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Show .lai May is) v o x might not have a chance against the younger, tougher Foreman. Narration by writers Norman PG-1- 3 Mailer and George Plimpton fill this void in Ali's persona. Both he Ali .'the minute greeted and describe how the look in Ali's continoff the plane stepped the on end of At a time when blacks were ued until the fight eyes didn't always match the he was speaking how he words Zaire's still segregated from whites in October. 30, just before ' his fear in eloquent arrocloaked the United States, he was not monsoon season afraid of his African heritage. In a Foreman, on" the other hand gance. As the fight unravels the only viewed with "suspicion. His was was of he barbarians, profession a gentleman and a poet. When street thug enunciation was no point in the movie in which Ali wit. is silent Mailer and Plimpton people expected him to be a match for Ali's'sucker-punc- h an was he however, get inside Ali's head. The seamAmong sportscasters, beast, intelligent, three-to-on- e less role a and Foreman was editing makes their cominsightful compassionate . favorite. Howard Cosell said it ments believable, like they were . modelf f For all of these reasons and would be a 'miracle" if Ali won, really the Champ's thoughts more, Muhammad Ali is an to which he received a cutting after stepping into the ring. Even American legend. When We Were knowing the outcome of the response from Ali. We Were When covers it film which took 20 years Kings fight doesn't spoil the movie. Kings, a all." Director Leon Gast and When We Were Kings is riveting to make, travels to Africa and shows us what made Ali a leg- Executive Producer David until.the end. When Ali went into retireend. Sonenberg spent 20 years editing "I live in America but Africa is the film. The hard work leads to ment, he revealed he contracted Parkinson's Disease, an ailment the home of the black man," said a brilliant documentary profile. Ali in 1974, after it was Gast and Sonenberg don't that effects motor skills but not announced that he would fight attempt to tell the story of Ali's the mind. Many think the disGeorge Foreman in Zaire for the entire life. They simply show the ease is a result of Ali's boxing World Boxing Association title. I legend as he was in Zaire. career. Ali is now a silent, shaky man was a slave 400 years ago and Fortunately with a character as now I am going to fight among charismatic as Ali, this two-.- : with almost no resemblance to my brothers." What Ali doesn't month span reveals the Ghamp, the legend who pranced around in Zaire. Some say Ali's condmention is that his trip to Zaire inside and out. Ali a rnillion is as a serious shown came with $5 ition is a tragedy. The real fightprice tag. Ali was lauded upon arrival in er, a joking playboy, an endearing tragedy, however, would be if Zaire. He was known in the role model, a cocky competitor the, world was never introduced and a vicious aggressor toward to Muhammad Ali. When We nation as a great African champion and an outspoken critic of the those who attack him. None of Were Kings' reintroduces us to a imperialistic war in Vietnam. Ali's characters are contrived; he living legend and shows the digZairean president Mobutu Sese was too honest for insincerity. nity in a sport many think only Seko had recently seized power However, Ali tries to hide his causes destruction. from colonial Belgian rulers, fear. He refuses to admit that he Shan Fowler f y 1 X J making imperialism a hot issue in Zaire. .' Shouts of "Ali, Bomaye!" ('Ali, kill him," referring to Foreman) WHEN WE WERE KINGS - ' Director: Leon Gast Rating: Not Rated, Probable V ,.;( - " . - XX , v ' , 4 - - X r , X . L v xV MM : DDI n n - 4 K x Mi N . f O ; LnJD Fafifa - w tfV 'hdftl - V over the. top. This is probably ing wife, who desperately wants to because of Reitman's direction. have children. This is not Elaine Bennis Reitman, who successfully made (from "Seinfeld"). There, is also a terrific Schwarzenegger a comedy actor in cameo by Mel Gibson, which.needs to - . . Kindergarten Cop, pulls tightly on be seen to.be believed1". the reins, keeping the comedy sub Fathers' Day. may not be Crystal and dued without-sacrificina single .Williams' best work,4 but it leaves you laugh.; hoping they'll do anothermovie togeth-Crystal- 's . portrayal of Jack is like.' er; a posi-Whe- n Harry Met. Sally... . Why WRdopf didn't make a' cameo HarryJHe telljr Dale that he's been appearance goes unanswered. Without divorced twice before. Maybe he ; her, the 'movie seems incomplete. t . ' . really Vs Harry only he's changed Sam Denton' :?r?JS.' ' ' ' his name. Dale is Williams' kookiest role since.-- Parry in The Fishefr ',v. King. Williams is so :,.. d that ', .:.. even paranoid Dale v can t keep his mind g Tf'v--- v '';''' '-- f- f" FATHERS' DAY ly needs stability in his lifer..-- . y -' The two are contacted separately by Collette (Nastassja Kinski), a former lover of both of them 17' years earlier, who tells them her son, Scott (Charlie Director: Ivan Reitman Rating: PG-1- 3 i 7x? Billy Crystal and Robin Williams' star- ring in a film together? That leaves just Hofheimer), has run away. She also informs' both men that they are the boy's father" before imploring them to1 5 7 : one question: Where's Whooptf . In Fathers. Day, Crystal and Williams tinaiiy team up (both were in Kenneth Branagh's Hamlet, albeitin different scenes), and the result is surprisingly tame. That's not to say Fathers' Day isn't but compared to both ans prior work, tame is a perfect comedi- - description. plays Jack Lawrence; a find him. . pros-- : - - . penis-obsesse- out of his pants. worn Williams is a After following the same mostly fruit less leads, the two strangers eventually talented comedian, find out they are on the same ut once in a while" quest and should try ne join together in chasing after the punk kid who'may or may not be the son of Hdy without dick one of them. jokes. Crystal and Williams are hilarious and - Especially 5 successful comedic actors worthy among the individually, and together they are magic. They play supporting cast is ' off of each other as perfectly as Abbott Iu"a v and Costello, with' Crystal as the - She plays Jack's straight man and Williamsithe nut... .confused, but Amazingly though, the two never, go rnately understand- corn-funn- : note-Cryst- perous attorney with a penchant for g literally. 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