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







Wednesday, October 2, 2013 - Red
Carpet


6:15-7:00 PM: Red carpet photo
and interview opportunities
with Lonnie Ali, Laila Ali, Len
Amato (President, HBO Films),
Donald Lassere (President and
CEO, Muhammad Ali Center),
Michael Bolton (Musician,
Philanthropist), Louisville
Mayor Greg Fischer, Former
Kentucky Governor John Y.
Brown, Kentucky Philanthropist
Mark Hogg and others. Note:
Photo ops with Muhammad Ali at
6:35 pm, details provided
onsite.


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 -- Oct. 1, 2013/

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