High Flying Bird (2019)

Living for the Cinema

English - March 16, 2023 16:00 - 15 minutes - 10.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 93 ratings
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As we are now in the midst of March Madness, let's revisit one of the more unsung basketball dramas of recent years which happens to feature VERY little actual basketball. Andre Holland stars as Ray Burke, a hot-shot NBA agent representing an aspiring rookie (Melvin Gregg) who is struggling to figure out what to do with himself as the beginning of his first season is delayed as as a result of a protracted lockout forced by the league's owners. Ray plots to figure out ways to both end the lockout AND a possible new way for the players to compete on the court SEPARATE from the League....and that's where the plot starts to thicken resulting in a sports drama which ends up focusing more on what happens OFF the court.

"LFTC" stalwart Steven Soderbergh helmed, edited, and shot this entire film on his IPhone - this is now our FIFTH episode featuring one of his movies, a podcast record! :) Also co-starring are Zazie Beetz, Sonja Sohn, Kyle MacLachlan, and the irreplaceable Bill Duke.

Host: Geoff Gershon

Editors: Geoff and Ella Gershon

Producer: Marlene Gershon

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