Air (marketed as Air: Courting a Legend) is a 2023 American biographical sports drama film directed by Ben Affleck and written by Alex Convery. The film stars Matt Damon, Affleck, Jason Bateman, Marlon Wayans, Chris Messina, Chris Tucker and Viola Davis. It is based on true events about the origin of Air Jordan, a basketball shoeline, of which a Nike, Inc. employee seeks to strike a business deal with rookie player Michael Jordan.


Plot


Director
Ben Affleck

Producer
David Ellison

Jesse Sisgold

Jon Weinbach

Ben Affleck

Matt Damon

Madison Ainley

Jeff Robinov

Peter Guber

Jason Michael Berman


Cast
Matt Damon as Sonny Vaccaro

Ben Affleck as Phil Knight

Jason Bateman as Rob Strasser

Marlon Wayans as George Raveling

Chris Messina as David Falk

Chris Tucker as Howard White

Viola Davis as Deloris Jordan

Matthew Maher as Peter Moore

Julius Tennon as James R. Jordan Sr.

Tom Papa as Stu Inman

Joel Gretsch as John O'Neil

Gustaf Skarsgård as Horst Dassler

Barbara Sukowa as Kathy Dassler

Jessica Green as Katrina Sainz

Dan Bucatinsky as Richard


Distributor
Amazon Studios (United States)

Warner Bros. Pictures (International)

Trailer


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