Went and saw ‘Air’ tonight to cap off my Easter weekend. Pretty good, even really good, compared to the dreadful run of most post COVID movies. My complaints are best encapsulated in this review. Basically Damon doesn’t even attempt to sound or act like the real Sonny Vaccaro.
One small detail of interest here, and no idea if this was made up or researched, but in an early scene the Nike basketball execs are looking at a board of NCAA players approaching the draft with the intent of selecting 2 or 3 of them to sponsor. At the bottom of the board is Vandy’s Jeff Turner. Spoiler alert,…………..Sonny Vaccaro convinced Nike to go all in on MJ as the sole Nike athlete that year. But I do wonder if Turner was seriously considered. No idea if Converse or Adidas signed him instead.
One small detail of interest here, and no idea if this was made up or researched, but in an early scene the Nike basketball execs are looking at a board of NCAA players approaching the draft with the intent of selecting 2 or 3 of them to sponsor. At the bottom of the board is Vandy’s Jeff Turner. Spoiler alert,…………..Sonny Vaccaro convinced Nike to go all in on MJ as the sole Nike athlete that year. But I do wonder if Turner was seriously considered. No idea if Converse or Adidas signed him instead.
