Magic & Bird: A Courtship of Rivals

2010TV Movie⏱️ 1h 25mTV-PG

DocumentaryBiographySport

⭐ 8.2

IMDB Rating

2,464 votes

An exploration of the fierce rivalry between NBA superstars Larry Bird and Magic Johnson during their decade of dominance.

Director

Ezra Edelman

Writers

Aaron Cohen, Charles Olivier

Stars

Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, Steve Springer

Release Date

March 10, 2010

Language

English

Country

United States

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Wins

🎯 2

Nominations

💬 10

Reviews

📋 3.2K

Watchlists

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🎭 Top Cast

Magic Johnson

as Self

Larry Bird

as Self

Steve Springer

as Self - LA Times

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Evelyn Johnson

as Self - Sister

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George Fox

as Self - High School Coach

Bryant Gumbel

as Self

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Rick Robey

as Self

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Mark Bird

as Self

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Jim Jones

as Self - High School Coach

Bill Russell

as Self

🎬 Technical Specs

Color

Production

HBO Sports

🏷️ Keywords

basketball sportsports documentaryrivalrynbaretrospective

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⭐ Featured Review

Very good, but overly focused on personalities instead of the scope of the sport

by JurijFedorov • 2023-06-23

7/10

"For basketball fans this is amazing. Spectacular simple and easy to understand. Only thing lacking is that it is maybe not perfect for people like me who never watched a single game. You get the basics and understand their life story and how important they were to the game. Yet the doc never tries to hype them up or explain smaller things like tactics or NBA history. Rather we just follow their careers. Some pundits here claim that Magic and Bird saved NBA which is what I have heard too. Yet it is never explained. We just see them compete and then talk about it in 2010. No monetary deals are m..."