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  • Starring: Don King, James Brown, Muhammad Ali
  • Summary: In 1974, the most celebrated American R&B acts of the time came together with the most renowned musical groups in Africa for a 12-hour, three-night long concert held in Kinshasa, Zaire. The dream-child of Hugh Masekela and Stewart Levine, this music
    festival became a reality when they convi
    nced boxing promoter Don King to combine the event with “The Rumble in the Jungle,” the epic fight between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman, previously chronicled in the Academy Award-winning documentary When We Were Kings. (Sony Classics) Expand
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  1. Reviewed by: Dan DeLuca
    100
    Explosively exciting film.
  2. Reviewed by: Philip Wilding
    80
    A real treat for fans of Ali and music alike.
  3. Anyone awed by 1996's "When We Were Kings" - and really, that should be anyone who's seen it - will consider this vivid companion piece essential viewing.
  4. Reviewed by: Neil Young
    60
    While there's an awful lot to like about this infectious celebration of a remarkable event featuring some superb, larger-than-life performers at the top of their game, the enterprise comes across as a bit of a missed opportunity.

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