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
The Rumble in the Jungle dubbed the rope-a-dope). As a result, Foreman spent his energy throwing punches (without earning points) that either did not hit Ali or were deflected in a way that made it difficult for Foreman to hit Ali's head, while sapping Foreman's strength due to the large number of punches he threw. This loss of energy was key to Ali's "rope-a-dope" tactic. Meanwhile, Ali took every opportunity to shoot straight punches to Foreman's face (which was soon visibly puffy). When the two fighters were locked in clinches, Ali consistently out-wrestled Foreman, using tactics such as leaning on Foreman to make Foreman support