Magic & Bird: A Courtship of Rivals

Magic & Bird: A Courtship of Rivals
Distributed by	HBO films HBO Sports
Directed by	Ezra Edelman[1]
Produced by	Ezra Edelman Rick Bernstein Ross Greenburg Joe Lavine Rahul Rohatgi
Starring	Magic Johnson Larry Bird
Music by	Gary Lionelli
Editing by	Charles Olivier
Country	United States
Language	English
Release date	March 10, 2010 (2010-03-10)
Running time	85 minutes

Magic & Bird: A Courtship of Rivals is a 2010 television documentary film broadcast on HBO. The film chronicles the rivalry between Magic Johnson and Larry Bird that begin with the 1979 NCAA Basketball Championship Game and lasted throughout their lengthy, Hall of Fame careers in the NBA. The film makes an argument that without the massive media attention that was placed on the rivalry that Magic and Bird had, the NBA might not have made through the 1980s following the merger with the ABA, among other things.

Awards

2010 Peabody Award Winner^[2]

References

1. ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1566591/fullcredits
2. ^ "Magic & Bird: A Courtship of Rivals (HBO)". http://www.peabody.uga.edu/winners/details.php?id=2590. Retrieved August 19, 2011.