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Ali The Rewatchables
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Half-Assed Internet Research

Smith as an Ali pallbearer, Smith and Mann contributing salaries after the budget overrun, Ali visiting the set, and Albert Hall’s roles in Ali and Malcolm X

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Approx. transcript time · 01:33:30Read transcript
  • Smith was an Ali pallbearer and Smith and Mann reportedly contributed salary money after the overrun.
  • Ali reportedly visited the set and praised Smith’s imitation.
  • Albert Hall plays Elijah Muhammad here and the composite Baines in Malcolm X.
Ali The Rewatchables
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Ali

Apex Mountain

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  • Ali is proposed as Smith’s apex, with Independence Day and Men in Black as the main counterclaim.
  • Hitch is argued as Smith’s purest movie-star peak.
  • The Insider is preferred as Mann’s apex, while the surrounding run is treated as his imperial phase.
Ali The Rewatchables
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Picking Nits

Reversed Ellis Quarry/MLK chronology; disputed Cosell Supreme Court notification; missing date cards; Ali’s too-fast Zaire speech

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Approx. transcript time · 01:40:00Read transcript
  • The Ellis Quarry fight is placed before MLK’s death despite occurring afterward.
  • The Cosell Supreme Court notification is questioned as dramatic license.
  • Frazier offering money is defended as true.
  • The speakers say the movie desperately needed dates.
  • Smith’s Ali speaks similarly throughout despite real slowing by the Zaire period.
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