Thrilla in Manila

(2008)

★ 7.8 IMDb · 13 votes

Genres: Documentary

Year: 2008

Runtime: 90 мин

Country: United States of America

Director: John Dower

Cast: Joe Frazier, Мухаммед Али, Imelda Marcos, Buster Mathis, Buster Mathis, Larry Holmes, Лев Шрайбер, Jerry Izenberg

Plot

On October 1, 1975, World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Muhammad Ali was in the ring with his arch rival Joe Frazier for the third time. This fight in the Philippines, which has been nicknamed "Thrilla in Manila," is considered one of the most dramatic boxing matches in history - in the words of the voice-over, "They hated each other." With the help of archive material and eyewitness accounts (including Imelda Marcos), this documentary not only reconstructs the match, but shows us what was happening behind the scenes as well.