When We Were Kings (1996) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Leon Gast.

Cast

• Muhammad Ali as Self
• George Foreman as Self
• Don King as Self
• James Brown as Self
• B.B. King as Self
• Spike Lee as Self
• Mobutu Sese Seko as Self
• Norman Mailer as Self
• George Plimpton as Self
• Malick Bowens as Self
• Lloyd Price as Self
• Miriam Makeba as Self
• Drew Bundini Brown as Self
• Odessa Clay as Self
• Howard Cosell as Self
• Wilton Felder as Self
• Wayne Henderson as Self
• Stix Hooper as Self
• Stewart Levin as Self
• Alan Pariser as Self
• Danny 'Big Black' Rey as Self
• Dick Sadler as Self
• Joe Sample as Self
• Philippé Wynne as Self
• Archie Moore as Self
• Lola Love as Self
• Patrice Lumumba as Self

Crew

• Leon Gast — Director
• Taylor Hackford — Producer
• Leon Gast — Producer
• Paul Goldsmith — Director of Photography
• Maryse Alberti — Director of Photography
• Kevin Keating — Director of Photography
• Roderick Young — Director of Photography
• Albert Maysles — Director of Photography
• Leon Gast — Writer

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