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Michael Jordan is getting the big screen treatment, or at least his shoes are. AIR, the new movie directed by Ben Affleck and starring Matt Damon, Affleck and Viola Davis, details how Nike and its fledgling basketball department convinced Michael Jordan to join their brand, a deal that would change business and sports forever. A tip for anyone who enjoys going to the movies but would love to make it cheaper — Is AIR streaming? AIR is still not available for streaming at this time, but we finally know when it is going to be. Prime Video announced on its Twitter feed that AIR will debut on the streaming service starting Friday, May 12. at What else to know about AIR In addition to Affleck, Damon and Davis, the AIR cast features Jason Bateman, Chris Tucker, Chris Messina, Matthew Maher and Marlon Wayans. Here is the official synopsis for the movie: " AIR reveals the unbelievable game-changing partnership between a then rookie Michael Jordan and Nike's fledgling basketball division which revolutionized the world of sports and contemporary culture with the Air Jordan brand. This moving story follows the career-defining gamble of an unconventional team with everything on the line, the uncompromising vision of a mother who knows the worth of her son's immense talent and the basketball phenom who would become the greatest of all time." The movie is receiving fantastic reviews, including 4.5 out of 5 stars in What to Watch's AIR review. Watch the trailer for the movie directly belo...

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. “I’m willing to bet my career on one guy,” Air— now streaming on Buy AIR When it premiered earlier this spring, Air earned a reported With Affleck sitting in the director’s seat, the Oscar winner stars as Nike founder and CEO Phil Knight. The film also stars Jason Bateman, Marlon Wayans, Chris Messina, Chris Tucker, and Academy Award winners Is Air Streaming Free on Prime Video? Yes. While movie fans can still catch the film on the big screen in theaters (and buy tickets ahead of time on Air for free on Prime Video with their Prime subscription. Don’t have a Prime membership yet? You can sign up for a Air for free during your trial month. Trending Amazon Studios Buy Amazon Prime Subscription Free Trial “It’s a freewheeling, feel-good story of how a failing company bet big and won even bigger, while also being a dead-serious burnishing of a mythology that united two corporate entities and gave birth to a subculture,” David Fear wrote in Rolling Stone‘s Air movie review. Fear continued, “Never mind that its main takeaway is that a shoe isneverjust a shoe — it’s also a branding exercise, an icon-making commodity, a bottom-line savior, a symbol, a statement, a work of art. That line of dialogue is still as aspirational as Jordan himself. This is a movie allegedly about a GOAT but really about the underdogs who pulled off an at-the-buzze...

• Share this article on Facebook • Share this article on Twitter • Share this article on Flipboard • Share this article on Email • Show additional share options • Share this article on Linkedin • Share this article on Pinit • Share this article on Reddit • Share this article on Tumblr • Share this article on Whatsapp • Share this article on Print • Share this article on Comment Before the film’s world premiere at the South by Southwest Film & Television Festival last month, “How do you tell a story about Michael Jordan and never see him?” he asked of the movie, which is billed as being inspired by true events. “When you are that person, when you become so much more than a hero or an athlete or even an icon, you start to become an idea to people. You touch them and just start to represent hope and excellence and greatness. You are one of a kind. And there is no way I was ever going to ask an audience to believe that anybody other than Michael Jordan was Michael Jordan. Which was also out of my own naked self interest, frankly, because I knew it would destroy the movie. You will see him [in archival clips] in the movie, but you will see Michael Jordan as he truly is in his authentic masterful genius which exists for all of us to see. It was a deliberate choice. I thought he was too majestic to have anyone impersonate him and – as I told him –‘You’re too old to play the part.'” In The Hollywood Reporter‘s recent cover story on Affleck, the actor-director added, “Jordan is too...

Movies about corporate legalities and closed-door meetings are rarely anyone’s idea of a good time, but there are ways to inject them with energy. Air, Affleck attaches himself to the sentimental, reaching for a narrative that recasts the deal between Jordan and Nike as the story of legendary Nike executive Sonny Vaccaro ( Air around the broad, feel-good themes of a standard sports drama despite no on-the-court action. Venue: SXSW Film Festival (Headliners) Release date: Wednesday, April 5 Cast: Matt Damon, Director: Ben Affleck Screenwriter: Alex Convery Rated R, 1 hour 52 minutes For most audiences, Air will be worth seeing just for the starry cast — particularly the reunion between Damon and Affleck. Their scenes possess a kinetic and intimate dynamism that the rest of the film approaches but doesn’t always match. The old friends are magnetic as Sonny — who’s in charge of the company’s flailing basketball division — and Phil try to take Nike to the next level. (Before signing Jordan, the shoe company held a meager 17 percent of the market compared to competitors Adidas and Converse.) Their conversations take place in Phil’s appropriately retro office (the production design is by François Audouy) and offer insights into how both executives tried to balance the imagination of Nike’s scrappy roots alongside its corporate ambitions. The film opens four years after Nike went public, a move that puts Phil at the behest of an omniscient board. In an early conversation, Phil re...

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. “I’m willing to bet my career on one guy,” Air— now streaming on Buy AIR When it premiered earlier this spring, Air earned a reported With Affleck sitting in the director’s seat, the Oscar winner stars as Nike founder and CEO Phil Knight. The film also stars Jason Bateman, Marlon Wayans, Chris Messina, Chris Tucker, and Academy Award winners Is Air Streaming Free on Prime Video? Yes. While movie fans can still catch the film on the big screen in theaters (and buy tickets ahead of time on Air for free on Prime Video with their Prime subscription. Don’t have a Prime membership yet? You can sign up for a Air for free during your trial month. Trending Amazon Studios Buy Amazon Prime Subscription Free Trial “It’s a freewheeling, feel-good story of how a failing company bet big and won even bigger, while also being a dead-serious burnishing of a mythology that united two corporate entities and gave birth to a subculture,” David Fear wrote in Rolling Stone‘s Air movie review. Fear continued, “Never mind that its main takeaway is that a shoe isneverjust a shoe — it’s also a branding exercise, an icon-making commodity, a bottom-line savior, a symbol, a statement, a work of art. That line of dialogue is still as aspirational as Jordan himself. This is a movie allegedly about a GOAT but really about the underdogs who pulled off an at-the-buzze...

Running time 112 minutes Country United States Language English Budget $70–90 million Box office $89.7 million Air is a 2023 American 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. Air had its premiere at Plot [ ] In 1984, Oregon-based While considering the basketball players chosen in the Following dinner with his friend After receiving a negative phone call from Jordan's agent After the meeting with Jordan and his parents is successful, Vaccaro learns that Adidas matched the offer while adding a Even though Vaccaro thinks the company's higher-ups would not accept this bonus, Knight is told he deems it necessary to ensure the endorsement. An epilogue reveals the Air Jordan exceeded Knight's expectations of $3 million in sales, earning $162 million Cast [ ] • • • • • • • • • • Julius Tennon as • Damian Young as • • • • • • • Production [ ] The screenplay was written by Alex Convery between 2020 and 2021, appearing on 2021's Air Jordan. Although not directly involved with the film, Jordan met with Affleck prior to the beginning of production and gave the project his blessing, asking for four changes to the script. Jordan asked for the inclusion of Music [ ] Main article: Affleck curated a playlist titled 1984 on Release [ ] Air was originally slated for a streaming-only release on Air was theatrically released in the United States on April 5, 2023, mak...

Before the film’s world premiere at the South by Southwest Film & Television Festival last month, “How do you tell a story about Michael Jordan and never see him?” he asked of the movie, which is billed as being inspired by true events. “When you are that person, when you become so much more than a hero or an athlete or even an icon, you start to become an idea to people. You touch them and just start to represent hope and excellence and greatness. You are one of a kind. And there is no way I was ever going to ask an audience to believe that anybody other than Michael Jordan was Michael Jordan. Which was also out of my own naked self interest, frankly, because I knew it would destroy the movie. You will see him [in archival clips] in the movie, but you will see Michael Jordan as he truly is in his authentic masterful genius which exists for all of us to see. It was a deliberate choice. I thought he was too majestic to have anyone impersonate him and – as I told him –‘You’re too old to play the part.'” In The Hollywood Reporter‘s recent cover story on Affleck, the actor-director added, “Jordan is too big. He exists above and around the story, but if you ever concretize him, if you ever say, ‘Yes, that’s Michael Jordan,’ we know it’s not, really. It’s fake. I thought if the audience brought everything they thought and remembered about him and what he meant to them to the movie and projected it onto the movie, it worked better.” And in a press statement, Affleck further expla...

Michael Jordan is getting the big screen treatment, or at least his shoes are. AIR, the new movie directed by Ben Affleck and starring Matt Damon, Affleck and Viola Davis, details how Nike and its fledgling basketball department convinced Michael Jordan to join their brand, a deal that would change business and sports forever. A tip for anyone who enjoys going to the movies but would love to make it cheaper — Is AIR streaming? AIR is still not available for streaming at this time, but we finally know when it is going to be. Prime Video announced on its Twitter feed that AIR will debut on the streaming service starting Friday, May 12. at What else to know about AIR In addition to Affleck, Damon and Davis, the AIR cast features Jason Bateman, Chris Tucker, Chris Messina, Matthew Maher and Marlon Wayans. Here is the official synopsis for the movie: " AIR reveals the unbelievable game-changing partnership between a then rookie Michael Jordan and Nike's fledgling basketball division which revolutionized the world of sports and contemporary culture with the Air Jordan brand. This moving story follows the career-defining gamble of an unconventional team with everything on the line, the uncompromising vision of a mother who knows the worth of her son's immense talent and the basketball phenom who would become the greatest of all time." The movie is receiving fantastic reviews, including 4.5 out of 5 stars in What to Watch's AIR review. Watch the trailer for the movie directly belo...

Movies about corporate legalities and closed-door meetings are rarely anyone’s idea of a good time, but there are ways to inject them with energy. Air, Affleck attaches himself to the sentimental, reaching for a narrative that recasts the deal between Jordan and Nike as the story of legendary Nike executive Sonny Vaccaro ( Air around the broad, feel-good themes of a standard sports drama despite no on-the-court action. Venue: SXSW Film Festival (Headliners) Release date: Wednesday, April 5 Cast: Matt Damon, Director: Ben Affleck Screenwriter: Alex Convery Rated R, 1 hour 52 minutes For most audiences, Air will be worth seeing just for the starry cast — particularly the reunion between Damon and Affleck. Their scenes possess a kinetic and intimate dynamism that the rest of the film approaches but doesn’t always match. The old friends are magnetic as Sonny — who’s in charge of the company’s flailing basketball division — and Phil try to take Nike to the next level. (Before signing Jordan, the shoe company held a meager 17 percent of the market compared to competitors Adidas and Converse.) Their conversations take place in Phil’s appropriately retro office (the production design is by François Audouy) and offer insights into how both executives tried to balance the imagination of Nike’s scrappy roots alongside its corporate ambitions. The film opens four years after Nike went public, a move that puts Phil at the behest of an omniscient board. In an early conversation, Phil re...