Dear Basketball (2017)
- Directed by
- Glen Keane
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 5 min
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 7.2 of 10 from 248 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A man looks back on his lifelong love of basketball from childhood to professional career. He says goodbye to the sport in a short animated film based on his retirement letter.
reflectivenostalgicintimatebittersweetearnestgentlepersonalanimated
What happens
Dear Basketball is a 2017 American animated film written and narrated by Kobe Bryant and directed and animated by Glen Keane, with music by John Williams. It is based on a letter Bryant wrote for The Players' Tribune on November 29, 2015, announcing his retirement from basketball. The film was distributed online through go90. It carries the same name as Bryant's retirement letter, and was made in partnership between Bryant's own Granity Studios and Believe Entertainment Group. It won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film at the 90th Academy Awards, the first Oscar win for any professional athlete, and the first Oscar win for Keane, a veteran Disney animator. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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