Magic & Bird: A Courtship of Rivals

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• Genre(s): Documentary, Drama
• Language(s): English
• Director(s): Ezra Edelman
• Cast(s): Larry Bird, Magic Johnson, Liev Schreiber, Jackie MacMullan, Bryant Gumbel See all Cast & Crew

• Duration: 1h 28min
• Music: Gary Lionelli
• Award(s): Peabody 2011 (Won)
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• Similar To: Four on Eleven : The Fading Glory Of Parsi Cricket, The Devil on Trial
• Story:
  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 begin 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 Magic and Bird had, the NBA might not have made through the 1980s following the merger with the ABA, among other things.
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