the last round chuvalo vs. ali - new videomuhammad aliremains the country’s most beloved and...
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Muhammad Ali remains the country’s most beloved and popular fighter, pastand present. Previous documentaries on Ali’s historic fights, When We WereKings and Muhammad Ali vs. Trevor Berbick, have been top-selling DVDs.
THE LAST ROUND features some of boxing’s most legendary fighters,including Rocky Marciano, Floyd Patterson, and Ernie Terrel.
Contains rare, fast-paced archival footage and interviews with some ofsport’s most famous journalists, including Bert Sugar, Jimmy Breslin,and Robert Lipsyte.
Boxing is one of America’s most popular televised sports, with HBO andShowtime Pay-Per-View events drawing on average 200,000 homes per event.
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS SYLVIA SWEENEY AND LOUISE LORE ASSOCIATE PRODUCER ELIZABETH KLINCKORIGINAL MUSIC BY ALLAN KANE SOUND RECORDIST JOHN MARTIN NARRATED BY COLIN LINDEN CINEMATOGRAPHER MICHAEL ELLIS C.S.C.EDITOR CRAIG BATEMAN NARRATION WRITTEN BY STEPHEN BRUNT PRODUCED BY SILVA BASMAJIAN DIRECTED BY JOSEPH BLASIOLI
Everything else is pure fiction.®
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One of the most riveting and incredible documentaries ever made onthe sport of boxing, THE LAST ROUND chronicles the extraordinaryevents leading up to the day that George Chuvalo, a real life RockyBalboa type underdog from working-class Toronto, took on the manknown simply as “The Greatest,” Muhammad Ali.
Set against the backdrop of the turbulent sixties, the film tells theunbelievable yet true story of the “Battle of Toronto,” a legendary duelbetween the highly favored Ali and the unheralded Chuvalo. After 15 ofthe most memorable rounds in fighting history, Chuvalo earned a placein boxing immortality when Ali deemed him “the toughest man” he hadever faced. An award-winning film, THE LAST ROUND includes fastpaced archival footage from such famous fights as Ali vs. Sonny Listonand Chuvalo vs. Floyd Patterson plus colorful commentary from sportswriters Jimmy Breslin and Robert Lipsyte, boxing guru Bert Sugar, Ali’strainer Angelo Dundee, and his brother, Rachman Ali.
NOT RATEDNTSC
$24.95 srpDVD
SingleApprox. 100 mins.Color and B&W
catalog NVG-9574upc 7-67685-95743-1isbn 0-7670-6038-5
dvd features include: Filmmaker Biography � Interactive Menus � Scene Selection
The Last RoundCHUVALO vs. ALIThe Untold Story of the Fighter Who Took Muhammad Ali the Distance