Air

Name: Air
Genre: Drama, History
Released: 2023-04-05
Duration: 1 h 52 min
Rating: 7.4
Cast: Matt Damon, Jason Bateman, Ben Affleck, Chris Messina, Viola Davis

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Air (2023)

Timing: 1:52 (112 min)

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Video for the film Air — Star-Studded Roundtable Interview

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Release date

2023-04-05

Country

United States, Hong Kong

Production

Amazon Studios, Mandalay Pictures, Skydance Sports, Artists Equity, Vinik Productions, Puji Films

Genre

Drama, History

Budget

$90 000 000

Box office

$90 060 106

Website

https://www.amazon.com/salp/air?hhf

Director

Ben Affleck

Actors

Matt Damon, Jason Bateman, Ben Affleck, Chris Messina, Viola Davis, Julius Tennon, Damian Young, Chris Tucker, Matthew Maher, Gustaf Skarsgård
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Scenario

Alex Convery

Producer

Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Peter Guber, David Ellison, Jason Michael Berman, Madison Ainley, Jeff Robinov, Jeff Robinov, Dana Goldberg, Don Granger

Camera operator

Robert Richardson

Composer

Artist

François Audouy

Audition

Mary Vernieu, Lindsay Graham Ahanonu

Editing

William Goldenberg
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Short description

Discover 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.

What's left behind the scenes

To show faded colors at the beginning of the film (Matt Damon at the school team match), the footage was transferred to an old Beta video cassette (over 30 years old), and then the video was converted back to digital format.
Amazon originally planned to release the film exclusively on streaming, but it performed very well at preview screenings, and the company decided to release it theatrically.
Peter Moore (Matthew Maher), the designer of Air Jordan One, passed away on April 29, 2022, a month before filming began. He left Nike in 1987 and joined Adidas.
Matt Damon filmed with padding to make him appear heavier.
The film's screenplay was included in the "Black List" (of unrealized screenplays with high potential) in 2021.
Michael Jordan did not directly participate in the making of the film, but Ben Affleck consulted with him. According to Affleck, Jordan had only two requests – that Viola Davis play his mother, and that his old friend Howard White be included in the film's plot. Affleck had always wanted to work with Chris Tucker, so he was cast as White. Moreover, Tucker himself was friends with White.
It is reliably unknown who came up with the name of the Air Jordan brand.