Academy Award, 2001, Best Actor (Smith), Best Supporting Actor (Voight)
 Nominated, Golden Globe, 2001, Best Actor-Drama (Smith), Best Supporting Actor (Voight), Best Original Score, (Gerrand and Bourke)
 Nominated, Broadcast Film Critics Association, 2001, Best Picture, Best Actor (Smith), Best Supporting Actor (Voight)
 Won, MTV Movie Award, 2002, Best Male Actor (Smith)
 Color, 159 minutes.