High Flying Bird (2019)
1h 30m | PG-13
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
Studio: Extension 765
Genre: Drama
Video: 720p
Cast
André Holland
as Ray Burke
Zazie Beetz
as Sam
Melvin Gregg
as Erick Scott
Sonja Sohn
as Myra
Zachary Quinto
as David Starr
Glenn Fleshler
as Intimidating Seton Colleague
Reviews
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.