Watch: High Flying Bird 2019 123movies, Full Movie Online – In the midst of a pro basketball lockout, sports agent Ray Burke (André Holland) finds himself caught in the face-off between the league and the players. His career is on the line, but Ray is playing for higher stakes. With only 72 hours to pull off a daring plan, he outmaneuvers all the power-players as he uncovers a loophole that could change the game forever. The outcome raises questions of who owns the game – and who ought to..
Plot: During an NBA lockout, a sports agent, Ray Burke, presents his rookie client, Erick Scott, with an intriguing and controversial business opportunity.
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Small camera, big issues
Soderberg’s latest experimentation with the iPhone focuses on a struggling idealistic player agent during an NBA “lockout”. You may wonder how so small a camera manages to capture or at least replicate the drama of fast-paced sporting action, particularly the pinnacle grandstand moment of that ole rags to riches sports tale. Without spoiling anything, let me tell you it doesn’t. Or more to the point, High Flying Bird is less concerned with the sport of basketball itself than it is with “The game on top of the game”.Instead of an arena, the game is played out in offices and instead of action, there is dialogue. Considering the constrained budget and production schedule, it is a testament to the cast and to the screenplay that the film holds together at all. And yet it does. The performances are naturalistic while the story moves along at pace, generally eschewing exposition.
In keeping its focus narrow, centring on a small cast of characters, Tyrell Alvin McCraney’s screenplay cuts to the core of issues of race and power in the NBA without a whisper of melodrama. In fact, considering the wider story it is telling High Flying Bird remains upbeat and inherently promotes a message of positivity.
High Flying Bird will not be for everyone, it could be accused of being a little dry. However it is an intriguing experiment in film-making which finds a new way to tell a story which needs telling.
Wasted budget
This is a rather boring movie. But hey, some might like it. The issue I have with this film is that in reality, this film could be shot for $100k. Not the $2 mil if actually cost. There is nothing special in it, it feels like the run of the mill indie film, but there were no special scenes that would require lots of money to produce. As for the actors, the director could get cheaper ones. If you want to make an iPhone movie, do it cheap. $2mil is an astronomical budget if you’re shooting with a phone.
Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 30 min (90 min)
Budget 0
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated TV-MA
Genre Drama, Sport
Director Steven Soderbergh
Writer Tarell Alvin McCraney
Actors André Holland, Melvin Gregg, Eddie Tavares
Country United States
Awards 7 nominations
Production Company N/A
Website N/A
Sound Mix Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio 2.35 : 1
Camera iPhone 8, Moondog Labs Anamorphic Adapter, Moment 2Xtele
Laboratory N/A
Film Length N/A
Negative Format H.264 (2160p)
Cinematographic Process Digital Intermediate (4K) (Master Format), FiLMiC Pro Log (anamorphic) (2160p) (source format)
Printed Film Format D-Cinema (4K DCP), Video (Ultra HD)