Leon Gast Leon Gast Leon Gast is an American documentary film director, producer, cinematographer, and editor. His documentary, "When We Were Kings" depicts the iconic heavyweight boxing match: The Rumble in the Jungle between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman. This film would go on to win the 1996 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature and the Independent Spirit Award. Gast co-directed the 1977 documentary, "The Grateful Dead Movie" with guitarist Jerry Garcia. The film captured the band's October 1974, five-night performance at the Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco. Gast also co-directed the 1983 film "Hell's Angels Forever," which focused on the notorious
Muhammad Ali: The Glory Years features "[s]ports writing at its best." Muhammad Ali: The Glory Years Muhammad Ali: The Glory Years is a 2003 biography of Muhammad Ali co-authored by Felix Dennis and Don Atyeo. The book is described as a photo-rich biography focussing on Ali's boxing fights starting from the age of 12 to his retirement. The book is based upon the authors's interviews with Ali, and also interviews with Ali's friends, family, opponents, and trainers. The book's coverage of Ali's boxing matches has been praised while the chapter on Ali's fight with George Foreman has been described as "an absolute classic." According to