High Flying Bird

Watch: High Flying Bird

Unrated

1/27/20191h 30m

Premiere Release (US)

~ Play the game on top of the game. ~

Overview:

When an NBA lockout sidelines his big rookie client, an agent hatches a bold plan to save their careers -- and disrupt the league's power structure.

Director:

Steven Soderbergh

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Key words:

sports
basketball

Cast

André Holland

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Ray Burke

Zazie Beetz

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Sam

Melvin Gregg

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Erick Scott

Sonja Sohn

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Myra

Zachary Quinto

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David Starr

Glenn Fleshler

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Intimidating Seton Colleague

Jeryl Prescott

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Emera Umber

Justin Hurtt-Dunkley

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Jamero Umber

Caleb McLaughlin

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Darius

Bobbi Bordley

~ as ~

Freddy

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Reviews (1)

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Written 6 year(s) ago
7
The opening scene of High Flying Bird sets up a very unconventional sports movie. Both the NBA player and the agent are broke due to a lockout and they can't even pay a coffee bill. You'd think this world would be full of agents and players swimming in money, but no. The script by Moonlight scribe Tarell Alvin McCraney and the smooth, slick, iPhone filmmaking mastery of Steven Soderbergh make for a boardroom drama that's both engaging and educational. I loved the way the film approaches corporate greed, the struggle of basketball players in maintaining PR, and trying to find success by thinking out of the box. All in all, a solid film by a solid crew.