Cine Club Ali-FR and SJ

Event Details:

Join us for UNB Saint John's winter 2021 film series screening of Ali, directed by Michael Mann and starring Will Smith (2001). The film will be introduced by Dr. Eric Weissman, Social Sciences, and you are invited to stay after the screening for the discussion. Open to all members of the UNB community.
Running time: 157 min.

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ABOUT THE FILM: "'IT'S a funny thing,' says Michael Mann, the director of 'Ali.' 'In Hollywood, the cliché used to be that if you made a movie with boxing in it, you had to be careful to say, "Oh, but it's about so much more than just boxing." Now I have a movie about the most famous boxer ever, and all I'm talking about is politics, the Vietnam War, the Black Muslims, rebellion. I have to remember to say, "Hey, wait, don't forget it has some great fight scenes."'" (NYT, 9 Sept. 2001)

WHAT THE CRITICS SAY: "A unique achievement. It has the unsurpassable merit of its main character, Muhammad Ali, who is both one of the most serious people in the world and one of the funniest. He is also a true artist of his sport, an athlete whose sense of style within the ring is one of the iconic creations of the age. But so, of course, is Ali’s public persona outside the ring." (Richard Brody, The New Yorker)

AWARDS:
—Academy Award nominations for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor
—Black Reel Awards for Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress; Best Original Soundtrack; Best Actor; Best Song From a Film, Best Screenplay, Adapted or Original; Best Film; Best Film Poster, 2001
—Broadcast Film Critics Association Award nominations for Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Picture, 2001
—Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor, 2001
—Best Sports Movie ESPY Award
—Golden Globe nominations for Best Original Score; Best Actor, Drama Will Smith; Best Supporting Actor
—Golden Reel Award nomination for Best Sound Editing - Music
—Golden Trailer Award, Best Drama
—2002 MTV Movie Award, Best Male Performance
—NAACP Image Awards, Outstanding Motion Picture, Outstanding Supporting Actor, Outstanding Actor, Outstanding Supporting Actress (nominated)
—Phoenix Film Critics Society Award, Best Editing
—PRISM Award for Theatrical Feature Film

This screening is open to all members of the University of New Brunswick community. Please use your UNB I.D. and login to this Microsoft Teams link: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_OTNhYTBjZDctNjIwOC00NTNiLTlmYjItNTRlNTNmZDlmMzNk%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22244e6ed2-339a-47f3-b95c-e45351c198b7%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22a5108f8d-7200-40c5-a7f2-fd62ff48703f%22%7d

This screening would not be possible without the generous sponsorship of the UNB Library and the Faculty of Arts, Saint John.

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