High Flying Bird

High Flying Bird
High Flying Bird
	Official poster
Directed by	Steven Soderbergh
Written by	Tarell Alvin McCraney
Produced by	Joseph Malloch
Starring	André Holland; Zazie Beetz; Melvin Gregg; Sonja Sohn; Zachary Quinto; Kyle MacLachlan; Bill Duke;
Cinematography	Peter Andrews
Edited by	Mary Ann Bernard
Music by	David Wilder Savage
Production; companies	Extension 765; Harper Road Films;
Distributed by	Netflix
Release dates	January 27, 2019 (Slamdance); February 8, 2019 (United States);
Running time	91 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$2 million

High Flying Bird is a 2019 American sports drama film directed by Steven Soderbergh, from a story suggested by André Holland, with the screenplay by Tarell Alvin McCraney.^[3] The film stars Holland, Zazie Beetz, Melvin Gregg, Sonja Sohn, Zachary Quinto, Glenn Fleshler, Jeryl Prescott, Justin Hurtt-Dunkley, Caleb McLaughlin, Bobbi Bordley, Kyle MacLachlan, and Bill Duke, with additional appearances of basketball players Reggie Jackson, Karl-Anthony Towns and Donovan Mitchell. The film follows a sports agent who must pull off a plan in 72 hours, pitching a controversial opportunity to his client, a rookie basketball player during the company’s lockout. The film was shot entirely on the iPhone 8, becoming Soderbergh's second film to be shot on an iPhone, after Unsane.

The film had its world premiere at the Slamdance Film Festival on January 27, 2019, and was released on February 8, 2019, by Netflix. The film received positive reviews from critics, which praised its performances, Soderbergh's direction, themes, editing, shooting style, and screenplay.

^ "High Flying Bird (15)". British Board of Film Classification. Archived from the original on 2019-06-04. Retrieved 2019-12-12. Retrieved December 12, 2019
^ Aftab, Kaleem (March 25, 2018). "Steven Soderbergh, interview: 'I'm hoping that #metoo will expand into a general discussion about arseholes'". iNews. Retrieved March 25, 2018.
^ Collis, Clark (February 6, 2019). "André Holland, interview: 'André Holland on sports drama High Flying Bird and why Steven Soderbergh is a baller'". EW. Archived from the original on December 30, 2020. Retrieved February 7, 2019.

[1] "High Flying Bird (15)". British Board of Film Classification. Archived from the original on 2019-06-04. Retrieved 2019-12-12. Retrieved December 12, 2019

[2] Aftab, Kaleem (March 25, 2018). "Steven Soderbergh, interview: 'I'm hoping that #metoo will expand into a general discussion about arseholes'". iNews. Retrieved March 25, 2018.

[3] Collis, Clark (February 6, 2019). "André Holland, interview: 'André Holland on sports drama High Flying Bird and why Steven Soderbergh is a baller'". EW. Archived from the original on December 30, 2020. Retrieved February 7, 2019.

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