Mind-Blowing Films That Are Based on Real People

Ali

Will Smith plays Muhammad Ali in this 2001 film about the trials and tribulations of Muhammad Ali's career. Smith studied boxing, bodybuilding, and Islam in order to get deep into his character. This movie covered ten years of Muhammad Ali's life, in which he won his title back from Sonny Liston, resisted being drafted in the Vietnam War and converted to Islam. 

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