High Flying Bird (2019)

Directed by

Steven Soderbergh

Genre

drama film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 30m

Rated

R

Rating

5.7 of 10 from 255 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A sports agent has 72 hours to hatch a risky plan for his rookie client during a basketball lockout. The agent pitches an unconventional idea that could upend the league's power structure.

dialogue-drivenfast-pacedtensesharpslickcerebralmoodyurban

What happens

High Flying Bird is a 2019 American sports drama film directed by Steven Soderbergh, from a story suggested by André Holland, with the screenplay by Tarell Alvin McCraney. The film stars Holland, Zazie Beetz, Melvin Gregg, Sonja Sohn, Zachary Quinto, Glenn Fleshler, Jeryl Prescott, Justin Hurtt-Dunkley, Caleb McLaughlin, Bobbi Bordley, Kyle MacLachlan, and Bill Duke, with additional appearances of basketball players Reggie Jackson, Karl-Anthony Towns and Donovan Mitchell. The film follows a sports agent who must pull off a plan in 72 hours, pitching a controversial opportunity to his client, a rookie basketball player during the company's lockout. The film was shot entirely on the iPhone 8, becoming Soderbergh's second film to be shot on an iPhone, after Unsane. The film had its world premiere at the Slamdance Film Festival on January 27, 2019, and was released on February 8, 2019, by Netflix. The film received positive reviews from critics, which praised its performances, Soderbergh's direction, themes, editing, shooting style, and screenplay. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

More like this

• Inside Game (2019)
• Bottom Of The 9th (2019)
• Out of Bounds (2019)
• Deviant (2019)
• Amateur (2018)
• Just Mercy (2019)
• Betta Fish (2019)
• Richard Jewell (2019)