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Magic & Bird: A Courtship of Rivals is a american film of genre Drama directed by Ezra Edelman released in USA on 10 march 2010 with Liev Schreiber

Magic & Bird: A Courtship of Rivals (2010)

Magic & Bird: A Courtship of Rivals
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Released in USA 10 march 2010
Length 1h25
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Documentary
Rating81% 4.090724.090724.090724.090724.09072

Magic & Bird: A Courtship of Rivals is a 2010 television documentary film broadcast on HBO. The film chronicles the rivalry between Magic Johnson and Larry Bird that began with the 1979 NCAA Basketball Championship Game and lasted throughout their lengthy Hall of Fame careers in the NBA. The film makes an argument that without the massive media attention that was placed on the rivalry that Johnson and Bird had, the NBA might not have made it through the 1980s following the merger with the ABA, among other things.

HBO Sports President Ross Greenburg stated that the documentary was partly inspired by the book When the Game Was Ours by Jackie MacMullan.

Synopsis

Earvin "Magic" Johnson and Larry Bird were rivals on the basketball court but unlikely friends off of it. After Johnson's team won in the 1979 NCAA championship game, Johnson would be drafted first in the 1980 NBA draft by the Los Angeles Lakers, while Bird would go to the Boston Celtics at the #3 spot. Bird captured "Rookie of the Year" in 1980, while Johnson's Lakers won the NBA Championship and Johnson was named NBA Finals MVP. The Celtics took the championship in 1981, the Lakers took it back in 1982. The Celtics would win again in 1984, while the Lakers would win the title in both 1985 and 1987. The careers of both men were cut short, Johnson by his diagnosis with HIV and Bird by a debilitating back injury.

Actors

Liev Schreiber

(Narrator (voice))Arsenio Hall

(Self - Magic's Friend)
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