Muhammad Ali will be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2024, Variety has learned exclusively.
Ali will be inducted during the Hall of Fame ceremony taking place on April 5 at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He will be inducted by his widow, Lonnie Ali. The ceremony will be livestreamed on Peacock beginning at 10 p.m. Et/9 p.m. Ct.
Ali dabbled in professional wrestling at different times in his career. He famously fought an exhibition match against Japanese pro wrestling legend Antonio Inoki in Tokyo in 1976. In the leadup to that matchup, he appeared at a Wwwf (now WWE) show, where he entered the ring and challenged Gorilla Monsoon. Ali would go on to appear as a special guest referee for the main event of WrestleMania I in 1985, which saw Hulk Hogan and Mr. T face off against Roddy Piper and Paul Orndorff. Ali also appeared...
Ali will be inducted during the Hall of Fame ceremony taking place on April 5 at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He will be inducted by his widow, Lonnie Ali. The ceremony will be livestreamed on Peacock beginning at 10 p.m. Et/9 p.m. Ct.
Ali dabbled in professional wrestling at different times in his career. He famously fought an exhibition match against Japanese pro wrestling legend Antonio Inoki in Tokyo in 1976. In the leadup to that matchup, he appeared at a Wwwf (now WWE) show, where he entered the ring and challenged Gorilla Monsoon. Ali would go on to appear as a special guest referee for the main event of WrestleMania I in 1985, which saw Hulk Hogan and Mr. T face off against Roddy Piper and Paul Orndorff. Ali also appeared...
- 3/11/2024
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Late musician John Lennon disliked late boxer Muhammad Ali because he made The Beatles “look really stupid”, claims photographer Harry Benson. The band met the boxer on their first trip to the US in February 1964, when they were both on the brink of megastardom, but the meeting reportedly didn’t go well as the legendary fighter — who was still known by his birth name Cassius Clay at the time — insulted the group, leaving them unimpressed.
Photographer Harry Benson had taken the ‘I Wanna Hold Your Hand’ hitmakers to meet Ali — who died in 2016 aged 74 — when he was preparing for his Sonny Liston fight and they were waiting to appear on ‘The Ed Sullivan Show’, reports femalefirst.co.uk.
He recalled to the New York Post newspaper’s Page Six column: “Ali dwarfed them. Just the repartee of Ali: ‘You think you’re good-looking? You’re not that good-looking – you’re tiny,...
Photographer Harry Benson had taken the ‘I Wanna Hold Your Hand’ hitmakers to meet Ali — who died in 2016 aged 74 — when he was preparing for his Sonny Liston fight and they were waiting to appear on ‘The Ed Sullivan Show’, reports femalefirst.co.uk.
He recalled to the New York Post newspaper’s Page Six column: “Ali dwarfed them. Just the repartee of Ali: ‘You think you’re good-looking? You’re not that good-looking – you’re tiny,...
- 2/13/2024
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
There’s a lot to enjoy, but nothing new, in this documentary that focuses on a key transitional period in Muhammad Ali’s life
Here to prove you can never have enough documentaries about Muhammad Ali is New York director Muta’Ali Muhammad, who has made a new film on the subject for the US’s Smithsonian Channel; it is entertaining, but perhaps unsure of what exactly it’s saying that is new. It focuses on the legendary boxer’s public life from 1959 to 1964, as he negotiated a new existence as world champion and member of the Nation of Islam, changing his name from Cassius Clay to (initially) Cassius X in a key transitional moment. It is written by Scottish author and producer Stuart Cosgrove, adapting his own 2020 book Cassius X: A Legend in the Making.
This perfectly watchable film moves with breezy fluency from Ali’s early years, the sensational...
Here to prove you can never have enough documentaries about Muhammad Ali is New York director Muta’Ali Muhammad, who has made a new film on the subject for the US’s Smithsonian Channel; it is entertaining, but perhaps unsure of what exactly it’s saying that is new. It focuses on the legendary boxer’s public life from 1959 to 1964, as he negotiated a new existence as world champion and member of the Nation of Islam, changing his name from Cassius Clay to (initially) Cassius X in a key transitional moment. It is written by Scottish author and producer Stuart Cosgrove, adapting his own 2020 book Cassius X: A Legend in the Making.
This perfectly watchable film moves with breezy fluency from Ali’s early years, the sensational...
- 10/11/2023
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
George R.R. Martin, the acclaimed author of the epic fantasy series A Song of Ice and Fire, which was adapted into the hit HBO show Game of Thrones, is not only a master storyteller, but also an avid fan of television. He has often praised the medium for its ability to create immersive and complex narratives, and has shared his opinions on various shows and episodes on his blog and in interviews. In this article, we will look at some of the TV episodes that Martin has named as his favorites over the years, and what makes them stand out for him.
The Sopranos Trailer “The Suitcase” from Mad Men: This episode from the fourth season of the critically acclaimed drama about the advertising industry in the 1960s focuses on the relationship between Don Draper (Jon Hamm) and Peggy Olson (Elisabeth Moss), as they work late into the night...
The Sopranos Trailer “The Suitcase” from Mad Men: This episode from the fourth season of the critically acclaimed drama about the advertising industry in the 1960s focuses on the relationship between Don Draper (Jon Hamm) and Peggy Olson (Elisabeth Moss), as they work late into the night...
- 9/2/2023
- by amalprasadappu
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Mike Nesmith always had a soft spot for The Monkees‘ only feature film, Head. The 1968 film was misunderstood by many critics and fans of the band who were used to the casual hijinks of the quartet’s NBC series. However, Nesmith discussed how the film had a hidden meaning missed by many. He claimed the film poked “a lot of fun at The Monkees’ expense.”
The Monkees in a scene from the feature film ‘Head’ | Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images Mike Nesmith shared in a rare interview the intentions of the movie ‘Head’
Mike Nesmith shared the purposes of the group’s first feature film in a rare interview with Monkees bandmates Micky Dolenz, Davy Jones, and Peter Tork for the Hy Lit Show. Head, he explained, poked “a lot of fun” at the expense of its stars.
“The most fun was the character assassination,” Nesmith said of the darker...
The Monkees in a scene from the feature film ‘Head’ | Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images Mike Nesmith shared in a rare interview the intentions of the movie ‘Head’
Mike Nesmith shared the purposes of the group’s first feature film in a rare interview with Monkees bandmates Micky Dolenz, Davy Jones, and Peter Tork for the Hy Lit Show. Head, he explained, poked “a lot of fun” at the expense of its stars.
“The most fun was the character assassination,” Nesmith said of the darker...
- 6/1/2023
- by Lucille Barilla
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Jim Brown, the NFL Hall of Famer and Civil Rights activist who turned to acting and appeared in films and TV shows ranging from The Dirty Dozen and I Spy to Draft Day, Mars Attacks! and The A-Team, died Thursday night in Los Angeles. His wife, Monique Brown, said in an Instagram post that he died peacefully, but she did not provide a cause.
Brown is considered among the greatest football players of all time. Drafted sixth overall in 1957 by the Cleveland Browns out of Syracuse University, his bruising running style redefined the running back position. As a rookie, he ran for 237 yards in a game against the Los Angeles Rams — a record that would stand until the 1970s.
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Among his myriad NFL records and milestones, he was the first to top 100 career rushing touchdowns and set single-season and career rushing...
Brown is considered among the greatest football players of all time. Drafted sixth overall in 1957 by the Cleveland Browns out of Syracuse University, his bruising running style redefined the running back position. As a rookie, he ran for 237 yards in a game against the Los Angeles Rams — a record that would stand until the 1970s.
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Among his myriad NFL records and milestones, he was the first to top 100 career rushing touchdowns and set single-season and career rushing...
- 5/19/2023
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
There is perhaps no greater sports underdog story in the history of cinema than "Rocky." Sports dramas had existed long before the 1976 classic, but Sylvester Stallone's beloved boxing flick has become the de facto blueprint for the genre ever since it was released. The film smartly and realistically portrays Rocky Balboa not as a reigning champion, but a down-on-his-luck amateur looking for his big break. It's fitting, then, that the character's primary inspiration, Chuck Wepner, was mostly known for his ability to take beatings instead of giving them.
Rocky Balboa has become so famous that it seems as if he was a real person, his statue proudly standing in front of the Philadelphia Museum of Art and drawing more visitors than the Liberty Bell. The boxer may have climbed the ranks in the sequels, but the original film's charm was the Italian Stallion's loss in the ring contributing to a victory in the soul.
Rocky Balboa has become so famous that it seems as if he was a real person, his statue proudly standing in front of the Philadelphia Museum of Art and drawing more visitors than the Liberty Bell. The boxer may have climbed the ranks in the sequels, but the original film's charm was the Italian Stallion's loss in the ring contributing to a victory in the soul.
- 3/25/2023
- by Andrew Housman
- Slash Film
When you make a movie with Michael Mann, you're likely going to become an expert in your character's field of expertise. James Caan had to study safecracking to a level where he could actually pull off a job. The cops and crooks in "Heat" went through such rigorous firearms training, Val Kilmer's on-the-fly reload mid-shootout has been singled out as textbook by military instructors. So when Will Smith got cast as Muhammad Ali, the preternaturally skilled heavyweight champion, Mann had him bulk up and get in the ring with prominent boxing contenders.
Though Mann's "Ali" was generally well-received when it was released in 2001, critics complained that it essentially told the same "Rumble in the Jungle" story as Leon Gast's Oscar-winning 1996 documentary, "When We Were Kings." In doing so, they overlooked what is easily the most technically detailed and accurate dramatization of "the sweet science" ever put to film.
Though Mann's "Ali" was generally well-received when it was released in 2001, critics complained that it essentially told the same "Rumble in the Jungle" story as Leon Gast's Oscar-winning 1996 documentary, "When We Were Kings." In doing so, they overlooked what is easily the most technically detailed and accurate dramatization of "the sweet science" ever put to film.
- 9/27/2022
- by Jeremy Smith
- Slash Film
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Roger E. Mosley, who portrayed Theodore “T.C.” Calvin, the helicopter pilot and buddy of Tom Selleck’s character on all eight seasons of the original Magnum, P.I., died Sunday. He was 83.
Mosley died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles of injuries incurred in a car accident in nearby Lynwood three days earlier, his daughter, Ch-a, told The Hollywood Reporter.
On the big screen, Mosley was at his most memorable as blues and folk singer Huddie Ledbetter (“The Midnight Special”) in the period piece Leadbelly (1976), directed by Gordon Parks. In his review, Roger Ebert wrote that Mosley played the part “with great strength” and called the film “one of the best biographies of a musician I’ve ever seen.”
Mosley also was a standout in blaxploitation films, playing the angry brother of the fresh-out-of-prison Goldie (Max Julien) in the classic The Mack...
Roger E. Mosley, who portrayed Theodore “T.C.” Calvin, the helicopter pilot and buddy of Tom Selleck’s character on all eight seasons of the original Magnum, P.I., died Sunday. He was 83.
Mosley died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles of injuries incurred in a car accident in nearby Lynwood three days earlier, his daughter, Ch-a, told The Hollywood Reporter.
On the big screen, Mosley was at his most memorable as blues and folk singer Huddie Ledbetter (“The Midnight Special”) in the period piece Leadbelly (1976), directed by Gordon Parks. In his review, Roger Ebert wrote that Mosley played the part “with great strength” and called the film “one of the best biographies of a musician I’ve ever seen.”
Mosley also was a standout in blaxploitation films, playing the angry brother of the fresh-out-of-prison Goldie (Max Julien) in the classic The Mack...
- 8/7/2022
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Roger E. Mosley, best known as the helicopter pilot Theodore “T.C.” Calvin in the CBS television series Magnum P.I., died early Sunday morning. No cause of death was given.
Mosley was on the original Magnum P.I. for its eight-year run, appearing in 158 episodes, then came back to the rebooted CBS series for a cameo as a different character.
Born in Los Angeles, he lived in the Watts neighborhood and attended Jordan High School
In addition to Magnum P.I., he appeared on the television shows Love Boat, Night Gallery, Sanford and Son, Kung Fu, Kojak, McCloud, The Rockford Files, The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams, Starsky and Hutch, You Take the Kids, Night Court, Hangin’ With Mr. Cooper, Walker, Texas Ranger, Rude Awakening, Las Vegas, Fact Checkers Unit and many more.
Mosley’s film credits included several Blaxploitation films, including The Mack, Hit Man, Sweet Jesus, Preacherman, Darktown Strutters and The River Niger.
Mosley was on the original Magnum P.I. for its eight-year run, appearing in 158 episodes, then came back to the rebooted CBS series for a cameo as a different character.
Born in Los Angeles, he lived in the Watts neighborhood and attended Jordan High School
In addition to Magnum P.I., he appeared on the television shows Love Boat, Night Gallery, Sanford and Son, Kung Fu, Kojak, McCloud, The Rockford Files, The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams, Starsky and Hutch, You Take the Kids, Night Court, Hangin’ With Mr. Cooper, Walker, Texas Ranger, Rude Awakening, Las Vegas, Fact Checkers Unit and many more.
Mosley’s film credits included several Blaxploitation films, including The Mack, Hit Man, Sweet Jesus, Preacherman, Darktown Strutters and The River Niger.
- 8/7/2022
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
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Bob Rafelson, the writer, director, producer and maverick who set the tone for the swinging, psychedelic 1960s with The Monkees, then was a pioneer in one of the most influential eras in the history of independent film, has died. He was 89.
Rafelson, who collaborated with Jack Nicholson on seven features, including the classics Easy Rider (1969), Five Easy Pieces (1970) and The King of Marvin Gardens (1972), died Saturday night of natural causes at his home in Aspen, Colorado, his wife, Gabrielle, told The Hollywood Reporter.
Rafelson earned Oscar nominations for co-writing and producing Five Easy Pieces and then, for an encore, produced Peter Bogdanovich‘s breakthrough hit, The Last Picture Show (1971).
Along with his late partner Bert Schneider, Rafelson created The Monkees, the touchstone NBC show that debuted in 1966. He conceived the idea of a program that mimicked the exuberance of The Beatles, specifically the...
Bob Rafelson, the writer, director, producer and maverick who set the tone for the swinging, psychedelic 1960s with The Monkees, then was a pioneer in one of the most influential eras in the history of independent film, has died. He was 89.
Rafelson, who collaborated with Jack Nicholson on seven features, including the classics Easy Rider (1969), Five Easy Pieces (1970) and The King of Marvin Gardens (1972), died Saturday night of natural causes at his home in Aspen, Colorado, his wife, Gabrielle, told The Hollywood Reporter.
Rafelson earned Oscar nominations for co-writing and producing Five Easy Pieces and then, for an encore, produced Peter Bogdanovich‘s breakthrough hit, The Last Picture Show (1971).
Along with his late partner Bert Schneider, Rafelson created The Monkees, the touchstone NBC show that debuted in 1966. He conceived the idea of a program that mimicked the exuberance of The Beatles, specifically the...
- 7/24/2022
- by Chris Koseluk
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
“Everybody talks about they wantin’ a piece of the pie, well I don’t. I want the goddamn recipe.”
One Night In Miami (2020) is currently available on Blu-ray on the Criterion Collection
Adapted by Kemp Powers from his acclaimed play, the feature directorial debut of Academy Award–winning actor Regina King puts viewers in a room with four icons at the forefront of Black American culture as they carouse, clash, bare their souls, and grapple with their places within the sweeping change of the civil rights movement. February 25, 1964, has gone down in history as the day that the brash young boxer Muhammad Ali (then known as Cassius Clay) defeated Sonny Liston, but what happened after the fight was perhaps even more incredible: Ali, civil rights leader Malcolm X, NFL great Jim Brown, and “King of Soul” Sam Cooke all came together at a Miami motel. Electric with big ideas and activist spirit,...
One Night In Miami (2020) is currently available on Blu-ray on the Criterion Collection
Adapted by Kemp Powers from his acclaimed play, the feature directorial debut of Academy Award–winning actor Regina King puts viewers in a room with four icons at the forefront of Black American culture as they carouse, clash, bare their souls, and grapple with their places within the sweeping change of the civil rights movement. February 25, 1964, has gone down in history as the day that the brash young boxer Muhammad Ali (then known as Cassius Clay) defeated Sonny Liston, but what happened after the fight was perhaps even more incredible: Ali, civil rights leader Malcolm X, NFL great Jim Brown, and “King of Soul” Sam Cooke all came together at a Miami motel. Electric with big ideas and activist spirit,...
- 12/9/2021
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
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There’s no better time to start putting together your holiday gift list. If you’re shopping for a movie buff this holiday season, the Criterion Collection will be releasing a few new movies on Blu-ray this month, including Regina King’s “One Night in Miami.”
The Criterion Collection version of King’s feature film directorial debut will be released December 7, which gives you plenty of time to pre-order the Blu-ray to give as a gift.
Adapted by Kemp Powers from his 2013 play, “One Night in Miami” shares a fictional take on a real-life meetup between Muhammad Ali, Jim Brown, Malcolm X, and Sam Cooke. The story unfolds at a Miami motel on...
There’s no better time to start putting together your holiday gift list. If you’re shopping for a movie buff this holiday season, the Criterion Collection will be releasing a few new movies on Blu-ray this month, including Regina King’s “One Night in Miami.”
The Criterion Collection version of King’s feature film directorial debut will be released December 7, which gives you plenty of time to pre-order the Blu-ray to give as a gift.
Adapted by Kemp Powers from his 2013 play, “One Night in Miami” shares a fictional take on a real-life meetup between Muhammad Ali, Jim Brown, Malcolm X, and Sam Cooke. The story unfolds at a Miami motel on...
- 12/2/2021
- by Latifah Muhammad
- Indiewire
A Ken Burns documentary on legendary fighter Muhammad Ali sounds like the perfect union between filmmaker and subject — it also sounds like a topic Burns would have tackled long ago. Ali’s is a name that hasn’t diminished, let alone in the five years since his death from Parkinson’s, and the iconic sports star is still considered one of the greatest fighters of all time. Burns’ documentary shows exactly why that is, but the nearly eight-hour series also manages to break down Ali as a man, his connections with religion, and the lives of the numerous contenders he sought to conquer.
Like most of Burns’ documentaries, “Muhammad Ali” is a fairly comprehensive life-to-death examination of its title character, and all the basic tenets you’d expect are there. What’s fascinating, and makes the documentary so watchable, is the various throughlines Burns posits, starting with Ali’s fighting skills.
Like most of Burns’ documentaries, “Muhammad Ali” is a fairly comprehensive life-to-death examination of its title character, and all the basic tenets you’d expect are there. What’s fascinating, and makes the documentary so watchable, is the various throughlines Burns posits, starting with Ali’s fighting skills.
- 9/19/2021
- by Kristen Lopez
- Indiewire
Though “Muhammad Ali” is debuting well after “The Last Dance,” it’s hard not to think of it as a sort of spiritual prequel to ESPN’s propulsive docuseries. “The Last Dance,” which detailed the rise of Michael Jordan as both a superstar athlete and unstoppable global brand, immediately became a sensation upon its April 2020 premiere. With Jordan on board as a subject, source and producer, “The Last Dance” told the story of a man, but also the story of the time and place in which he thrived. As an ever-charismatic Jordan gave his interviews from inside a seemingly palatial home, cigar and Scotch constantly at the ready, he made it easy to understand how he’d become such a colossal figure in sports and culture alike.
Co-directed by Ken Burns, David McMahon and Sarah Burns, “Muhammad Ali” never mentions Jordan in its reconstruction of Ali’s career and impact on the world writ large,...
Co-directed by Ken Burns, David McMahon and Sarah Burns, “Muhammad Ali” never mentions Jordan in its reconstruction of Ali’s career and impact on the world writ large,...
- 9/19/2021
- by Caroline Framke
- Variety Film + TV
“Blood Brothers” floats on perceptive interviews, rich archival photos and pointed newsreel footage. It stings, too, with its exploration of two iconic, uncompromising figures who were friends for (the film persuasively argues) too short a spell. Director Marcus A. Clarke used Randy Roberts and Johnny Smith’s “Blood Brothers: The Fatal Friendship Between Muhammad Ali and Malcolm X” as a touchstone for this documentary — available on Netflix — but also brought his own insights as a Black man in America to the work. The result is thought-provoking, resonant, often touching.
The duo envisioned by “One Night in Miami” were nearing the end of their deep bond when they celebrated Cassius Clay’s victory over Sonny Liston in the 1964 heavyweight title bout. Although Malcolm X was 16 years older, there were similarities. Each embodied curiosity. Each met white racism with gloves off. Both were verbal stylists. Ali waxed poetic. Malcolm X lit fires...
The duo envisioned by “One Night in Miami” were nearing the end of their deep bond when they celebrated Cassius Clay’s victory over Sonny Liston in the 1964 heavyweight title bout. Although Malcolm X was 16 years older, there were similarities. Each embodied curiosity. Each met white racism with gloves off. Both were verbal stylists. Ali waxed poetic. Malcolm X lit fires...
- 9/10/2021
- by Lisa Kennedy
- Variety Film + TV
Without question, Muhammad Ali (who died on June 3rd, 2016) transformed the world of sports. Winning the heavyweight title three times — beginning with his shocking upset of Sonny Liston in 1964, which made him the youngest boxer to unseat an incumbent heavyweight champion — Ali is considered, alongside Joe Louis and Sugar Ray Robinson, one of the best boxers ever to enter a ring. Though his pugilistic style was unorthodox and an affront to boxing purists at the time, his dazzling combination of speed and power revolutionized the sport, and most boxing observers...
- 6/3/2021
- by Mike Rubin
- Rollingstone.com
Leslie Odom Jr. is now a two-time Oscar nominee, earning recognition for his performance as Sam Cooke in “One Night in Miami” and for writing the film’s end credits song, “Speak Now.”
Odom recently joined his “One Night in Miami” co-stars, Eli Goree and Aldis Hodge, in speaking with Gold Derby editor in chief Tom O’Neil and editor Rob Licuria about the film’s continued relevance and working with writer Kemp Powers‘s source material and their experiences with director Regina King. Watch the exclusive chat above and read the complete transcript below.
Seesag Awards nominee profile: Leslie Odom Jr. (‘One Night in Miami’) could sing his way to first win
Gold Derby: The genius of this drama is that we know that all of these very famous people were there that night when Sonny Liston went down to Cassius Clay. We don’t know what happened and so,...
Odom recently joined his “One Night in Miami” co-stars, Eli Goree and Aldis Hodge, in speaking with Gold Derby editor in chief Tom O’Neil and editor Rob Licuria about the film’s continued relevance and working with writer Kemp Powers‘s source material and their experiences with director Regina King. Watch the exclusive chat above and read the complete transcript below.
Seesag Awards nominee profile: Leslie Odom Jr. (‘One Night in Miami’) could sing his way to first win
Gold Derby: The genius of this drama is that we know that all of these very famous people were there that night when Sonny Liston went down to Cassius Clay. We don’t know what happened and so,...
- 3/19/2021
- by Kevin Jacobsen
- Gold Derby
As usual, contenders in the Adapted Screenplay category are a varied bunch, with movies of all shapes and sizes adapted from plays, novels, memoirs, and a prior film.
Among the theater adaptations, auteurs have the advantage with Academy voters. Debuting at Sundance and relaunching at the fall festivals was “The Father” (Sony Pictures Classics), which French playwright-turned-director Florian Zeller adapted with Christopher Hampton from his popular stage play (“La Pere”). Anthony Hopkins plays an imperious old man who tussles with his daughter (Olivia Colman) as he struggles to keep track of his changing surroundings. The script landed a BAFTA nomination.
Regina King makes her feature film directing debut with “One Night in Miami” (Amazon Studios), adapted by Kemp Powers from his Olivier Award-nominated play. Right after Cassius Clay (Eli Goree) defeats heavyweight champion Sonny Liston in 1964, the boxer meets with Malcolm X (Kingsley Ben-Adir), Sam Cooke and Jim Brown (Aldis Hodge...
Among the theater adaptations, auteurs have the advantage with Academy voters. Debuting at Sundance and relaunching at the fall festivals was “The Father” (Sony Pictures Classics), which French playwright-turned-director Florian Zeller adapted with Christopher Hampton from his popular stage play (“La Pere”). Anthony Hopkins plays an imperious old man who tussles with his daughter (Olivia Colman) as he struggles to keep track of his changing surroundings. The script landed a BAFTA nomination.
Regina King makes her feature film directing debut with “One Night in Miami” (Amazon Studios), adapted by Kemp Powers from his Olivier Award-nominated play. Right after Cassius Clay (Eli Goree) defeats heavyweight champion Sonny Liston in 1964, the boxer meets with Malcolm X (Kingsley Ben-Adir), Sam Cooke and Jim Brown (Aldis Hodge...
- 3/17/2021
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
As usual, contenders in the Adapted Screenplay category are a varied bunch, with movies of all shapes and sizes adapted from plays, novels, memoirs, and a prior film.
Among the theater adaptations, auteurs have the advantage with Academy voters. Debuting at Sundance and relaunching at the fall festivals was “The Father” (Sony Pictures Classics), which French playwright-turned-director Florian Zeller adapted with Christopher Hampton from his popular stage play (“La Pere”). Anthony Hopkins plays an imperious old man who tussles with his daughter (Olivia Colman) as he struggles to keep track of his changing surroundings. The script landed a BAFTA nomination.
Regina King makes her feature film directing debut with “One Night in Miami” (Amazon Studios), adapted by Kemp Powers from his Olivier Award-nominated play. Right after Cassius Clay (Eli Goree) defeats heavyweight champion Sonny Liston in 1964, the boxer meets with Malcolm X (Kingsley Ben-Adir), Sam Cooke and Jim Brown (Aldis Hodge...
Among the theater adaptations, auteurs have the advantage with Academy voters. Debuting at Sundance and relaunching at the fall festivals was “The Father” (Sony Pictures Classics), which French playwright-turned-director Florian Zeller adapted with Christopher Hampton from his popular stage play (“La Pere”). Anthony Hopkins plays an imperious old man who tussles with his daughter (Olivia Colman) as he struggles to keep track of his changing surroundings. The script landed a BAFTA nomination.
Regina King makes her feature film directing debut with “One Night in Miami” (Amazon Studios), adapted by Kemp Powers from his Olivier Award-nominated play. Right after Cassius Clay (Eli Goree) defeats heavyweight champion Sonny Liston in 1964, the boxer meets with Malcolm X (Kingsley Ben-Adir), Sam Cooke and Jim Brown (Aldis Hodge...
- 3/17/2021
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
“The feeling was one of intense responsibility to represent these four icons and do them justice,” admits head of makeup and prosthetic designer Scott Wheeler about his work on “One Night in Miami” alongside his team including key makeup artist Sabrina Cruz Castro, hair department head Nakoya Yancy and key hair designer Barber Wayne Jolla, Jr.
“This was a universal feeling from Regina on down. I’m not going to use the word we used, but we were saying ‘we better not screw this up!’,” he smiles. “There was a lot of pressure in recreating these four amazing human beings.” Watch our exclusive video interview with Wheeler above.
See Exclusive Video Interview: Kemp Powers (‘One Night in Miami’ writer)
“One Night in Miami” is Oscar and four-time Emmy-winning actress Regina King‘s big-screen directorial debut, adapted by writer Kemp Powers from his 2013 stage play of the same name. The film...
“This was a universal feeling from Regina on down. I’m not going to use the word we used, but we were saying ‘we better not screw this up!’,” he smiles. “There was a lot of pressure in recreating these four amazing human beings.” Watch our exclusive video interview with Wheeler above.
See Exclusive Video Interview: Kemp Powers (‘One Night in Miami’ writer)
“One Night in Miami” is Oscar and four-time Emmy-winning actress Regina King‘s big-screen directorial debut, adapted by writer Kemp Powers from his 2013 stage play of the same name. The film...
- 3/5/2021
- by Rob Licuria
- Gold Derby
“If I was part of the conversation, I would ask, coming from my perspective, what they would think of the times today and what they would do to help us fix where we’re at,” reveals Aldis Hodge about the first thing he would say if he was in a room with the four Black icons at the center of “One Night in Miami.” “The question might be [in return],” he ponders, “why hasn’t that work been done and what hasn’t been accomplished?”
“One Night in Miami” imagines what might have happened when Cassius Clay a.k.a. Muhammad Ali (Eli Goree), Sam Cooke (Leslie Odom Jr.), Jim Brown (Hodge) and Malcolm X (Kingsley Ben-Adir) came together in a Miami hotel room after Clay defeated Sonny Liston in February of 1964. What transpires between these giants is a lively and timely discussion set against the backdrop of the tumultuous 1960s.
We talked with actors Goree,...
“One Night in Miami” imagines what might have happened when Cassius Clay a.k.a. Muhammad Ali (Eli Goree), Sam Cooke (Leslie Odom Jr.), Jim Brown (Hodge) and Malcolm X (Kingsley Ben-Adir) came together in a Miami hotel room after Clay defeated Sonny Liston in February of 1964. What transpires between these giants is a lively and timely discussion set against the backdrop of the tumultuous 1960s.
We talked with actors Goree,...
- 3/5/2021
- by Rob Licuria and Tom O'Neil
- Gold Derby
“We were giving it everything we had because we knew how important it was,” admits cinematographer Tami Reiker about working on “One Night in Miami,” which reflects on the social upheaval of the civil rights movement of the 1960s, and presciently contemplates certain parallels to the current political and cultural landscape in America.
“There were moments where you were in that room on set and you could feel the hair on the back of your neck stand up. It was so powerful. Afterwards when [Regina] called cut, you hear a pin drop because everyone was frozen. As a person working on set, everyone really wanted to be there and wanted this to be the best it could be.” Watch our exclusive video interview with Reiker above.
See Exclusive Video Interview: Kemp Powers (‘One Night in Miami’ writer)
“One Night in Miami” is Oscar and four-time Emmy-winning actress Regina King‘s big-screen directorial debut,...
“There were moments where you were in that room on set and you could feel the hair on the back of your neck stand up. It was so powerful. Afterwards when [Regina] called cut, you hear a pin drop because everyone was frozen. As a person working on set, everyone really wanted to be there and wanted this to be the best it could be.” Watch our exclusive video interview with Reiker above.
See Exclusive Video Interview: Kemp Powers (‘One Night in Miami’ writer)
“One Night in Miami” is Oscar and four-time Emmy-winning actress Regina King‘s big-screen directorial debut,...
- 3/4/2021
- by Rob Licuria
- Gold Derby
When editor Tariq Anwar first interviewed with Regina King to discuss “One Night in Miami,” they talked about transitions and music. Transitions were important to the first-time feature director, and temp music was important to the Oscar-nominated editor of “The King’s Speech” and “American Beauty.” It became part of a larger plan to get closer to Malcolm X (Kingsley Ben-Adir), Cassius Clay/Muhammad Ali (Eli Goree), Sam Cooke (Leslie Odom Jr.), and Jim Brown (Aldis Hodge) when they gather together in 1964 to celebrate Clay’s historic boxing defeat of Sonny Liston. But what transpired in Kemp Powers’ incisive adaptation of his acclaimed play was a soul-searching conversation about fame and activism.
“Regina was very focused on the transitions [to visually connect these four friends], and I love to use music when I’m editing because it helps me with the picture cutting,” Anwar said. “She had some reservation at first because music can be overly manipulative,...
“Regina was very focused on the transitions [to visually connect these four friends], and I love to use music when I’m editing because it helps me with the picture cutting,” Anwar said. “She had some reservation at first because music can be overly manipulative,...
- 2/26/2021
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
Regina King’s One Night In Miami has a fascinating approach to iconography. It anachronistically re-stages Muhammad Ali’s famous underwater photo by Flip Schulke three years after it actually happened, in order to move the photography session to the day of his historic fight with Sonny Liston. This is the day the film takes place, unfolding largely […]
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- 2/26/2021
- by Siddhant Adlakha
- Slash Film
Here’s what we know happened Feb. 25, 1964: 22-year-old Cassius Clay (soon to become Muhammad Ali) became the heavyweight boxing champion of the world by defeating Sonny Liston. Clay’s close friend, NFL superstar Jim Brown, was a ringside radio announcer. After the fight, Brown had planned a lavish celebration party that Clay nixed in favor of hanging out at a small Black motel along with his other friends, Malcolm X and Sam Cooke. We don’t know what they talked about, but the next morning Clay announced to the press that he had converted to the Nation of ...
- 2/23/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Here’s what we know happened Feb. 25, 1964: 22-year-old Cassius Clay (soon to become Muhammad Ali) became the heavyweight boxing champion of the world by defeating Sonny Liston. Clay’s close friend, NFL superstar Jim Brown, was a ringside radio announcer. After the fight, Brown had planned a lavish celebration party that Clay nixed in favor of hanging out at a small Black motel along with his other friends, Malcolm X and Sam Cooke. We don’t know what they talked about, but the next morning Clay announced to the press that he had converted to the Nation of ...
- 2/23/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
The image of “One Night in Miami’s” Malcolm X (Kingsley Ben-Adir), Cassius Clay/Muhammad Ali (Eli Goree), Sam Cooke (Leslie Odom Jr.), and Jim Brown (Aldis Hodge) huddled together in the Hampton House is an evocative snapshot of Black Power in 1964. The four friends came to celebrate Clay’s historic heavyweight championship defeat of Sonny Liston, but the night evolved into a soul-searching conversation about race, success, and social responsibility. Yet the strongest visual impression that director Regina King wanted to convey was that they looked like friends, which crucially carried over into the costume design of Francine Jamison-Tanchuck (best known for “White Men Can’t Jump” and “Glory”).
“When production designer Barry Robison and cinematographer Tami Reiker and I met with Regina, we discussed the color palette to know that it’s going to work for each character, and certain colors had to be considered because of their complexion,...
“When production designer Barry Robison and cinematographer Tami Reiker and I met with Regina, we discussed the color palette to know that it’s going to work for each character, and certain colors had to be considered because of their complexion,...
- 2/19/2021
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
With a career spanning more than 30 years, Kim Hardin is one of Hollywood’s top casting directors, with credits including “2 Fast 2 Furious,” “Hustle & Flow,” “Cadillac Records” and most recently, Regina King’s “One Night in Miami.” But Hardin is one of just a handful of Black casting directors in Hollywood.
“I’ve done all types of films and historical stories,” says Hardin, but working on “One Night in Miami” was particularly meaningful, she says, “diving into the depth of that historically, and looking at how apropos the moment is and what we’re going through and how much the world hasn’t changed.”
The film, which stars Leslie Odom Jr., Kingsley Ben-Adir, Eli Goree and Aldis Hodge as Sam Cooke, Malcolm X, Cassius Clay and Jim Brown, centers on a fictional night in 1964, as the four figures meet in a hotel room ahead of Clay’s fight...
“I’ve done all types of films and historical stories,” says Hardin, but working on “One Night in Miami” was particularly meaningful, she says, “diving into the depth of that historically, and looking at how apropos the moment is and what we’re going through and how much the world hasn’t changed.”
The film, which stars Leslie Odom Jr., Kingsley Ben-Adir, Eli Goree and Aldis Hodge as Sam Cooke, Malcolm X, Cassius Clay and Jim Brown, centers on a fictional night in 1964, as the four figures meet in a hotel room ahead of Clay’s fight...
- 2/19/2021
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
Anyone who saw “Hamilton” on Broadway knows that Grammy and Tony-winner Leslie Odom Jr. can hold the stage. He can hold the screen, too, although he admits that he’s not as comfortable with it. That isn’t stopping him; the 39-year-old Queens-native is chasing after “all the things no one would dare let me work on before ‘Hamilton,'” he said.
“Film acting is such a public way to learn, to experience trial and error,” he said. “It’s also new to me. I’ve only racked up a handful of film credits. Some of them have worked, some of them haven’t. I watched through my fingers.”
He didn’t have to do that with “One Night in Miami,” which matches the actor-musician with ’60s pop star Sam Cooke. Odom could wind up with two Oscar nominations, for Best Supporting Actor — he pops out of the ensemble of...
“Film acting is such a public way to learn, to experience trial and error,” he said. “It’s also new to me. I’ve only racked up a handful of film credits. Some of them have worked, some of them haven’t. I watched through my fingers.”
He didn’t have to do that with “One Night in Miami,” which matches the actor-musician with ’60s pop star Sam Cooke. Odom could wind up with two Oscar nominations, for Best Supporting Actor — he pops out of the ensemble of...
- 2/17/2021
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
Anyone who saw “Hamilton” on Broadway knows that Grammy and Tony-winner Leslie Odom Jr. can hold the stage. He can hold the screen, too, although he admits that he’s not as comfortable with it. That isn’t stopping him; the 39-year-old Queens-native is chasing after “all the things no one would dare let me work on before ‘Hamilton,'” he said.
“Film acting is such a public way to learn, to experience trial and error,” he said. “It’s also new to me. I’ve only racked up a handful of film credits. Some of them have worked, some of them haven’t. I watched through my fingers.”
He didn’t have to do that with “One Night in Miami,” which matches the actor-musician with ’60s pop star Sam Cooke. Odom could wind up with two Oscar nominations, for Best Supporting Actor — he pops out of the ensemble of...
“Film acting is such a public way to learn, to experience trial and error,” he said. “It’s also new to me. I’ve only racked up a handful of film credits. Some of them have worked, some of them haven’t. I watched through my fingers.”
He didn’t have to do that with “One Night in Miami,” which matches the actor-musician with ’60s pop star Sam Cooke. Odom could wind up with two Oscar nominations, for Best Supporting Actor — he pops out of the ensemble of...
- 2/17/2021
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
“One Night in Miami” premiered in theaters on Christmas Day last year and on January 15, 2021 it started streaming on Amazon Prime Video. It is Oscar and four-time Emmy-winning actress Regina King‘s feature directorial debut, adapted by writer Kemp Powers from his 2013 stage play of the same name.
The film imagines what would have happened if boxer Cassius Clay a.k.a. Muhammad Ali (Eli Goree), singer Sam Cooke (Leslie Odom Jr.), civil rights activist Malcolm X (Kingsley Ben-Adir) and NFL legend Jim Brown came together in a Miami hotel room after Clay defeated Sonny Liston in February of 1964. What transpires between these iconic men is a lively and timely discussion set against the backdrop of the tumultuous civil rights movement of the 1960s. Scroll down for our exclusive video interviews with top Oscar contenders from the film.
See If Leslie Odom Jr. wins an Oscar for ‘One Night in Miami,...
The film imagines what would have happened if boxer Cassius Clay a.k.a. Muhammad Ali (Eli Goree), singer Sam Cooke (Leslie Odom Jr.), civil rights activist Malcolm X (Kingsley Ben-Adir) and NFL legend Jim Brown came together in a Miami hotel room after Clay defeated Sonny Liston in February of 1964. What transpires between these iconic men is a lively and timely discussion set against the backdrop of the tumultuous civil rights movement of the 1960s. Scroll down for our exclusive video interviews with top Oscar contenders from the film.
See If Leslie Odom Jr. wins an Oscar for ‘One Night in Miami,...
- 2/16/2021
- by Rob Licuria
- Gold Derby
Aldis Hodge, Leslia Odom Jr, Kingsley Ben-Adir and Eli Goree in One Night In Miami
Set on a legendary night in February 1964 when Muhammad Ali (then still known as Cassius Clay), Malcolm X, Sam Cooke and Jim Brown came together for a discussion which preceded momentous change in each of their lives, Regina King’s One Night In Miami has made a big impression on film fans and critics alike and has garnered Golden Globe and SAG Award nominations for Leslie Odom Jr, who plays Sam. He was among the attendees at a press event last month, hosted by Ann Hornaday, at which screenwriter Kemp Powers and co-star Aldis Hodge, who plays Jim, discussed the importance of the film and what it meant to them.
“ The biggest known unknown for me was the fact that this night actually happened that on February 25 1964, after Cassius Clay beat Sonny Liston,” Kemp began,...
Set on a legendary night in February 1964 when Muhammad Ali (then still known as Cassius Clay), Malcolm X, Sam Cooke and Jim Brown came together for a discussion which preceded momentous change in each of their lives, Regina King’s One Night In Miami has made a big impression on film fans and critics alike and has garnered Golden Globe and SAG Award nominations for Leslie Odom Jr, who plays Sam. He was among the attendees at a press event last month, hosted by Ann Hornaday, at which screenwriter Kemp Powers and co-star Aldis Hodge, who plays Jim, discussed the importance of the film and what it meant to them.
“ The biggest known unknown for me was the fact that this night actually happened that on February 25 1964, after Cassius Clay beat Sonny Liston,” Kemp began,...
- 2/7/2021
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Films with historical relevance often depict Black pain as the singular monolith, but Amazon Prime Video's, One Night in Miami, directed by Regina King, flips the script, choosing to focus on the friendship and brotherhood between Black men during the tumultuous 1960s at the height of the Civil Rights Movement. One Night in Miami speaks truth to power on the importance of featuring the beauty and grace of Black joy.
Inspired by true events, One Night in Miami documents the infamous, destined meet-up of Muhammad Ali (Cassius Clay), Jim Brown, Sam Cooke, and Malcolm X on February 25th, 1964. In a delicate balance between fiction and non-fiction, the four men assemble in a hotel room after Cassius Clay's victory over Sonny Liston for an evening of celebration filled with candid conversation, disagreement, and optimism between these iconic figures. Legends in their own right, who were pioneers as activists, athletes, and artists,...
Inspired by true events, One Night in Miami documents the infamous, destined meet-up of Muhammad Ali (Cassius Clay), Jim Brown, Sam Cooke, and Malcolm X on February 25th, 1964. In a delicate balance between fiction and non-fiction, the four men assemble in a hotel room after Cassius Clay's victory over Sonny Liston for an evening of celebration filled with candid conversation, disagreement, and optimism between these iconic figures. Legends in their own right, who were pioneers as activists, athletes, and artists,...
- 2/6/2021
- by Ralinda Watts
- Popsugar.com
The Hollywood Reporter’s Mia Galuppo sat down with director Regina King, screenwriter Kemp Powers and stars Kingsley Ben-Adir, Eli Goree, Aldis Hodge and Leslie Odom Jr. to discuss their Amazon Studios film, One Night in Miami, in a THR Presents Q&a powered by Vision Media.
Powers’ stage play, on which the film is based, takes place strictly in a room at the Hampton House, the historic hotel in still-segregated 1960s Miami where Malcolm X and Cassius Clay stayed prior to the latter’s fight with Sonny Liston. While King’s film adaption expanded the story to include several other locations, like the hotel’s ...
Powers’ stage play, on which the film is based, takes place strictly in a room at the Hampton House, the historic hotel in still-segregated 1960s Miami where Malcolm X and Cassius Clay stayed prior to the latter’s fight with Sonny Liston. While King’s film adaption expanded the story to include several other locations, like the hotel’s ...
The Hollywood Reporter’s Mia Galuppo sat down with director Regina King, screenwriter Kemp Powers and stars Kingsley Ben-Adir, Eli Goree, Aldis Hodge and Leslie Odom Jr. to discuss their Amazon Studios film, One Night in Miami, in a THR Presents Q&a powered by Vision Media.
Powers’ stage play, on which the film is based, takes place strictly in a room at the Hampton House, the historic hotel in still-segregated 1960s Miami where Malcolm X and Cassius Clay stayed prior to the latter’s fight with Sonny Liston. While King’s film adaption expanded the story to include several other locations, like the hotel’s ...
Powers’ stage play, on which the film is based, takes place strictly in a room at the Hampton House, the historic hotel in still-segregated 1960s Miami where Malcolm X and Cassius Clay stayed prior to the latter’s fight with Sonny Liston. While King’s film adaption expanded the story to include several other locations, like the hotel’s ...
Kingsley Ben-Adir, Eli Goree, Aldis Hodge and Leslie Odom Jr. are the quartet at the center of “One Night in Miami,” but there is a fifth, unspoken star: the motel room. The Amazon film, based on the play of the same name, is a fictionalized account of a meeting between Cassius Clay (Goree), Malcolm X (Ben-Adir), Jim Brown (Hodge) and Sam Cooke (Odom) after the future Muhammad Ali defeated Sonny Liston (Aaron D. Alexander) for the heavyweight title in February 1964. The majority of the movie takes place inside the motel room, which is not exactly ideal from a production design standpoint. “Motel rooms are normally small and uninteresting for the most part. So the challenge was how to not have it be uninteresting,” Barry Robison tells Gold Derby at our Meet the Btl Experts: Film Production Design panel (watch above).
Robison first researched and sent his team to the real Hampton House in Miami,...
Robison first researched and sent his team to the real Hampton House in Miami,...
- 1/29/2021
- by Joyce Eng
- Gold Derby
The Movie: One Night in Miami Where You Can Stream It: Amazon Prime The Pitch: On February 25, 1964, the respected and heavily favorited Word Champion Sonny Liston stepped into the ring with a brash, charismatically obnoxious fighter named Cassius Clay. Kemp Powers’ 2013 award-winning play imagines an evening spent after the surprise victory by the […]
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- 1/29/2021
- by Jason Gorber
- Slash Film
Exclusive: “You ready for tonight?” Malcom X asks Cassius Clay about his upcoming title bout with the dangerous Sonny Liston at the beginning of Kemp Powers’ screenplay for One Night In Miami. “I been training three years for this fight. I’m as ready as a person can be,” the soon to be Muhammad Ali replies with his well-known bombast.
The directorial debut of Regina King, One Night In Miami is as its title advertises, but is also a tale for our times. Based on Powers’ play of the same name, the film focuses on the real-life post-fight celebration among Clay, Malcolm X, NFL legend Jim Brown and the arioso Sam Cooke in the Florida metropolis on February 25, 1964.
While the conversation, arguments, agreements and laughs from the group comes from Powers’ imagination and research, the occasion itself is a historical fact. The reality is that almost no one thought Clay was going to beat Liston,...
The directorial debut of Regina King, One Night In Miami is as its title advertises, but is also a tale for our times. Based on Powers’ play of the same name, the film focuses on the real-life post-fight celebration among Clay, Malcolm X, NFL legend Jim Brown and the arioso Sam Cooke in the Florida metropolis on February 25, 1964.
While the conversation, arguments, agreements and laughs from the group comes from Powers’ imagination and research, the occasion itself is a historical fact. The reality is that almost no one thought Clay was going to beat Liston,...
- 1/28/2021
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
In February of 1964, Cassius Clay defeated Sonny Liston at the Miami Beach Convention Hall to become the heavyweight champion of the world at the age of 22. He spent the night celebrating with Malcolm X, Jim Brown and Sam Cooke. Within two weeks of the fight, Clay announced his membership in the Nation of Islam and changed his name. Within a year, both Cooke and Malcolm X were shot dead. By the summer of 1966, Brown had retired from football at the age of 30. Based on the 2013 play by Kemp Powers, One Night in Miami offers a fictitious […]
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- 1/28/2021
- by Matt Mulcahey
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
In February of 1964, Cassius Clay defeated Sonny Liston at the Miami Beach Convention Hall to become the heavyweight champion of the world at the age of 22. He spent the night celebrating with Malcolm X, Jim Brown and Sam Cooke. Within two weeks of the fight, Clay announced his membership in the Nation of Islam and changed his name. Within a year, both Cooke and Malcolm X were shot dead. By the summer of 1966, Brown had retired from football at the age of 30. Based on the 2013 play by Kemp Powers, One Night in Miami offers a fictitious […]
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- 1/28/2021
- by Matt Mulcahey
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
“These four men, the reasons they’re icons is that they represent very specific ideas about Blackness, about manhood, about self-reliance,” explains “One Night in Miami” writer Kemp Powers about the icons at the center of this story. “The ideas they represent, the ideas can have the debate and use that to have this discussion, that has been had long before that night, this discussion that goes back to W.E.B. Du Bois and Booker T. Washington,” he declares. “It’s a discussion we’re still having today. And it’s what’s the best way forward for Black people in this country?”
We talked with Powers as part of Gold Derby’s special “Meet the Experts” Q&a event with key 2021 guild and Oscar contenders. Watch our interview above.
See Exclusive Video Interview: Eli Goree (‘One Night in Miami’)
Powers adapted “One Night in Miami” from his 2013 one-act stage play of the same name.
We talked with Powers as part of Gold Derby’s special “Meet the Experts” Q&a event with key 2021 guild and Oscar contenders. Watch our interview above.
See Exclusive Video Interview: Eli Goree (‘One Night in Miami’)
Powers adapted “One Night in Miami” from his 2013 one-act stage play of the same name.
- 1/27/2021
- by Rob Licuria
- Gold Derby
“It’s a beautiful story of brotherhood, just a display of Black men expressing themselves healthily in a space that we don’t get the opportunity to see Black men be,” says One Night In Miami director Regina King of what inspired her to make Kemp Powers’ play her feature directorial debut. “We don’t get to see that in cinema that often and here was an opportunity that if I can’t act in it, I can still be a part of it,” the Oscar and multiple Emmy winner added of the tale of a pivotal sit-down between Malcolm X, Cassius Clay, NFL legend Jim Brown and Sam Cooke.
King was speaking during Deadline’s Contenders Film awards-season event, which comes a day after what would have been Cooke’s 90th birthday. She was joined by Powers, who penned the screenplay for the Amazon Studios film that debuted on...
King was speaking during Deadline’s Contenders Film awards-season event, which comes a day after what would have been Cooke’s 90th birthday. She was joined by Powers, who penned the screenplay for the Amazon Studios film that debuted on...
- 1/23/2021
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
Muhammad Ali, Malcolm X, Sam Cooke and Jim Brown: four iconic figures, one hotel room, one long night of conversation. Though it isn't well known, this night actually happened. We don't know what they said there or to what degree it influenced their future decisions, but it's hard to imagine that its impact was small, especially in light of what was happening in their lives at the time. In this film, Kemp Powers explores what might have happened whilst director Regina King manages to deliver a lot more in this restricted setting than you might expect.
It's the 25th of February 1964, and Ali (Eli Goree) - then still going by Cassius Clay, or Cass to his older companions - has just beaten Sonny Liston to become Heavyweight Champion of the World. Just 22 and adorably full of himself, he's ready to celebrate, but not in a way that his friend.
It's the 25th of February 1964, and Ali (Eli Goree) - then still going by Cassius Clay, or Cass to his older companions - has just beaten Sonny Liston to become Heavyweight Champion of the World. Just 22 and adorably full of himself, he's ready to celebrate, but not in a way that his friend.
- 1/20/2021
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Regina King's One Night in Miami creates an emotionally intimate portrait of Muhammad Ali (Eli Goree), the legendary boxer who, shortly after becoming the heavyweight champion of the world, denounced the name Cassius Clay. Indeed, it was around the events of the film that the trailblazing Ali announced his new identity. The Amazon Prime movie, based on Kemp Powers's play of the same name, takes us to the night of Feb. 25, 1964, when the 22-year-old boxer famously defeated Sonny Liston. That evening, the young champion spent time with his friends Sam Cooke, Malcolm X, and Jim Brown. A month later, he announced to the world that he was Muhammad Ali. But why, exactly, did he change his name? After publicly joining the Nation of Islam, Ali put it in his own words: "Cassius Clay is a slave name."
During a press conference after his historic night, Ali first announced...
During a press conference after his historic night, Ali first announced...
- 1/15/2021
- by Stacey Nguyen
- Popsugar.com
It’s one of the most kinetic moments in One Night in Miami. As a character observes, the banter is over and friends are pulling out knives: Kingsley Ben-Adir’s Malcolm X just challenged Leslie Odom Jr.’s Sam Cooke on his responsibility as a Black artist to the Black community.
“You bourgeois negroes are too happy with your scraps to know what’s at stake here,” Malcolm says, demanding Sam take advantage of this elusive thing called celebrity and speak up for all those voices who never got a mic. Yet to Cooke—an artist with his own record label that keeps the rights of Black music in Black hands—this is the height of hypocrisy.
“Everybody talks about how they want a piece of the pie,” Sam counters. “Well, I don’t. I want the goddamn recipe.”
Even for a younger audience who may not be familiar with Cooke’s music,...
“You bourgeois negroes are too happy with your scraps to know what’s at stake here,” Malcolm says, demanding Sam take advantage of this elusive thing called celebrity and speak up for all those voices who never got a mic. Yet to Cooke—an artist with his own record label that keeps the rights of Black music in Black hands—this is the height of hypocrisy.
“Everybody talks about how they want a piece of the pie,” Sam counters. “Well, I don’t. I want the goddamn recipe.”
Even for a younger audience who may not be familiar with Cooke’s music,...
- 1/15/2021
- by David Crow
- Den of Geek
Image Source: Everett Collection
The casting for One Night in Miami is truly top notch. The Regina King-directed film is based on the stage play by Kemp Powers of the same name and follows a fictionalized conversation between four Black icons - boxer Cassius Clay (Eli Goree), football player Jim Brown (Aldis Hodge), soul singer Sam Cooke (Leslie Odom Jr.), and activist Malcolm X (Kingsley Ben-Adir) - on the historic night of Feb. 25, 1964 when 22-year-old Clay became the world's heavyweight boxing champion after defeating Sonny Liston. And if you were wondering: yes, that really is Odom Jr. singing.
The 39-year-old Tony winner perfectly embodies the essence of Cooke as he covers some of his classic hits and lets his voice shine throughout the film. Odom Jr. does this with such ease and grace, you almost forget he's playing a character. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Odom Jr. revealed...
The casting for One Night in Miami is truly top notch. The Regina King-directed film is based on the stage play by Kemp Powers of the same name and follows a fictionalized conversation between four Black icons - boxer Cassius Clay (Eli Goree), football player Jim Brown (Aldis Hodge), soul singer Sam Cooke (Leslie Odom Jr.), and activist Malcolm X (Kingsley Ben-Adir) - on the historic night of Feb. 25, 1964 when 22-year-old Clay became the world's heavyweight boxing champion after defeating Sonny Liston. And if you were wondering: yes, that really is Odom Jr. singing.
The 39-year-old Tony winner perfectly embodies the essence of Cooke as he covers some of his classic hits and lets his voice shine throughout the film. Odom Jr. does this with such ease and grace, you almost forget he's playing a character. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Odom Jr. revealed...
- 1/15/2021
- by Monica Sisavat
- Popsugar.com
Previously reviewed at TIFF 2020! Plot: Following his win over Sonny Liston, Cassius Clay (Eli Goree) - who would soon take the name Muhammad Ali - celebrates in a Miami motel room with friends Sam Cooke (Leslie Odom Jr.), Jim Brown (Aldis Hodge), and Malcolm X (Kingsley Ben-Adir). Review: One Night In Miami comes to TIFF hot on the heels of playing to rave reviews at Venice. There it made history…...
- 1/15/2021
- by Chris Bumbray
- JoBlo.com
With “One Night in Miami,” Regina King stands apart from many of her actor-turned-director peers, many of whom bring little with them behind the camera besides the emails of fellow A-listers who owe them a favor. King’s frequent episodic directorial gigs have clearly given her the wherewithal to make a feature film that’s ambitious in its storytelling, its visuals and its ideology.
For a first-timer to tackle a period piece featuring four cultural legends would be impressive enough, more so when said period piece is based on a four-guys-in-a room play that the screen adaptation livens up with musical performance, boxing sequences and massive crowd scenes. King doesn’t just take on these challenges; she succeeds at turning a property with a number of potential wrong turns into a vibrant historical tale tackling issues and controversies that remain tragically relevant nearly 60 years later.
There are plenty of plays...
For a first-timer to tackle a period piece featuring four cultural legends would be impressive enough, more so when said period piece is based on a four-guys-in-a room play that the screen adaptation livens up with musical performance, boxing sequences and massive crowd scenes. King doesn’t just take on these challenges; she succeeds at turning a property with a number of potential wrong turns into a vibrant historical tale tackling issues and controversies that remain tragically relevant nearly 60 years later.
There are plenty of plays...
- 1/15/2021
- by Alonso Duralde
- The Wrap
by Matt St Clair
Regina King’s directorial debut One Night in Miami is a wonderful departure from the traditional biopic formula. Instead of focusing on key events from the lives of the famous, One Night in Miami gives us a fictionalized, night-long conversation four iconic men might have been having at that exact moment in history. The titular night is February 25th, 1964, just after Cassius Clay’s boxing match with Sonny Liston and just before the famous athlete changed his name to Muhammad Ali.
Malcolm X (Kingsley Ben-Adir), Cassius Clay (Eli Goree), musician Sam Cooke (Leslie Odom Jr.), and former NFL player Jim Brown (Aldis Hodge) gather together in a motel room to discuss the weight they carry as celebrities to help create social change through the Civil Rights Movement. Thanks to the lead actors, along with genius writing by Kemp Powers who adapted his own play for the screen,...
Regina King’s directorial debut One Night in Miami is a wonderful departure from the traditional biopic formula. Instead of focusing on key events from the lives of the famous, One Night in Miami gives us a fictionalized, night-long conversation four iconic men might have been having at that exact moment in history. The titular night is February 25th, 1964, just after Cassius Clay’s boxing match with Sonny Liston and just before the famous athlete changed his name to Muhammad Ali.
Malcolm X (Kingsley Ben-Adir), Cassius Clay (Eli Goree), musician Sam Cooke (Leslie Odom Jr.), and former NFL player Jim Brown (Aldis Hodge) gather together in a motel room to discuss the weight they carry as celebrities to help create social change through the Civil Rights Movement. Thanks to the lead actors, along with genius writing by Kemp Powers who adapted his own play for the screen,...
- 1/15/2021
- by Matt St.Clair
- FilmExperience
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