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| 10/5/13 (Sa.) | 8:00 PM | HBO | N/A |
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| MUHAMMAD ALI'S GREATEST FIGHT (HBO)
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BROADCAST
HISTORY:
10/5/13
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STATUS:
telefilm/mini-series in the can |
DESCRIPTION:
(from HBO's press release, July 2013) MUHAMMAD ALI'S GREATEST FIGHT: This drama goes behind the closed doors of the United States Supreme Court as the nine Supreme Court Justices - Chief Justice Warren E. Burger (Frank Langella), Hugo Black (Fritz Weaver), William O. Douglas (Harris Yulin), John Harlan II (Christopher Plummer), William Brennan Jr. (Peter Gerety), Potter Stewart (Barry Levinson), Byron White (John Bedford Lloyd), Thurgood Marshall (Danny Glover) and Harry Blackmun (Ed Begley, Jr.) - decide the outcome of Muhammad Ali's landmark 1971 case. Justice Harlan, a respected jurist with 15 years on the Court, finds himself at odds with the Court's status quo after his perspective is challenged by the contemporary ideals of his new clerk, Kevin Connolly (Benjamin Walker). Executive produced by Frank Doelger, Tracey Scoffield and Jonathan Cameron; directed by Stephen Frears from a script by Shawn Slovo. Debuts Oct. 5. |
PRINCIPAL CAST INFORMATION:
· Barry Levinson as Potter Stewart
· Benjamin Walker as Kevin Kennedy
· Christopher Plummer as John Harlan II
· Danny Glover as Thurgood Marshall
· Ed Begley Jr. as Harry Blackmun
· Frank Langella as Warren E. Burger
· Fritz Weaver as Hugo Black
· Harris Yulin as William O. Douglas
· John Bedford Lloyd as Byron "Whizzer" White
· Kathleen Chalfant as Ethel Harlan
· Pablo Schreiber as Covert Becker
· Peter Gerety as William Brennan, Jr.
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CREW INFORMATION:
· Frank Doelger as EP
· Jonathan Cameron as EP
· Shawn Slovo as WRTR
· Stephen Frears as DIR
· Tracey Scoffield as EP
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GENRE(S):
· mow
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STUDIO INFORMATION:
· HBO Films
· SAF Films West
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