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Apr 5, 2023 · Air is a 2023 drama sport film directed by Ben Affleck and starring Matt Damon, Jason Bateman, and Ben Affleck. It tells the story of how Nike signed Michael Jordan in 1984 and changed the world of basketball and sports marketing.
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- 2023-04-05
Air is a 2023 American biographical sports drama film directed by Ben Affleck and written by Alex Convery. The film 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. It stars Matt Damon, Affleck, Jason Bateman, Marlon Wayans ...
- Alex Convery
- Ben Affleck
Air is a 2023 sports drama film directed by Ben Affleck and starring Matt Damon, Jason Bateman, and Ben Affleck. It tells the story of how Nike co-founder Phil Knight and basketball legend Michael Jordan revolutionized the sportswear industry.
- Matt Damon is Sonny Vaccaro. Affleck's longtime friend and longtime collaborator plays Nike marketing executive and basketball guru Sonny Vaccaro, who convinced Nike to sign Jordan with an unprecedented Air Jordan-birthing deal before his NBA career had even tipped off.
- Viola Davis is Deloris Jordan. Affleck cast the EGOT-winner as Jordan's mother Deloris at the insistence of the basketball superstar himself. "Michael Jordan was very adamant that the only person who was fit to play his mother was the best actor in the world — Viola Davis," Affleck told EW.
- Ben Affleck is Phil Knight. The Air director plays Nike chief Phil Knight, who co-founded the company — originally called Blue Ribbon Sports — in the mid-'60s.
- Chris Tucker is Howard H. White. In his first big-screen appearance since 2016's Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk, the Rush Hour star plays Howard H. White, Nike's primary liaison with NBA stars including Jordan and Charles Barkley.
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- Matt Damon as Sonny Vaccaro. Damon stars in Air was Vaccaro, a former sports marketing executive who tried to sign Jordan to a deal with Nike by winning over the athlete’s mother.
- Ben Affleck as Phil Knight. Affleck stars in the film as Knight, the co-founder of Nike Inc. who previously served as the chairman and CEO of the company.
- Viola Davis as Deloris Jordan. Deloris Jordan is the athlete’s mother. During the preproduction process, Jordan asked Affleck to cast Davis as his mom. While talking to THR, Davis explained that Deloris “brokered” her son’s “deal to get him a huge stake in the shoe and in turn, protected her son’s legacy.”
- Julius Tennon as James R. Jordan Sr. James R. Jordan Sr. was the NBA star’s father and the husband of Deloris. He died in 1993 when he was shot while taking a nap in his car.
Apr 3, 2023 · Learn about the real-life characters and actors who played them in the Ben Affleck-directed film Air, the story of how Nike created the most profitable basketball sneaker brand of all time based on the real people who lived it. Find out who played Sonny Vaccaro, Phil Knight, Deloris Jordan, Michael Jordan, and more.
Air is a drama about the Nike-Jordan partnership that changed the sports world. See the cast, trailer, critic and audience reviews, and where to watch this 93% Tomatometer movie.
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