John Daly (producer) Falcon and the Snowman"), Ken Loach ("Hidden Agenda"); Harold Becker ("The Boost"); Gillian Armstrong ("High Tide"); Tim Hunter ("River's Edge") and James Foley ("At Close Range"). Under Daly, Hemdale made over 100 films, grossing over $1.5 billion. In 2004, Daly produced, co-wrote and directed "The Aryan Couple", starring Oscar winner Martin Landau, which received numerous awards at international film festivals. Daly also directed "The Box Collector" for Corsan Productions. In 1974, Don King was trying to promote "The Rumble in the Jungle" heavyweight boxing match between George Foreman and Muhammad Ali. He turned to Daly, who together with Video Techniques
George Foreman later charged that Angelo Dundee had loosened them, and this story is supported by Norman Mailer in the book "The Fight"), allowed Ali to lean back and away from Foreman's wild swings and then to clinch Foreman behind the head, forcing Foreman to expend much extra energy untangling himself. Ali also constantly pushed down on Foreman's neck but was never warned about doing so. To this day, it is unclear whether Ali's pre-fight talk of using speed and movement against Foreman had been just a diversionary tactic or whether his use of what became known as the "rope-a-dope" tactic was