Watched Air on Amazon Prime last night. It's about the battle to sign Michael Jordon to a shoe deal. We all know the great success of Nike's Air Jordon basketball sneaker. This is the story of how that happened.
Back in 1984 Nike was behind Converse and Adidas signing NBA players to shoe contracts. Converse was number 1 having signed Bird and Magic. Adidas was 2nd. Nike was 3rd and Jordon had no intention to sign with Nike.
Matt Damon plays Sonny Vaccaro who was Nike's basketball guy. And Ben Affleck plays Phil Knight the founder of Nike. It's the story of how Nike signed Jordon. Very well written and acted. My wife and I really liked the movie a lot.