Michael Jordan to the Max (2000)

Directors:

Don Kempf
James D. Stern

Writer:

Jonathan Hock (writer)

Release Date:

5 May 2000 (USA)

Genre:

Documentary | Sport

Tagline:

Up close some heroes get even bigger.

Plot Keywords:

Michael Jordan | Basketball Player | Basketball | Chicago Bulls | IMAX

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Michael Jordan	...	Himself
Phil Jackson	...	Himself
Doug Collins	...	Himself
Bob Greene	...	Himself
Bob Costas	...	Himself
Dean Smith	...	Himself
Deloris Jordan	...	Herself
Fred Lynch	...	Himself
Walter Iooss Jr.	...	Himself
Bill Murray	...	Himself
Laurence Fishburne	...	Narrator (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
David Falk	...	Himself
Ken Griffey Jr.	...	Himself
Johnny Kerr	...	Himself (as Johnny 'Red' Kerr)
Steve Kerr	...	Himself
Spike Lee	...	Himself
Willie Mays	...	Himself
Stan Musial	...	Himself
Jack Ramsay	...	Himself
Ahmad Rashad	...	Himself
Pat Riley	...	Himself

Runtime:

46 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.44 : 1

Certification:

New Zealand:G | Spain:T

Company:

Giant Screen Films

Goofs:

Factual errors: When the film starts showing a few highlights of Game 3 of the NBA Finals, one of the clips is of Michael Jordan doing a side-to-side (right side of the hoop to the left side of it) reverse move and scoring. This is a move that he did in Game 2 of the 1997 NBA Finals, more than a year earlier. Although the Bulls are playing the Utah Jazz in the same instance, this documentary is supposed to be based on the 1998 season.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: (2000-05-13)" (2000)

Soundtrack:

Super Bon Bon

Great Pic.

Not the biggest fan of basketball but I have always admired Michael Jordan for the way he has conducted himself not only on the court, but off the court as well. He has always had a great sense of class and style that to this day has never been duplicated by very many people in any professional sport.



I thought that the documentary was well done and pretty insightful. I only wish they would have done a lot more of the wide angle shots which are usually associated with any of the IMAX productions. None the less I would recommend this film to anyone who either likes basketball or not, it is at the very least a very upbeat and moral boosting film.