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Also known as Air: Courting A Legend
2023 film directed by Ben Affleck
OverviewAI-generated
Air is an American biographical drama film directed by Ben Affleck, who also produced it alongside David Ellison, Matt Damon and Peter Guber. Filmed in Santa Monica and Los Angeles, it stars Chris Tucker, Marlon Wayans, Chris Messina and Tom Papa, with cinematography by Robert Richardson and editing by William Goldenberg. Its production companies included Amazon MGM Studios, Mandalay Pictures and Skydance Media, which also distributed the film alongside Warner Bros. Pictures. Released on 5 April 2023 with a runtime of 112 minutes, Air had a budget of 80,000,000 and earned a revenue of 90,100,000. It holds a Rotten Tomatoes score of 92% and an IMDb rating of 7.4.
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Film · TMDB
7.3Discover the game-changing partnership between a then undiscovered Michael Jordan and Nike's fledgling basketball division which revolutionized the world of sports and culture with the Air Jordan brand.
Cast
- Matt Damon as Sonny Vaccaro
- Jason Bateman as Rob Strasser
- Ben Affleck as Phil Knight
- Chris Messina as David Falk
- Viola Davis as Deloris Jordan
- Julius Tennon as James Jordan
Themes
- sports
- based on true story
- basketball
- shoe
- national basketball association (nba)
- duringcreditsstinger
- 1980s
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Ben Affleck
- Written by
- Alex Convery
- Produced by
- David Ellison Jesse Sisgold Jon Weinbach Ben Affleck Matt Damon Madison Ainley Jeff Robinov Peter Guber Jason Michael Berman
- Starring
- Matt Damon Ben Affleck Jason Bateman Marlon Wayans Chris Messina Chris Tucker Viola Davis
- Cinematography
- Robert Richardson
- Edited by
- William Goldenberg
- Production companies
- Skydance Sports Artists Equity Mandalay Pictures
- Distributed by
- Amazon Studios (United States) Warner Bros. Pictures (International)
- Release dates
- March 18, 2023 ( 2023-03-18 ) ( SXSW ) April 5, 2023 ( 2023-04-05 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 112 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $70–90 million
- Box office
- $90.1 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- biographical film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Ben Affleck
- Cast member
- Dan Bucatinsky
- Production company
- Skydance Media
- Cinematographer
- Robert Richardson
- Filming location
- Los Angeles
- Duration
- 112
- FilmAffinity ID
- 966677
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- film editor
- William Goldenberg
- title
- Air
- distributed by
- Warner Bros. Pictures
- publication date
- 2023-03-18
- review score
- 73/100
- assessment
- Bechdel test
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Encyclopedic overview
Air is a 2023 American biographical sports comedy-drama film directed by Ben Affleck and written by Alex Convery. It is based on true events about the origin of Air Jordan, a basketball shoeline, of which a Nike employee seeks to strike a business deal with rookie player Michael Jordan. The film stars Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Jason Bateman, Marlon Wayans, Chris Messina, Chris Tucker, and Viola Davis.
The project was announced in April 2022 with Affleck set to direct, as well as star and produce alongside Damon with their newly formed production company Artists Equity. Principal photography took place between June and July 2022 with Affleck reuniting with his frequent collaborators cinematographer Robert Richardson and editor William Goldenberg. While Michael Jordan was not involved with the production, he did meet with Affleck, offering several suggestions, including the casting of Davis as his mother. Originally set to premiere on the streaming service Amazon Prime Video, distributor Amazon Studios opted to release the film theatrically first after positive test screenings, making it the first Amazon title since Late Night (2019) to be released in theaters without also premiering on Prime Video.
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