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High Flying Bird
It is a dramatic story but of a different kind. This story talks about a sports agent that will do his best for pitching a rookie basketball client on an intriguing and controversial business opportunity. This man must kame new plane for do that during a lockout.
26 February 1943, Poughkeepsie, New York, USA
22 February 1959, Yakima, Washington, USA
February 13, 2002 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
February 08, 2019
Soderbergh's unorthodox film release and cheap, idiosyncratic shooting style are ideal fits for the director's fascinating, speculative story about the future of the NBA.
February 08, 2019
It's a slick story with a slick look to match. He shoots, he scores.
February 28, 2019
Whether you fly along with High Flying Bird depends a lot on if you're compelled by the dialogue-heavy scenes of Power Broker A facing off against Power Broker B. There are many.
March 07, 2019
It's a small-scale movie I don't think I'll be watching any time soon, but would definitely recommend it. One of the better sports movies I've seen in a while.
March 08, 2019
...there's a confrontational aspect to Soderbergh's style that adds unpredictable, angular tension to McCraney's writing.
February 13, 2019
The film's dense but fast-moving script, is also replete with references to the game's history - not least to the currents of protest and politics that have coursed through pro basketball since it was segregated.
March 02, 2019
A talky, constantly fist-bumping story...
February 08, 2019
Soderbergh has made a film about disruption that also aims to disrupt.
February 08, 2019
The power, the movie says, belongs to the players - and to paradigm-skewing artists looking to stir shit up.
February 14, 2019
High Flying Bird is a heady movie, full of political thought about sport, entertainment, race and power. Rather than float on production value, it sustains itself on the tension of ideas, exchanged rapid-fire in gleaming office towers.
March 08, 2019
What at first appears to be just an entertaining story in the style of Jerry Maguire... reveals hidden depths. [Full review in Spanish]