HBO Films and the Muhammad Ali Center to Co-host the U.S. Premiere of "MUHAMMAD ALI'S GREATEST FIGHT" in Louisville, KY on Wednesday, October 2

HBO Films and the Muhammad Ali Center to Co-host the U.S. Premiere of "MUHAMMAD ALI'S GREATEST FIGHT" in Louisville, KY on Wednesday, October 2

Muhammad Ali, Lonnie Ali, Laila Ali and HBO Films President Len Amato scheduled to attend

HBO Films Premiere to kick off inaugural "Three Days of Greatness" Film Festival at the Muhammad Ali Center


WHAT: The invitation-only, U.S. premiere of HBO Films' MUHAMMAD
ALI'S GREATEST FIGHT presented by HBO and the Muhammad Ali
Center
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When Ali was drafted into the Vietnam War at the height of
his boxing career, his principled claim to conscientious
objector status on religious grounds led to a lengthy
legal battle that rattled the U.S. judicial system right
up to the highest court in the land. After being widely
denounced for his refusal to be drafted in the U.S.
military, Ali was stripped of his title, banned from the
sport and lost nearly four years of his boxing prime to
legal battles. Set in 1971, the film goes behind closed
doors of the United States Supreme Court as the nine
Supreme Court Justices decide the outcome of Muhammad
Ali's landmark appeal.


Directed by Academy Award(R) nominee Stephen Frears ("The
Queen") and written by Shawn Slovo ("A World Apart"),
MUHAMMAD ALI'S GREATEST FIGHT is executive produced by
Emmy(R) winner Frank Doelger (HBO's "Game of Thrones" and
"The Gathering Storm"), Emmy(R) winner Tracey Scoffield
(HBO's "The Gathering Storm") and Jonathan Cameron. The
story is inspired by the book of the same name by longtime
Muhammad Ali photographer/biographer Howard L. Bingham.


The star-studded cast includes Academy Award(R) winner
Christopher Plummer ("Beginners") as Supreme Court
Associate Justice John Marshall Harlan II, Academy
Award(R) nominee Frank Langella ("Frost/Nixon") as Chief
Justice Warren E. Burger and Benjamin Walker ("Abraham
Lincoln: Vampire Hunter") as Kevin Connolly, one of
Justice Harlan's clerks. Other cast includes Emmy(R)
nominee Danny Glover ("Freedom Song") as Justice Thurgood
Marshall, Golden Globe nominee Ed Begley Jr. as Justice
Harry Blackmun and Barry Levinson as Justice Potter
Stewart.


WHERE: Muhammad Ali Center

144 N. Sixth St, Louisville, KY 40202


WHEN: Wednesday, October 2, 2013

7:00 pm Reception

8:00 pm Screening


DETAILS: MUHAMMAD ALI'S GREATEST FIGHT debuts Saturday, October 5
(8:00-9:40 p.m. ET/PT) exclusively on HBO. For more on
the film, visit Facebook.com/HBO or Twitter: @HBO
#MuhammadAli
ABOUT "THE THREE DAYS OF GREATNESS"

The Ali Center will hold its inaugural "Three Days of Greatness" celebration which is comprised of a social justice film festival and first-ever humanitarian awards gala. The festival kicks off with HBO Films' U.S. premiere of Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight on October 2(nd). For more information please visit http://alicenter.org/awards.

Advance telephone and onsite interviews available
Media requests should be directed to: Valerie Harris, HBO,
404-966-2445 or valerie@kinseygrouppr.com

*Clip reels available for broadcast media

/PRNewswire -- Sept. 20, 2013/





SOURCE HBO

HBO

Web Site: http://alicenter.org/awards


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