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Ben Affleck Cut A Scene From Air That Dissed NBA Team For Passing On Michael Jordan, But Not For The Reason You Might Think

Ben Affleck reveals that scene cut from Air would've dogged the Portland Trail Blazers for not drafting Michael Jordan.

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Air Review: Ben Affleck And Matt Damon's Sports Drama Is Solid, But Very Traditional

Air will play well with the faithful, but outside of the die-hards whose minds are already made up, this game will be seen as respectably played, but not that intensely interesting.

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Ben Affleck Recalls Meeting With Michael Jordan And How His Airness Helped Him To See How Air’s Story Should Go

Affleck says his meeting with the NBA legend made him decide to change the focus of his sports film.

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Who plays Michael Jordan in AIR?

Though he is not a central character in AIR, who is the actor that plays Michael Jordan in the movie based on the basketball legend?

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Air review: Why does Ben Affleck’s Nike boardroom drama actually exist?

The success of this star-studded sports film depends on how willing audiences are to discard Michael Jordan as a person in favour of Michael Jordan as an idea

The Independent UK

Matt Damon Opens Up About How Longtime Friend And Collaborator Ben Affleck Has Helped Him Navigate Fame Over The Years

Matt Damon talks about how friend and collaborator Ben Affleck has helped him navigate fame during his career.

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Fact vs Fiction: AIR — did Michael Jordan prefer Adidas to Nike?

Plus, how accurate was AIR about a particular NBA rule and a character’s link to a historic figure. We give you the specifics.

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Ben Affleck's playful sports drama Air tells the true story of the Nike executives who won over Michael Jordan

Ben Affleck's Air features an all-star cast, including Matt Damon, Viola Davis, Jason Bateman and Chris Tucker. But we never see the basketball prodigy at its centre.

ABC News

There Are Many Reasons to Go See ‘Air’

The Matt Damon–Ben Affleck movie succeeds on multiple levels.

Sports Illustrated

Why Is Michael Jordan Not Really In Air Anyway? Ben Affleck Explains

Ben Affleck explains why Michael Jordan isn’t seen in his new movie Air.

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‘Air’ Doesn’t Need Michael Jordan to Soar

In a tense movie about the birth of the Air Jordan, Ben Affleck gets his star-heavy cast to phone it in—to great effect.

Sports Illustrated

How to watch AIR

Movie fans can now watch AIR, but is the sports drama, which is backed by Amazon Studios, available to stream or only playing in movie theaters?

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Air: Where You've Seen The Stars Of Ben Affleck And Matt Damon's New Movie Before

Air has arrived with plenty of stars that you have probably seen elsewhere. Here's why you might recognize them.

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Air review – Ben Affleck and Matt Damon drop the ball in Michael Jordan shoe drama

Affleck’s dramatisation of the bid to get Jordan to endorse Nike’s radical new sneaker almost ignores the most compelling character

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‘Michael Jordan changed the world’: the true story behind Nike movie Air

Ben Affleck’s buzzy drama tells the story about how Nike transformed into a major force in the sneakers market thanks to a young basketball star

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Ben Affleck Clarifies That Celebrity Wordle Group With Bradley Cooper, Says Air Co-Star Matt Damon Is Keeping Him Out Of The ‘Nerdle League’

Ben Affleck explains why his Air co-star Matt Damon is keeping him out of the "Nerdle League" where a group of celebrities, including Bradley Cooper, play Wordle.

WhatToWatch

AIR review: Matt Damon, Viola Davis lead the team in winning Nike sports drama

What to Watch's AIR review hails the movie as a winning ensemble piece and a return to form for director Ben Affleck.

The Guardian - UK

‘More than just shoes’: how Air Jordans kicked off a revolution in sport

A new film starring Ben Affleck tells the story of how Michael Jordan’s sponsorship deal with Nike in 1984 turned a clever marketing idea into a slam dunk

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April movie guide: Nike’s Air, Toni Collette in Mafia Mamma, Crowe’s chilling exorcist biopic

How Matt Damon and Ben Affleck have endured a 40-year bromance as film about Michael Jordan and Nike set to premiere on April 5

The Guardian - UK

In business: how brands like Nike, BlackBerry and Pop-Tarts became film’s hottest stars

A slew of new movies celebrate the boardroom mavericks of the 1980s and 90s – as well as the products they flogged. What’s behind this corporate nostalgia?

USA Today Sports Media Group

AIR: See the cast of Ben Affleck’s new Nike movie compared to real-life counterparts

Ben Affleck nails it as Nike founder Phil Knight.

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Matt Damon And Jimmy Kimmel Have A Classic 'Feud' Moment On The Air Red Carpet

The "feud" between Matt Damon and Jimmy Kimmel continues, as the Air red carpet gave both participants a chance to feed those faux flames.

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Ben Affleck Has Nothing But Praise For His New Wife As Jennifer Lopez Stuns At The Air Premiere

Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez continue making headlines, this time for gushing over each other at the Air premiere.

Evening Standard

Matt Damon reveals how having ‘no diplomacy’ with Ben Affleck makes for successful work relationship

The pair recently co-founded the Artists Equity production company, which is releasing its first film, Air, next month

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Lucid Recalls 640 Air EVs Because Electric Motors May Shut Down

Electrically activated contact switches, which transfer energy to the drive motors, may unexpectedly open, cutting off power to the motors.

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