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Watch a trailer for One Night in Miami. When underdog Cassius Clay, soon to be called Muhammad Ali, (Eli Goree), defeats heavy weight champion Sonny Liston at the Miami Convention Hall, Clay memorialized the event with three of his friends: On one incredible night in 1964, … Ali later parted ways with the Nation of Islam and embraced mainstream Islam. This scene from the movie is based on an actual news photo from that evening. 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With Kingsley Ben-Adir, Eli Goree, Aldis Hodge, Leslie Odom Jr.. A fictional account of one incredible night where icons Muhammad Ali, Malcolm X, Sam Cooke, and Jim Brown gathered discussing their roles in the Civil Rights Movement and cultural upheaval of the 60s. Six weeks after that night in Miami, Malcolm X announced his break with the Nation of Islam. Cooke insists his success and creative autonomy is itself an inspiration to the black community, and while he still cares about the black struggle in America, protest songs are not commercially viable. Cooke debuts "A Change Is Gonna Come" on The Tonight Show. The movie makes it seem like Brown retired from football soon after that night to focus on his budding acting career. The film is a fictionalized account of a February 1964 meeting of Malcolm X, Muhammad Ali, Jim Brown, and Sam Cooke in a room at the Hampton House, celebrating Ali's surprise title win over Sonny Liston. This article was amended on 12 January 2021 to clarify that, while the conversation in One Night in Miami … [12] On January 20, 2021, the official music video for "Speak Now" featuring Odom was launched. Yes. A knock at the door informs them that the press has gotten wind of the meeting. On February 25, 1964, the men are all in Miami for Clay's title bout against Sonny Liston. One Night in Miami, which just played at AFI Film Festival, is a well-acted and beautifully realized directorial debut for Regina King. Elsewhere, Malcolm X returns home and discusses his plans to leave the Nation of Islam with his wife, Betty. But in … Carlton ladles praise on "the great Jim Brown," but when Brown offers to help Carlton move some furniture, Carlton reminds Brown that "you know we don't allow niggers in the house." As they argue, it becomes clear that X's antagonism of Cooke is motivated, at least in part, by the activist's stress over his own life, especially his harassment by the FBI and fears about his schism with Elijah Muhammad. One Night in Miami... is a 2020 American drama film directed by Regina King in her feature film directorial debut with a screenplay by Kemp Powers based on his 2013 stage play of the same name. By early 1964 Malcolm X had grown disillusioned with Elijah Muhammad and wanted to form his own Muslim organization. It was a turbulent period in American history. The conflict between X and Cooke escalates. In July 2019, Deadline Hollywood reported Regina King would direct and executive produce filming Powers' screenplay. 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Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Acting Ensemble, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=One_Night_in_Miami...&oldid=1022057951, All Wikipedia articles written in American English, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. The film ends with a title card with a quote from X on February 19, 1965 about the inevitability of martyrs for the cause, and that he was assassinated two days later on February 21. [16] It has screened or been scheduled to screen at film festivals in Zurich,[17] London,[18] the Hamptons,[19] Mill Valley, Middleburg,[20] Chicago[21] and Montclair. [10], In September 2020, Odom said he had co-written the original song for the film, "Speak Now" with Sam Ashworth. a scene captured in a real-life photograph. Afterward, X invites the other three men to his motel room. Clay informs the men of his plans to announce his conversion to the Nation of Islam, causing more tension. Leslie Odom Jr. as Sam Cooke. The website's critics consensus reads: "A hauntingly powerful reflection on larger-than-life figures, One Night in Miami finds Regina King in command of her craft in her feature directorial debut. It stars Kingsley Ben-Adir, Eli Goree, Aldis Hodge, and Leslie Odom Jr. in the lead roles, with Lance Reddick, Joaquina Kalukango, Nicolette Robinson, and Beau Bridges in supporting roles. "For some reason the idea of the four of them together in a room really sparked my imagination. The film earned three nominations at the 93rd Academy Awards: Best Supporting Actor for Odom, Best Adapted Screenplay for Powers, and Best Original Song ("Speak Now"). A 1964 meeting of Malcolm X, Cassius Clay, Sam Cooke and Jim Brown is the subject of … No. ‘One Night in Miami’ Review: After the Big Fight, a War of Words. “One Night in Miami” is a fictional account. They also visited a diner, where Malcolm X went behind the counter to snap a picture of Clay surrounded by a crowd --. $15 rush tickets at the Box Office beginning two hours prior to show. One Night in Miami premiered at the Venice Film Festival on September 7, 2020, a first for an African-American female director. X confronts him with the success of Bob Dylan's "Blowin' in the Wind". It was. But in the movie, the relationship between fact and fiction is complicated. One Night in Miami is a fictional account of one incredible night where icons Muhammad Ali, Malcolm X, Sam Cooke, and Jim Brown gathered discussing their roles in the civil rights movement and cultural upheaval of the 60s. Their hopes of a party are dashed when X makes it clear they are the only ones he invited. President John F. Kennedy had been assassinated three months prior to the meeting in Miami. “One Night in Miami” is one of those dramas with a hooky, irresistible meeting-of-the-minds premise that places four legends in a single room, … In truth, he played two more full seasons. Amazon Studios will release it in 2020. He tells Clay that he is planning to form his own organization and asks him to join. A success, One Night in Miami moved to theaters around the country and across the Atlantic, along the way picking up three L.A. Returning home to Georgia, NFL player Jim Brown is received by family friend Mr. Carlton on a vast plantation. Odom is nominated for an Oscar for his performance. "[31] Owen Gleiberman of Variety praised the characters and the film's parallels to modern day, writing: "One Night in Miami is a casually entrancing debate about power on the part of those who have won it but are still figuring out what to do with it. [30], Kate Erbland of IndieWire gave the film an "A–" and said that "Yes, One Night in Miami often looks like the play it's based on, but King and her stars make the most of any stage-y limitations, and the filmmaker frequently turns her eye to well-assembled overhead shots and a graceful use of mirrors to keep her many characters in the frame all at once. Yet the core of 'One Night in Miami' actually happened. Regina King, Kimberly Hardin, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Eli Goree, Aldis Hodge and Leslie Odom Jr. There's an eerie convergence between the 1964 moment Regina King's "One Night in Miami" imagines -- where four African American icons meet at … When underdog Cassius Clay, soon to be called Muhammad Ali, (Eli Goree), defeats heavy weight champion Sonny Liston at the Miami Convention Hall, Clay memorialized the event with three of his friends: Malcolm X (Kingsley Ben-Adir), Sam Cooke … "Little details of the night show up in various biographies, one little fact that's true is that all they had was vanilla ice cream,", a bombing at a church in Birmingham, Alabama, had killed four young Black girls. In the movie, the four men emerge from their combative night with a renewed commitment to the fight against racial injustice. In the movie, Clay tells a group of reporters at the hotel after the fight that he's changing his name to Cassius X, describing Cassius Clay as a "slave name.". Summary: On one incredible night in 1964, four icons of sports, music, and activism gathered to celebrate one of the biggest upsets in boxing history. That night, Brown is a ringside commentator and Cooke and Malcolm X are in the crowd as Clay upsets Liston, making him the world heavyweight champion. He wants to spend some time reflecting on their accomplishments, but tension between him and Cooke arises. Sam Cooke, Jim Brown, Cassius Clay and Malcolm X did assemble for one special evening in 1964. The result is a night of passionate debate about religion, opportunity and their responsibilities as famous figures in fighting for equality for Black Americans. Another, influential civil rights activist Malcolm X, was weighing a split from the Nation of Islam. [5] The film was released in limited theaters by Amazon Studios on December 25, 2020, before being released digitally on Prime Video on January 15, 2021. I want to be with my own kind.". “One Night in Miami,” which will arrive on Amazon Prime on Friday, is a fictional account of a real 1964 meeting of four legends. [22], Amazon Studios acquired worldwide distribution rights to the film in July 2020. Brown discusses his plans to become a film actor, and wonders if it will go smoothly. $15 advance tickets, excluding Opening Night/Saturdays at 5:30pm. One Night in Miami, a new film from actress and director Regina King, dramatizes the hours that followed the boxer’s upset victory.Accompanied by Brown (Aldis Hodge), civil … One Night in Miami... is a 2020 American drama film directed by Regina King in her feature film directorial debut with a screenplay by Kemp Powers based on his 2013 stage play of the same name. The film is a fictionalized account of a February 1964 meeting of Malcolm X, Muhammad Ali, Jim Brown, and Sam Cooke in a room at the Hampton House, celebrating Ali's surprise title win over Sonny Liston. This was made clear in reviews of the play when it debuted in 2013 as well as the film it begat in 2020. during a New York City rally for Black nationalists. My initial intention was to write a book about their friendship but the thing that stumped me was that I couldn't get a lot of details about what they discussed in the room," Powers told, "It seems to me like perfect grist for the mill for a dramatic piece where these four titans are trapped in a room together, the idea being that the room becomes a ring with this four-way match.". The 'inspired by true events' label on a film should give audiences pause. When they leave, Cooke tells Brown that he has had similar thoughts about "Blowin' in the Wind" and has already written a song, but not yet performed it. [13], The film had its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival on September 7, 2020. It received critical acclaim, with praise for King's direction, the performances (particularly that of Ben-Adir and Odom), and Powers's screenplay. As new movies open in theaters during the COVID-19 pandemic, IndieWire … I see that there's no smoking and no drinking and their women wear dresses down to the floor. [14] It also screened at the Toronto International Film Festival,[15] where it was the runner-up for the People's Choice Award. "I go to a Black Muslim meeting and what do I see? Cooke expected his TV performance of the song to make a splash, but it was overshadowed two nights later by, Released two weeks later, "A Change Is Gonna Come" became an anthem of the civil rights movement. "[29] On Metacritic, it has a weighted average score of 83 out of 100, based on 51 critics, indicating "universal acclaim". A real-life meeting in 1964 between Malcolm X, Jim Brown, Sam Cooke and Cassius Clay is chronicled in the current film, "One Night in Miami," nominated for three Oscars. The only one of the famous foursome still alive, Brown just turned 85. Tickets will be held at Will … X harshly ridicules the music Cooke has produced since finding success. Actor Aldis Hodge, left, as football star Jim Brown. In the movie, Malcolm X slams Cooke for not using his music in the fight for racial justice. the Beatles' appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show, Cooke was shot dead during a dispute in a motel, played at the inauguration of Barack Obama. Together with NFL star Jim Brown and soul singer Sam Cooke, they gathered at the Hampton House, a popular hotel among Black celebrities at the time. Clay refuses, feeling betrayed by his mentor, and wondering if his conversion has been a ploy by X to attract attention to his new project. In the aftermath of the night, Clay officially changes his name to Muhammad Ali, while X's life is thrown into chaos as he suffers the consequences of his split with the Nation of Islam; his house is firebombed, but he completes his autobiography. Six weeks later the Nation of Islam's leader, Elijah Muhammad. [23] It was announced for a limited theatrical release in the United States on December 25, 2020, followed by its streaming release on Prime Video on January 15. Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture, Jess Wu Calder, Keith Calder and Jody Klein, Barry Robison and Mark Zuelzke and Janessa Hitsman, Amondre D. Jackson as L.C. One Night in Miami…is now playing at the Landmark at Merrick Park", "Come on and let the good times roll! "One Night in Miami" features (left to right) Leslie Odom Jr., Eli Goree, Kingsley Ben-Adir and Aldis Hodge. (CNN)On February 25, 1964, four African American icons met in a Miami hotel room for a night of revelry, bonding, arguments and ice cream. The Cleveland Browns won the NFL championship in December 1964 -- the last pro title won by any Cleveland team until LeBron James' Cavaliers did it in 2016. Drama Critics … Much of the rest of the movie, which mostly takes place in Malcolm X's hotel room, was invented. But screenwriter and playwright Kemp Powers researched the meeting for his 2013 play, "One Night in Miami," and wrote the. As Clay prepares to talk to the media, he asks X to come with him. One of them, the brash and flamboyant Cassius Clay (soon to change his name to Muhammad Ali) had just won the world heavyweight boxing championship in an upset at age 22. [28], On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 98% based on 320 reviews, with an average rating of 8.3/10. In the movie he urges Clay to join him, but Clay becomes resentful, accusing Malcolm of using the boxer's growing celebrity for his own ends. Eli Goree plays a young Cassius Clay in the movie. It usually means a heaping helping of fiction along with a smattering of truth. King also earned nominations for the Golden Globe Award for Best Director and the Critics Choice Award for Best Director. One Night in Miami est un film dramatique américain réalisé par Regina King et sorti en 2020.Première réalisation de l'actrice, le film est une adaptation de la pièce de théâtre du même nom de Kemp Powers, qui signe lui-même le scénario.. In "One Night in Miami," director Regina King imagined version of the February 25, 1964 encounter between four icons, Cassius Clay (Eli Goree) and soul legend Sam Cooke (Leslie Odom Jr.) … At the Copacabana in New York City, soul singer Sam Cooke suffers through a performance in front of a cold, all-white audience. “One Night in Miami” premiered at the 2020 Venice Film Festival. "I don't have to be what you want me to be," he said. It stars Kingsley Ben-Adir, Eli Goree, Aldis Hodge, and Leslie Odom Jr. in the lead roles, with Lance Reddick, Joaq… Brown leaves the NFL to pursue his movie career. One Night in Miami is the debut play written by Kemp Powers, first performed in 2013.It is a fictional account of the real night of February 25, 1964. One Night in Miami Awards and Nominations. [11] The official lyric video and single for "Speak Now" was released January 5, 2021. It pinpoints a pivotal moment in the lives of four, still nascent, Black American icons whose potential, thoughts and actions play out in the 90-minute, one … [8][9], Principal photography began in January 2020, in New Orleans, Louisiana. Directed by Regina King. [7] In January 2020, King announced casting Kingsley Ben-Adir, Eli Goree, Aldis Hodge, Leslie Odom Jr., and Lance Reddick in the lead roles. Clay chose to remain loyal to the group and turned his back on his mentor, essentially. "I'm free to be who I want. This is a well-acted and beautifully realized directorial debut. The three-time heavyweight champ, one of the most indelible figures of the 20th century, died five years ago at age 74. And then I come out on the street and you tell me I shouldn't go in there," he said. When underdog Cassius Clay, soon to be called Muhammad Ali (Eli Goree), defeats heavy weight champion Sonny Liston at the Miami Convention Hall, Clay memorialized the event with three of his friends: Malcolm X (Kingsley Ben-Adir), Sam Cooke … On February 25, 1964 in Miami Beach, Florida, heavyweight boxing champion Sonny Liston met Cassius Clay in the ring for the first of their two famous bouts. But in reality, Cooke had recorded "A Change Is Gonna Come", The scene at the end of the movie where he sings it on Johnny Carson's show actually happened three weeks before the night in Miami. On one incredible night in 1964, four icons of sports, music, and activism gathered to celebrate one of the biggest upsets in boxing history. X thinks Cooke has sold out the black community by pandering to white audiences, and Cooke refuses to feel guilty for his success. Oscars Best Picture Winners Best Picture Winners Golden Globes Emmys APA Heritage Month STARmeter Awards San Diego Comic-Con New York Comic-Con Sundance Film Festival Toronto Int'l Film Festival Awards Central Festival Central All Events in late January, almost a month before their meeting in Miami. Five months earlier. Cooke, Sam's brother, This page was last edited on 8 May 2021, at 06:20. Clay emerged victorious, earning the championship and skyrocketing the career of the man who would later be known as Muhammad Ali. Regina King’s One Night in Miami revolves around a constellation of Black talent that appeared at the Hampton House Motel in Overtown, Florida, on … The movie shows the beginning of its end. [24][25] The film premiered on December 25, only exclusively at the Landmark Theatre at Merrick Park in Miami,[26] before further expanding to select nationwide theaters on January 8, 2021, the week prior to its streaming release. Updated 1151 GMT (1951 HKT) April 25, 2021. In 1963, Cassius Clay nearly loses a boxing match to Henry Cooper at Wembley Stadium in London. One Night in Miami may not be an accurate account of the monumental hotel meeting between a group of Black American legends in 1964, but it … At that news conference, he also said he opposed integration -- a controversial stance at the height of the fight for equality. This momentous evening is chronicled in the current film, ", What transpired behind the room's walls that night remains a mystery. X is devastated to learn that Clay is having second thoughts about his conversion. Cooke responds by telling him about a song he'd written about civil rights. One Night in Miami is a fictional account of one incredible night where icons Muhammad Ali, Malcolm X, Sam Cooke, and Jim Brown gathered discussing their roles in the civil rights movement and cultural upheaval of the 60s. X meets with Clay in a hotel room before the fight, and the two pray in a traditional Islamic fashion. Unlikely. the 22-year-old held a press conference the next day, arsonists firebombed Malcolm X's Queens house. The four men really were friends and had gathered to celebrate Clay's victory hours earlier over the heavily favored Sonny Liston, a match depicted in the movie.