The best Drew Bundini Brown’s movies

Drew Bundini Brown

Drew Bundini Brown

21/03/1926- 24/08/1987
Today we present the best Drew Bundini Brown’s movies. If you are a great movie fan, you will surely know most of them, but we hope to discover a movie that you have not yet seen … and that you love! Let’s go there with the best Drew Bundini Brown’s movies.
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Shaft

Shaft
6.6/10
Cool black private eye John Shaft is hired by a crime lord to find and retrieve his kidnapped daughter.

The Color Purple

The Color Purple
7.7/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 18/12/1985
  • Character: Jook Joint Patron
An epic tale spanning forty years in the life of Celie, an African-American woman living in the South who survives incredible abuse and bigotry. After Celie's abusive father marries her off to the equally debasing 'Mister' Albert Johnson, things go from bad to worse, leaving Celie to find companionship anywhere she can. She perseveres, holding on to her dream of one day being reunited with her sister in Africa.

When We Were Kings

When We Were Kings
7.9/10
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 25/10/1996
  • Character: Himself
It's 1974. Muhammad Ali is 32 and thought by many to be past his prime. George Foreman is ten years younger and the heavyweight champion of the world. Promoter Don King wants to make a name for himself and offers both fighters five million dollars apiece to fight one another, and when they accept, King has only to come up with the money. He finds a willing backer in Mobutu Sese Suko, the dictator of Zaire, and the "Rumble in the Jungle" is set, including a musical festival featuring some of America's top black performers, like James Brown and B.B. King.

Shaft's Big Score!

Shaft's Big Score!
6/10
John Shaft is back as the lady-loved black detective cop on the search for the murderer of a client.

The Greatest

The Greatest
5.9/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 17/05/1977
  • Character: Himself
The Greatest is a 1977 film about the life of boxer Muhammad Ali, in which Ali plays himself. It was directed by Tom Gries and Monte Hellman. The song "Greatest Love of All", later remade by Whitney Houston, was written for this film and sung by George Benson. The movie follows Ali's life from the 1960 Olympics to his regaining the heavyweight crown from George Foreman in their famous "Rumble in the Jungle" fight in 1974.

Muhammad and Larry

Muhammad and Larry
7.1/10
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 27/10/2009
  • Character: Himself
In October of 1980 Muhammad Ali was preparing to fight for an unprecedented fourth heavyweight title against his friend and former sparring partner Larry Holmes. To say that the great Ali was in the twilight of his career would be generous; most of his admiring fans, friends and fight scribes considered his bravado delusional. What was left for him to prove? In the weeks of training before the fight, documentarians Albert and David Maysles took an intimate look at Ali trying to convince the world and perhaps himself, that he was still “The Greatest.” At the same time, they documented the mild-mannered and undervalued champion Holmes as he confidently prepared to put an end to the career of a man for whom he had an abiding and deep affection

Muhammad and Larry

Muhammad and Larry
7.1/10
Through the poetic lens of visionary filmmakers Albert and David Maysles, Muhammad and Larry explores the unique and poignant relationship between two great boxers and two remarkable men who were more than just competitors. They were once teacher and student, and remain close friends.

Muhammad Ali - Der lange Weg zurück

Muhammad Ali - Der lange Weg zurück
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 27/01/1974
  • Character: Self
He himself never expected it: Cassius Clay aka Muhammad Ali, an outsider and enfant terrible of the boxing world, fought against the odds to be world champion. The portrait of an exceptionally talented fighter – just before the peak of his career.

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