![]() ![]() So, “Air” is really an underdog sports movie masquerading as a shoe movie. ![]() Much like the way 2021’s “ King Richard” explores the origins of tennis superstars Venus and Serena Williams through the struggles of their coach father, “Air” explains Jordan’s nascent fame through his now-iconic footwear. APīut most appealing is the story of the scrappy way a bona fide piece of modern Americana came to be - it’s a retail tale of tales - and how much quirky fun “Air” has with dramatizing what is essentially a series of events at an office building. The eventual Chicago Bulls shooting guard utters only a single word over the film’s nearly two hours: “Hello.” Matt Damon plays Sonny Vaccaro, the Nike executive who dreamed up the Air Jordan shoe in the 1980s. ![]() Of course, the powerful presence of Michael Jordan - arguably the greatest basketball player of all time - is always palpable, even though we never see the face of the actor (Damian Delano Young) who plays young Jordan. “Air” takes place in 1984 Beaverton, Oregon - Nike’s far-flung Pacific Northwest headquarters - where Cyndi Lauper’s “Time After Time” blares and new wired phones in cars are straight outta “The Jetsons.” In theaters April 5.Īnd since “Stranger Things,” viewers have been falling hard for retro 1980s settings. ![]()
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