Jerry Izenberg

Jerry Izenberg

Sports Journalist

Movies for Jerry Izenberg...

Cassius X: Becoming Ali
Title: Cassius X: Becoming Ali
Character: Self
Released: October 13, 2023
Type: Movie
Cassius X puts a period of often-overlooked history into the spotlight – the period when Cassius Clay fought his way to achieving his lifelong dream of becoming World Heavyweight Champion while embarking on a secret spiritual journey.
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Blood Brothers: Malcolm X & Muhammad Ali
Title: Blood Brothers: Malcolm X & Muhammad Ali
Character: Self
Released: September 9, 2021
Type: Movie
From a chance meeting to a tragic fallout, Malcolm X and Muhammad Ali's extraordinary bond cracks under the weight of distrust and shifting ideals.
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Imagining the Indian: The Fight Against Native American Mascoting
Title: Imagining the Indian: The Fight Against Native American Mascoting
Character: Interviewee (Self)
Released: January 14, 2021
Type: Movie
Examining the movement that is ending the use of Native American names, logos, and mascots in the world of sports and beyond.
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Pariah: The Lives and Deaths of Sonny Liston
Title: Pariah: The Lives and Deaths of Sonny Liston
Character: Self
Released: November 15, 2019
Type: Movie
Overcoming the seemingly insurmountable odds that life threw his way, Liston became heavyweight champion of the world when he knocked out Floyd Patterson in 1962. Eight years later, he died but friends questioned the cause of his death.
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The Real Rocky
Title: The Real Rocky
Character: Self
Released: October 25, 2011
Type: Movie
Chuck Wepner is a liquor salesman from Bayonne, N.J., who drives a Cadillac with “Champ” vanity plates. A former New Jersey State Heavyweight Boxing Champion, he took abuse from Sonny Liston, got his nose broken by Muhammad Ali, and inspired Sylvester Stallone to write “Rocky” which won three Academy Awards. Wepner was left out of the “Rocky” glory, and his career took turn after strange turn as he worked to stay in the spotlight: he went on to fight Andre the Giant as “The Assassin” and boxed a 900 pound bear. Twice.
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Lombardi
Title: Lombardi
Character: Self
Released: December 11, 2010
Type: Movie
This compelling documentary explores the fascinating career and life of football's most revered coach, Vince Lombardi.
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Muhammad and Larry
Title: Muhammad and Larry
Character: Self
Released: October 27, 2009
Type: Movie
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
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Thrilla in Manila
Title: Thrilla in Manila
Character: Self
Released: November 11, 2008
Type: Movie
On October 1, 1975, World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Muhammad Ali was in the ring with his arch rival Joe Frazier for the third time. This fight in the Philippines, which has been nicknamed "Thrilla in Manila," is considered one of the most dramatic boxing matches in history - in the words of the voice-over, "They hated each other." With the help of archive material and eyewitness accounts (including Imelda Marcos), this documentary not only reconstructs the match, but shows us what was happening behind the scenes as well.
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Title: Ali's 65
Character: Self
Released: January 3, 2007
Type: TV
Documentary about Ali's life in 1965.
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Ali-Frazier I: One Nation... Divisible
Title: Ali-Frazier I: One Nation... Divisible
Released: August 17, 2000
Type: Movie
In sports history, there are moments that define the essence of competition. In boxing, it is a 1971 fight known as Ali-Frazier I. This documentary chronicles the events that led to what many call 'The Fight of the Century,' in which undefeated heavyweight champion Smokin' Joe Frazier went to war in Madison Square Garden against undefeated deposed champion Muhammad Ali.
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Muhammad Ali The Whole Story
Title: Muhammad Ali The Whole Story
Character: Self
Released: September 3, 1996
Type: Movie
Muhammad Ali. He is known as the most thrilling athlete of all time... he is known as The Greatest. The remarkable story of how he became one of the most loved, hated, intriguing, and controversial figures in American history is brought to life in the 6-hour series, Muhammad Ali: The Whole Story. Episode 1: Olympic Gold. Episode 2: The Youngest Heavyweight Champion. Episode. 3: Exile. Episode 4: The Road Back. Episode 5: The Rumble In The Jungle Episode. 6: The Thrilla In Manila.
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Sonny Liston: The Mysterious Life and Death of a Champion
Title: Sonny Liston: The Mysterious Life and Death of a Champion
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 1995
Type: Movie
The story of the life and career of boxer Sonny Liston, who rose from being a violent street enforcer for an organized crime ring to become the heavyweight champion of the world.
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Fallen Champ: The Untold Story of Mike Tyson
Title: Fallen Champ: The Untold Story of Mike Tyson
Released: February 12, 1993
Type: Movie
Fallen Champ: The Untold Story of Mike Tyson is a 1993 film made by acclaimed American documentary filmmaker Barbara Kopple. Though Tyson was in jail serving a sentence for rape, Kopple used existing interviews with the boxer, as well as her own extensive interviews with those closest to Tyson, to explore the man's history. The film traces Tyson's story from his troubled and tumultuous upbringing, through his rapid ascendancy in the ranks of the boxing world and his subsequent struggle with the trappings of fame. Fallen Champ earned Barbara Kopple a Directors Guild of America award as Best Documentary Director of 1993.