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Kill Gus Boulis's Killer?
Paul Brandreth didn't want to murder anybody. Or did he?
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City Hall Stinks
There's a war on Dinner Key, and Marc Sarnoff is a bomb-thrower.
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Mayor of the Nude Beach
So he's naked and in his seventies. He's still the coolest guy you'll ever meet.
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I Have HIV
But I'm not telling you, babe. Happy Valentine's Day!
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Vamos a Cuba!
Join us as we try to hitch a ride to the island before the gold rush strikes.
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Sarnoff Turns His Back on Blacks (20)
Coconut Grove's other half feels left out.
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Sarnoff Shmarnoff (14)
Commissioner Marc's claim to a famous bloodline just might be fiction.
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Jumping the Snapper (5)
Brosia boards the Mediterranean bandwagon, with mixed results.
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Cyclists Court Death Daily (55)
It's dangerous, but Miami is getting friendlier to bikes.
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Reel Wrap
Our critics review a sampling from week one of the film fest.
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Movie Magic City
The Miami International Film Festival may have finally arrived on Hollywood's radar.
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Vlogged to Death
Status update: Romero and his zombies are back to attack the Facebook generation.
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The Truth Won't Set You Free
Multiperspective, mega-annoying Vantage Point.
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Reel Wrap Redux
Week two at the Miami International Film Festival.
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The Little Film Festival That Could
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DQ Trumps blissberry on the Beach
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Massacre Victims Finally Win: $37 Million
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G. Love and the Special Sauce Hit Langerado
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Langerado Last Night: Matt Pond PA and the Walkmen
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Langerado: No Vampire! Denied!
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Ali Film Debuts in Miami
Born in Kentucky, Muhammad Ali was Made in Miami
By Patrice Elizabeth Grell Yursik
Published: November 15, 2007
Subject(s): Miami Beach, Muhammad Ali, Byron Carlyle Theater, Muhammad Ali: Made in Miami
Back in the day, he was Cassius Clay, a handsome and sharp young boxer with a smart mouth and a knack for showmanship. He had won the light-heavyweight gold medal at the 1960 Rome Olympics, but he hungered for a new title — Sonny Liston's world heavyweight championship, to be specific. Clay moved to the Magic City in search of reinvention, and he found it, all right. Shortly after coming here in 1960, the boyish Clay morphed into the man called Muhammad Ali, and courted controversy by contemplating conversion to Islam and hobnobbing with the likes of Malcolm X.
Muhammad Ali: Made in Miami is directed by local journalists Alan Tomlinson and Gaspar Gonzalez (the latter formerly of this very paper). The film captures those heady days when boxing was still celebrated as a noble sport, when showmanship and sportsmanlike joshing were still new to the ring. Ali found inspiration in the wrestling circuit's bravado, and drummed up attention for his 1964 bout by calling Liston an "ugly bear," among other endearing phrases. Ali's time in Miami in the early Sixties not only gave him the push he needed as an athlete, but also helped make him a star. Lucky locals will get to enjoy this astonishing WLRN-TV documentary months before it airs nationally. It'll be screened on local PBS stations beginning November 19. Friday night at 7:00, you can catch Ali floating like a butterfly on the big screen at the Byron Carlyle Theater, 500 71st St., Miami Beach. Admission is free, but seating is limited. Contact Margarette Adam at 305-995-2260 or visit ali.wlrn.org to RSVP.
