High Flying Bird
"Play the game on top of the game."
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.
Top Cast
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André Holland
Ray Burke
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Zazie Beetz
Sam
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Melvin Gregg
Erick Scott
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Sonja Sohn
Myra
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Zachary Quinto
David Starr
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Glenn Fleshler
Intimidating Seton Colleague
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Jeryl Prescott
Emera Umber
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Justin Hurtt-Dunkley
Jamero Umber
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Caleb McLaughlin
Darius
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.
Rating
5.7
/ 10
253 Reviews 1 Popular
1 Reviews
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tmdb440066257 Mar 9, 2019The 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.
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