# Ali the movie

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**Created:** [November 30, 2003, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ali-the-movie/216076 "2003-11-30T17:21:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mr\_Creosote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/74df32/32.png) [@Mr\_Creosote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Creosote)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2003, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ali-the-movie/216076/1 "2003-11-30T17:21:38Z")

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Just finished watching **Ali** the movie with Will Smith as the eponymous king of the ring.

I was wondering how true to life this is. The scenes in the ring must be particularly well documented, so is this a literal blow-by-blow account or a loose dramatisation of events?