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The Cine-Files

2 When We Were Kings

The Cine-Files

Steve Morris & John Rocha

Tv & Film

4.81.5K Ratings

🗓️ 24 June 2016

⏱️ 63 minutes

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This week, in honor of The Greatest, Steve & John tackle the 1996, Academy Award winning documentary, When We Were Kings. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thecine-files/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thecine-files/support Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0

Hi this is Steve from the Cinephiles. So a lot of you have been asking if you can find out what movie we're going to talk about next so you can watch it before the show.

0:08.0

So that's exactly what we're going to do.

0:10.0

Next time on the Cinephiles in honor of the greatest Mohammed Ali

0:14.5

we're going to talk about the fantastic Academy Award winning 1996 documentary

0:20.2

When We Were Kings. Now for those of you who haven't seen it, this film focuses on

0:25.3

what's arguably Ali's greatest fight, the rumble in the jungle, the battle

0:29.8

between Ali and George Foreman and Zaire. But the film's a lot more than that. It focuses

0:34.8

on music and culture at a time in America and the world where things were changing very fast.

0:40.3

It's definitely worth your time. Unfortunately, this one's a little tough to get.

0:44.0

It's not on any of the major digital services like Hulu, Amazon, Netflix, or iTunes.

0:48.7

The only way to get it is on DVD. So if you still have a Netflix DVD subscription you can get it that way or you might

0:55.1

be able to buy it online. But like I said, When We're Kings is definitely worth your time and

1:00.0

we have a great time talking about it on the cinephiles. We'll see you then.

1:03.0

Hello and welcome once again to the cineophiles where every week we enter the world of a classic film

1:16.0

explore its ideas, the filmmaking, its history, and the influence it's had on us today.

1:20.0

My name is Steve Morris. I'm a filmmaker and directing an instructor in Los Angeles, California.

1:25.0

Hello, I'm John Roca. I'm an actor, voice over artist, and host of shows and podcasts like this here in Los Angeles.

1:32.0

And today we're going to do something it's maybe a

1:34.1

little bit different. You know when we started recording the Synophiles just a few

1:38.2

weeks ago and we wanted to get a few shows in the can to get practiced and to be ready for when we're launching,

1:45.3

it's actually launching just a few days from now.

1:48.0

And then something happened a few days ago that made us want to do a film right away and that is the passing of

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