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♪ I want my ♪
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("Money for Nothing" by Dire Straits
playing)
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♪ I want my MTV ♪
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♪ I want my ♪
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♪ I want my MTV ♪
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CROWD: Five! Four! Three!
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Two! One!
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- (crowd cheering)
- (noisemaker blows)
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Happy New Year!
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♪ ♪
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MAN (over radio):
You're on your way now.
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(crowd cheering)
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Where's the beef?
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♪ Now look at them yo-yos ♪
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♪ That's the way you do it ♪
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♪ You play the guitar on the MTV ♪
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♪ That ain't working,
that's the way you do it ♪
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♪ Money for nothing
and your chicks for free ♪
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♪ Now that ain't working,
that's the way you do it ♪
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♪ Let me tell ya, them guys ain't dumb ♪
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♪ Maybe get a blister
on your little finger ♪
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♪ Maybe get a blister on your thumb ♪
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♪ We got to install microwave ovens ♪
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♪ Custom kitchen deliveries ♪
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Converse All Star basketball shoes.
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♪ We got to move these refrigerators ♪
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♪ We got to move these color TVs ♪
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(beeping)
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♪ Hoover mover ♪
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- (crowd cheering, shouting)
- (basketball bouncing)
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(crowd groaning, shouting)
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(cheerleaders chanting)
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♪ Got to install microwave ovens... ♪
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- Are you guys gonna go out for regionals?
- Yeah, yeah.
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(crowd cheering)
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- You getting pretty excited about that?
- (laughs)
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- (whistle blows)
- (crowd cheering)
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How you doing, Brandon? I'm Sonny Vaccaro.
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I'm with Nike. It's good to see you.
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I'll come down and say hello.
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- Hey, Terence. How are you?
- Hey, man.
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- Thanks for the shoes.
- Yeah, yeah.
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They're looking really good.
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I mean, everybody's gonna want you.
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You're not gonna have a problem.
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You're gonna get a scholarship.
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That's gonna happen, right?
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I hope so.
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Hey, just don't forget about Nike.
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Well, I'll see you guys at regionals
in two weeks, yeah?
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- Yeah, all right.
- All right.
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All right, great game, guys.
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("Blister in the Sun" by Violent Femmes
playing)
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(horns honking)
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MAN (over speakers):
Lucky, lucky, lucky...
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All right, uh, game five tonight,
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- six bets, hundred dollars each.
- Okay.
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Magic Johnson: under on points,
over on assists.
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James Worthy: over on points.
Bob McAdoo: over on points.
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Dennis Johnson: over on points.
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And what's the over-under on Rambis?
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- Just take the under.
- Okay.
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Uh, and ac... one more, one more.
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Uh, give me Lakers under, third quarter.
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There you go.
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Thank you.
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- (bell ringing)
- ANNOUNCER: The Boston Celtics
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take a three-to-two lead
in the World Championship Series.
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CLERK:
Thank you for gambling at the Dunes,
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the hotel, casino and country club.
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Place all your bets. No more bets.
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Hey, uh, press the four and the eight.
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Give me four the hard way.
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Dice away.
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Dice are up.
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- Four!
- (onlookers cheering)
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- Come on!
- (claps) - Hard way four!
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1,400 right there.
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Yeah. 1,400?
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SONNY:
Yeah, no, leave it up.
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And dice away. Good luck, Mr. V.
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- (onlookers groaning)
- Seven up.
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Line away.
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(sighs)
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♪ Let me go on ♪
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♪ Like I blister in the sun ♪
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♪ Let me go on ♪
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♪ Big hands, I know you're the one ♪
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♪ When I'm out walking, I strut my stuff ♪
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♪ Yeah, and I'm so strung out ♪
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♪ I'm high as a kite, I just might ♪
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♪ Stop to check you out ♪
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♪ Let me go on ♪
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♪ Like I blister in the sun ♪
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♪ Let me go on ♪
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♪ Big hands, I know you're the one ♪
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- (crowd cheering)
- ♪ Body and beats ♪
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♪ I stain my sheets ♪
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- (basketball swooshes)
- ♪ I don't even know why ♪
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- (arena horn and whistle blow)
- ♪ My girlfriend ♪
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♪ She's at the end ♪
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♪ She is starting to cry ♪
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♪ Let me go on ♪
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- ♪ Like I blister in the sun ♪
- (phones ringing)
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♪ Let me go on ♪
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♪ Big hands, I know you're the one... ♪
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(song fades)
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(typewriter clacking)
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- You want some water, Sonny?
- Why?
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You breathing heavy.
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(ball thumps)
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Ah, you still can't shoot worth a damn.
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- Another brick.
- What about my players?
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- I'm trying, I'm trying.
- Well, when they coming?
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I-I can't... just can't figure out
why these kids want to take
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less money to sign
for a rival shoe company.
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I mean, why would a kid from Baltimore
want to wear
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German soccer shoes?
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Because Adidas is
what's hot right now, man.
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The rappers are wearing them
in the videos.
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The break-dancers are
break-dancing up in the Bronx.
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They're on the floor breaking their ankles
and their elbows for no reason.
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And these kids ain't cool
unless they got Adidas on.
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And them some badass jogging suits, too.
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You got to admit we can't touch
their jogging suits.
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I got my cousin in South Korea
done sent me two knockoffs.
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I wear them on the weekends.
I don't wear them up here.
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What is wrong with Nike?
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Nike is a damn jogging company, man.
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Black people don't jog.
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You ain't gonna catch no Black person
running 26 miles for no damn reason.
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Man, the cops probably pull you over
thinking you done stole something.
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'Cause these kids are
talking about Isiah and Magic.
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They don't give a damn about Bruce Jenner
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throwing a Frisbee around
in a damn decathlon.
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And people don't know
what the hell a Nike is.
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What's a Converse?
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NBA All Star shoe.
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Play like Magic, dribble like Isiah.
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That's what it is.
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Man, do you know Run-DMC doing
a song about Adidas?
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What, who?
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Run-DMC making a free song
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coming out on their next album
about Adidas.
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Who's doing it?
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See, that tells me something
right there, Sonny.
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Hey, when you signed Moses,
how'd you do it?
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Mary Malone. His mama.
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I... She thought the world of me.
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But, you know, I always
go through the mamas, man.
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The mamas run stuff,
especially in Black families.
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Man, we need some more players, Sonny.
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You got to get me somebody else.
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Well, we got Moses.
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I know we got Moses, man.
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I was up in the club with him
3:00 in the morning last night
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trying to get him out of there
'cause he got a 5:00 practice.
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I told him, I said,
"Moses, you can't hoot with the owls
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all night and fly with the eagles
in the morning."
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Yeah, I could not do what you do.
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I know you can't do what I do.
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You can hardly do what the hell
you supposed to do.
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Hey, one more chance.
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You want that Adidas suit
from South Korea?
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(chuckles) No.
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- Better not tell nobody neither.
- No. No.
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Phil better not come up
talking about no damn,
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"Where's your Adidas suits?"
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I need my job, Sonny. Don't play.
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Uh, shit, I'm late.
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You hit one shot in 30 minutes.
Let's get out of here.
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I got to stop by my office.
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Damn back and my knees are messing up now.
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Hey, Sonny, look at
these damn posters down here.
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They upstairs in the running department
got Picassos.
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- No.
- We got cartoons down here.
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They don't give a damn about our division.
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You know, I-I like the, uh...
that new slogan,
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the one for the whole company
that they're talking about.
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- I don't like it.
- What?
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- You know where it came from?
- No.
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That damn slogan came from
a convict about to get executed
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in front of a firing squad,
and they asked him,
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"What's your last words?"
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"Just do it"?
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- Yeah.
- That's where that comes from?
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Yeah.
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- Bullshit.
- Dan Wieden told me, man.
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He ain't got no reason to lie to me.
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Ah, kind of a fitting metaphor
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for the way basketball
is viewed at this company.
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I know. "Nike.
Just get the shit over with."
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- (laughs)
- Ow.
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What'd it say about me that I liked it?
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That says that you
a fat middle-aged white guy
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that don't want to exercise.
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That's fair.
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(projector clicking)
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STRASSER:
So, Mr. Orwell was right.
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1984 has been a tough year.
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Our sales are down, our growth is down,
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but this company is about
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who we really are
when we are down for the count.
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Am I right, huh?
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When you're down on the canvas,
bang, we pop right back up.
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Like Balboa.
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We got the eye of the tiger.
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We're not gonna go down to Mr. T.
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Pity the fool. Here we go.
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Olajuwon.
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Off the table.
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Number one pick is not gonna be
wearing our shoe.
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Sam Bowie?
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Picked by our local pro franchise,
uh, at number two.
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He's gonna go to Converse.
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And at number three,
Jordan going to Adidas.
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Can't afford him.
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Perkins, who knows?
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Sweet gap, though, huh? Nice teeth.
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What we're gonna do
is we're gonna focus on
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three names between pick five and pick 20.
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All right, let's just...
let's toss out some ideas.
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What are we thinking? What looks good?
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Lots to choose from.
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Don't rush into any thoughts.
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Come on, fellas.
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What about Lancaster Gordon? Anybody?
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Louisville.
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Louisville. He went to Louisville, Bill.
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That is correct. I wrote it right there.
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How about... What do we think
about Charles Barkley,
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the Round Mound of Rebound?
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Could be a little bit of a reach for us
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- at pick five.
- Clubhouse issues.
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Clubhouse issues? What does that mean?
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Trash talk.
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Nobody wants to see Barkley on TV.
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STRASSER: Does anybody hear me
if I'm down in the valley
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singing the song of a man they call
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Terence "T Bone" Stansbury?
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I don't think they call him that.
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Well, we could if he wears Nikes.
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Think about it.
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What about this fella, Vern Fleming?
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Tough name, good J.
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I like Melvin Turpin.
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Melvin Turpin.
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Thank you, Bill. On the board.
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TIM:
What about John Stockton?
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Uh, he's scrappy just like us.
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Gonzaga? Sure.
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What's that, a vocational school?
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SONNY:
What do you like about Melvin Turpin?
254
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Hmm?
255
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Mel Turpin.
256
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What do you like about his game?
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Go, Bill.
258
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He made the Final Four last year.
259
00:10:46,458 --> 00:10:48,291
Well, so did 40 other guys.
260
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He's the fifth... uh,
s-sixth pick in the draft.
261
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SONNY:
Have you watched him play?
262
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Yeah, several times.
263
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What-what do you like about his game?
264
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He's got great court sense. He's, uh...
265
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- He's got good vision.
- He had 33 assists last season.
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BILL:
I like his play.
267
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- I like that the guy's got...
- Okay, all right, no, no.
268
00:11:05,208 --> 00:11:06,684
It's all right, no.
He's gonna be a good player.
269
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He's got charisma. He's got flash.
270
00:11:08,291 --> 00:11:10,017
He's gonna be a good player
in Europe in four years
271
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when he's out of the league.
272
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- Okay.
- No, you like Mel Turpin
273
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'cause he's the sixth pick in the draft.
274
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Nobody's gonna give you shit for saying
you like the sixth pick in the draft.
275
00:11:16,583 --> 00:11:17,892
Yeah, I'm just... I'm some
fucking asshole, Sonny.
276
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You're not an asshole.
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SONNY:
No, he's got great vision, Bill.
278
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Sonny's trying for it, though.
279
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Here we go. Anybody else?
280
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I got to shit.
281
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- (door closes)
- SONNY: Hey, Rob.
282
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STRASSER: Hey, Sonny, wh...
honestly, what the fuck is your problem?
283
00:11:33,458 --> 00:11:35,125
- Who are we gonna get?
- (urinating)
284
00:11:35,208 --> 00:11:37,125
You tell me. Phil brought you here
285
00:11:37,208 --> 00:11:39,142
because you're the Mr. Miyagi
of high school basketball.
286
00:11:39,166 --> 00:11:40,601
You're not supposed to lecture people.
287
00:11:40,625 --> 00:11:42,833
You're supposed to tell us
who's gonna paint the fence.
288
00:11:42,916 --> 00:11:44,791
- I like Barkley some.
- (scoffs)
289
00:11:44,875 --> 00:11:46,267
- I mean, "clubhouse issues."
- Barkley?
290
00:11:46,291 --> 00:11:47,976
That is the fucking dumbest thing
I have ever
291
00:11:48,000 --> 00:11:49,642
heard in that room,
and that is saying something.
292
00:11:49,666 --> 00:11:51,125
I mentioned Barkley in there.
293
00:11:51,208 --> 00:11:52,392
You didn't think it was relevant
294
00:11:52,416 --> 00:11:53,934
to chime in to support
my idea about Barkley...
295
00:11:53,958 --> 00:11:55,809
But what happens in there is bullshit.
I'm telling you now.
296
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- ...spend two hours just sitting there?
- I'm not gonna say it in the meeting.
297
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STRASSER:
Well, listen, people are
298
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- afraid to speak in there.
- Why?
299
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Because you spend a half hour
berating them
300
00:12:02,416 --> 00:12:04,333
- no matter what they say.
- No, no.
301
00:12:04,416 --> 00:12:06,583
- STRASSER: Yes, you do.
- I just have no tolerance for
302
00:12:06,666 --> 00:12:09,041
people who have no insight,
fucking do no work,
303
00:12:09,125 --> 00:12:11,250
and then act like
they got a seat at the table.
304
00:12:11,333 --> 00:12:13,083
- Okay.
- Mel Turpin.
305
00:12:13,166 --> 00:12:15,333
We'd be better off signing my mom.
306
00:12:15,416 --> 00:12:16,833
Not available.
307
00:12:16,916 --> 00:12:19,250
Well, even if she were alive,
we can't afford her.
308
00:12:20,583 --> 00:12:22,458
Could afford my mom.
309
00:12:22,541 --> 00:12:23,625
Clubhouse issues.
310
00:12:23,708 --> 00:12:26,375
Listen, we got 250K for three names.
311
00:12:26,458 --> 00:12:29,017
This is where you come up with
a brilliant idea that no one else can see.
312
00:12:29,041 --> 00:12:31,083
- Let's hear it.
- We need more money.
313
00:12:31,166 --> 00:12:32,625
That's not brilliant, okay?
314
00:12:32,708 --> 00:12:33,976
That's what happens
when things are successful.
315
00:12:34,000 --> 00:12:36,083
What's happening right now is failure,
316
00:12:36,166 --> 00:12:38,250
and if it continues that way,
Nike's gonna be out of
317
00:12:38,333 --> 00:12:40,101
the basketball business
and we're gonna be out of a job.
318
00:12:40,125 --> 00:12:41,601
We just... We need good players.
We need good players.
319
00:12:41,625 --> 00:12:44,083
Great. Good players.
Barkley, Stockton, Thorpe.
320
00:12:44,166 --> 00:12:45,458
I really like Stockton.
321
00:12:45,541 --> 00:12:48,125
Do you even know where Gonzaga is?
322
00:12:48,208 --> 00:12:50,125
I didn't say it's ideal, okay?
It's a name,
323
00:12:50,208 --> 00:12:51,684
which is better than
what you've given me, okay?
324
00:12:51,708 --> 00:12:53,375
- Rob. Rob.
- Yeah? What?
325
00:12:54,750 --> 00:12:56,208
What about Jordan?
326
00:12:56,291 --> 00:12:58,750
(scoffs) Sonny, we can't get
fucking Michael Jordan.
327
00:12:58,833 --> 00:13:01,375
Okay? I listened to Falk for three hours.
328
00:13:01,458 --> 00:13:02,458
He's too expensive.
329
00:13:02,541 --> 00:13:03,583
- Sorry.
- Mr. Strasser.
330
00:13:03,666 --> 00:13:05,416
Huh? Hello. Hi.
331
00:13:05,500 --> 00:13:07,208
- Richard.
- Yeah. Hi. Hi, Richard.
332
00:13:07,291 --> 00:13:08,934
I'd love to get some time
on your calendar.
333
00:13:08,958 --> 00:13:11,041
Okay. That sounds fun.
Can you let Doreen know?
334
00:13:11,125 --> 00:13:12,416
Roger that. Will do.
335
00:13:12,500 --> 00:13:14,041
- Roger, thank you.
- Richard.
336
00:13:14,125 --> 00:13:15,875
Yeah, yeah. Just rogering you back there.
337
00:13:15,958 --> 00:13:17,017
- Yeah.
- That's what that was, okay?
338
00:13:17,041 --> 00:13:18,416
- Thanks, Richard.
- Thank you.
339
00:13:18,500 --> 00:13:19,833
Bye.
340
00:13:19,916 --> 00:13:20,958
(sighs):
Oh, God.
341
00:13:21,041 --> 00:13:22,875
You know, there... Thank you.
342
00:13:22,958 --> 00:13:24,791
There, uh, there used to be a time
343
00:13:24,875 --> 00:13:26,875
where I could name
everybody who worked here.
344
00:13:26,958 --> 00:13:28,958
Ah, things change.
345
00:13:29,041 --> 00:13:30,833
Places grow.
346
00:13:30,916 --> 00:13:32,166
That's true.
347
00:13:32,250 --> 00:13:33,833
Hey, you want some dessert?
348
00:13:33,916 --> 00:13:35,500
It's sundae bar day.
349
00:13:35,583 --> 00:13:36,875
Hi.
350
00:13:36,958 --> 00:13:38,458
Uh, I have a meeting.
351
00:13:38,541 --> 00:13:40,041
With who?
352
00:13:40,125 --> 00:13:42,125
The shoe dog.
353
00:13:42,208 --> 00:13:43,875
♪ Nasty dogs ♪
354
00:13:43,958 --> 00:13:47,958
♪ Atomic dog ♪
355
00:13:48,958 --> 00:13:52,916
♪ Atomic dog ♪
356
00:13:53,000 --> 00:13:54,375
♪ Yeah, life on all fours ♪
357
00:13:54,458 --> 00:13:55,767
♪ When you're out there on the street ♪
358
00:13:55,791 --> 00:13:57,351
♪ When they're out there
walking the streets ♪
359
00:13:57,375 --> 00:13:59,416
♪ May compete ♪
360
00:13:59,500 --> 00:14:01,791
- ♪ Nothing but the dog in ya ♪
- ♪ Oh, the dog in ya ♪
361
00:14:01,875 --> 00:14:03,184
♪ Bow-wow-wow, yippie-yo, yippie-yay ♪
362
00:14:03,208 --> 00:14:05,916
♪ Bow-wow, yippie-yo, yippie-yay ♪
363
00:14:06,000 --> 00:14:06,916
♪ Bow-wow-wow... ♪
364
00:14:07,000 --> 00:14:08,000
Hey, Sonny.
365
00:14:08,041 --> 00:14:09,458
Hey, Katrina.
366
00:14:09,541 --> 00:14:11,333
- (intercom beeps)
- Sonny's coming in.
367
00:14:11,416 --> 00:14:13,916
♪ When they're out there
walking the streets... ♪
368
00:14:14,000 --> 00:14:15,166
(song fades)
369
00:14:15,250 --> 00:14:16,583
KNIGHT:
Sonny.
370
00:14:16,666 --> 00:14:18,500
I'm missing the sundae bar, Phil.
371
00:14:18,583 --> 00:14:19,875
(door closes)
372
00:14:19,958 --> 00:14:22,541
Why do you think this guy is
skateboarding to work?
373
00:14:22,625 --> 00:14:25,000
We're a public company.
Does he not have a car?
374
00:14:25,083 --> 00:14:26,416
SONNY:
Probably just some kid.
375
00:14:26,500 --> 00:14:27,642
He looks like he's 50 years old.
376
00:14:27,666 --> 00:14:29,583
He's bald and he has a beard.
377
00:14:30,625 --> 00:14:32,208
SONNY:
Is that Pete?
378
00:14:32,291 --> 00:14:33,892
KNIGHT:
Why would Pete skateboard to work?
379
00:14:33,916 --> 00:14:36,750
Maybe he's having a midlife crisis.
380
00:14:36,833 --> 00:14:39,375
Oh. I hope he doesn't scratch my car.
381
00:14:39,458 --> 00:14:41,666
- (sighs)
- It takes 17 layers of paint
382
00:14:41,750 --> 00:14:44,166
to achieve that precise color of purple.
383
00:14:44,250 --> 00:14:46,059
They call it "grape,"
which sounds kind of pedestrian,
384
00:14:46,083 --> 00:14:48,250
but it's pretty.
385
00:14:48,333 --> 00:14:50,666
Anyway, how was the strategy meeting?
386
00:14:50,750 --> 00:14:51,875
Disaster.
387
00:14:53,333 --> 00:14:55,458
Uh, wonderful. What's the plan?
388
00:14:56,541 --> 00:14:59,208
Piss away our tiny allocation
on three mediocre players again.
389
00:14:59,291 --> 00:15:01,208
Sonny, we had an annual loss.
390
00:15:01,291 --> 00:15:03,351
I had to lay off a quarter
of the fucking company, okay?
391
00:15:03,375 --> 00:15:06,166
- I know, Phil.
- Do you? Do you know
392
00:15:06,250 --> 00:15:08,017
the whole basketball division's
on the chopping block?
393
00:15:08,041 --> 00:15:09,434
That the board wants me to fire everybody?
394
00:15:09,458 --> 00:15:11,101
And I can't guarantee you,
without some improvement,
395
00:15:11,125 --> 00:15:13,500
that's not gonna happen
at the next board meeting.
396
00:15:13,583 --> 00:15:15,250
W-We need to increase spending.
397
00:15:15,333 --> 00:15:16,708
(scoffs)
398
00:15:16,791 --> 00:15:20,375
I brought you in here to grow
the basketball business.
399
00:15:20,458 --> 00:15:22,083
It's-it's smaller now.
400
00:15:22,166 --> 00:15:23,416
Is Strasser's number right?
401
00:15:23,500 --> 00:15:24,875
- 250K?
- Yeah.
402
00:15:24,958 --> 00:15:26,541
- All right, what about 500?
- No.
403
00:15:26,625 --> 00:15:29,416
You're lucky to have 250K.
I had to fight for that.
404
00:15:29,500 --> 00:15:30,875
Your balance sheet's a debacle.
405
00:15:30,958 --> 00:15:34,041
Half the running shoes in the country
that were sold last year were Nikes.
406
00:15:34,125 --> 00:15:35,333
It's 900 million in revenue.
407
00:15:35,416 --> 00:15:38,291
You want to spend 250K on basketball?
408
00:15:38,375 --> 00:15:40,375
You know what they're telling the board?
409
00:15:40,458 --> 00:15:43,916
There are potentially a million customers
for basketball shoes in the United States,
410
00:15:44,000 --> 00:15:46,916
who would wear those shoes
only when they're playing basketball.
411
00:15:47,000 --> 00:15:49,708
They're wondering if any investment
is worth the potential upside.
412
00:15:49,791 --> 00:15:51,666
Well, if a board member said it.
413
00:15:51,750 --> 00:15:53,291
The board...
414
00:15:54,291 --> 00:15:56,125
Basketball is the future.
415
00:15:56,208 --> 00:15:57,958
The NBA finals are on tape delay.
416
00:15:58,041 --> 00:15:59,291
It's literally the past.
417
00:15:59,375 --> 00:16:01,625
People watch basketball.
418
00:16:01,708 --> 00:16:04,791
You know, we took four golds
at the Olympics.
419
00:16:04,875 --> 00:16:06,583
And nobody gives a fuck.
420
00:16:06,666 --> 00:16:08,267
We dominate
the running shoe market, Sonny.
421
00:16:08,291 --> 00:16:10,434
200 million running shoes,
'cause that's what people do.
422
00:16:10,458 --> 00:16:11,541
They run.
423
00:16:11,625 --> 00:16:13,267
And when they walk,
they wear running shoes.
424
00:16:13,291 --> 00:16:14,851
And when they go to the store,
they wear running shoes,
425
00:16:14,875 --> 00:16:16,601
and when they go to work,
they wear running shoes.
426
00:16:16,625 --> 00:16:18,250
That's what they do.
427
00:16:19,708 --> 00:16:21,625
People are starting to ask me
what you do here.
428
00:16:21,708 --> 00:16:23,541
You know what I do here.
429
00:16:23,625 --> 00:16:25,458
I-I know you, I know you go
430
00:16:25,541 --> 00:16:27,381
to a lot of high school
basketball tournaments.
431
00:16:27,458 --> 00:16:30,291
And, uh, usually with a layover in Vegas.
432
00:16:30,375 --> 00:16:32,125
And I-I'm told that
433
00:16:32,208 --> 00:16:36,166
you're a basketball guru or wizard or...
(stammers)
434
00:16:36,250 --> 00:16:38,041
It's hard to quantify that to a board.
435
00:16:38,125 --> 00:16:39,541
You know what I do here.
436
00:16:39,625 --> 00:16:41,541
You're losing, Sonny.
437
00:16:41,625 --> 00:16:44,309
You know, just because you lose,
it doesn't mean it wasn't a good bet.
438
00:16:44,333 --> 00:16:45,517
This perfect results bullshit...
439
00:16:45,541 --> 00:16:47,375
- It's not bullshit.
- It is bullshit.
440
00:16:47,458 --> 00:16:49,267
It's not bullshit.
Those are the central principles
441
00:16:49,291 --> 00:16:51,208
that built this into
a billion-dollar business.
442
00:16:51,291 --> 00:16:53,041
I can't win if you don't
give me a bankroll.
443
00:16:53,125 --> 00:16:54,583
You have to be accountable.
444
00:16:54,666 --> 00:16:55,976
You're accountable. We're all accountable.
445
00:16:56,000 --> 00:16:57,142
I'm accountable to the board.
446
00:16:57,166 --> 00:16:58,375
I told you not to go public.
447
00:16:58,458 --> 00:16:59,601
I told you this would happen.
448
00:16:59,625 --> 00:17:00,892
- You'd get tight, you'd change.
- I see.
449
00:17:00,916 --> 00:17:02,517
- This happens at every company.
- Uh, does it?
450
00:17:02,541 --> 00:17:03,934
- All the companies you've taken public?
- Yeah, every company,
451
00:17:03,958 --> 00:17:05,476
all they care about
is the P and L statement
452
00:17:05,500 --> 00:17:06,767
and-and keeping the board happy.
453
00:17:06,791 --> 00:17:08,791
Do you run?
454
00:17:08,875 --> 00:17:10,875
(sighs)
455
00:17:10,958 --> 00:17:13,708
Is this gonna lead to some
Buddhist aphorism I don't want to hear?
456
00:17:13,791 --> 00:17:14,875
Do you run?
457
00:17:14,958 --> 00:17:16,791
(sighs)
458
00:17:16,875 --> 00:17:19,291
- No, Phil, I don't.
- It's hard.
459
00:17:20,333 --> 00:17:22,041
It's suffering. It's difficult.
460
00:17:22,125 --> 00:17:25,208
The illusion is that
the finish line is the destination,
461
00:17:25,291 --> 00:17:27,875
but the act itself is the destination.
462
00:17:28,916 --> 00:17:30,916
I need $500,000.
463
00:17:31,000 --> 00:17:32,583
(knock on door)
464
00:17:32,666 --> 00:17:34,750
Mr. Knight, your 1:00 p.m.
465
00:17:34,833 --> 00:17:35,958
Yeah.
466
00:17:40,041 --> 00:17:41,625
(chuckles) Okay, Phil.
467
00:17:42,791 --> 00:17:46,291
When you find a wise critic
who will point out your faults,
468
00:17:46,375 --> 00:17:49,750
follow him as you would
a map to a hidden treasure.
469
00:17:49,833 --> 00:17:51,625
SONNY:
And there it is.
470
00:17:52,833 --> 00:17:54,916
(thunder rumbling)
471
00:17:55,000 --> 00:17:57,000
♪ ♪
472
00:18:17,083 --> 00:18:19,291
♪ ♪
473
00:18:43,708 --> 00:18:45,666
♪ ♪
474
00:18:58,208 --> 00:19:00,208
(sportscast playing quietly on TV)
475
00:19:06,458 --> 00:19:07,750
(register beeping)
476
00:19:18,041 --> 00:19:20,916
Ah, Street & Smith. Basketball fan.
477
00:19:21,000 --> 00:19:23,041
- You want to buy it?
- Oh, no, no.
478
00:19:23,125 --> 00:19:25,041
- I read that one already.
- Oh, okay.
479
00:19:26,083 --> 00:19:27,875
Okay.
480
00:19:27,958 --> 00:19:30,375
- SONNY: I'll buy this one, though.
- Okay.
481
00:19:30,458 --> 00:19:33,125
Hey, what do you think of
the, uh, Blazers' draft pick?
482
00:19:33,208 --> 00:19:35,125
- Bowie?
- Yeah.
483
00:19:35,208 --> 00:19:37,625
(scoffs) I mean, he's not Hakeem,
484
00:19:37,708 --> 00:19:39,791
but I like him.
485
00:19:39,875 --> 00:19:41,833
You're not mad about Jordan?
486
00:19:41,916 --> 00:19:44,166
A guard? (scoffs) Hell nah.
487
00:19:44,250 --> 00:19:46,458
I mean, he's averaging, what, 17 points,
488
00:19:46,541 --> 00:19:48,625
- which is like ten in the NBA.
- Yeah.
489
00:19:48,708 --> 00:19:50,188
Even the Bulls GM said that he wasn't
490
00:19:50,250 --> 00:19:52,226
- going to change the team.
- Yeah, he wasn't... Yeah, I saw.
491
00:19:52,250 --> 00:19:53,767
He wasn't gonna dominate.
Yeah, I read that.
492
00:19:53,791 --> 00:19:55,958
CLERK:
I mean, if he hadn't hit that one shot
493
00:19:56,041 --> 00:19:58,166
to win the title game
in the college championship,
494
00:19:58,250 --> 00:20:01,208
he probably would've never went
that high in the draft.
495
00:20:02,250 --> 00:20:05,333
He's too small to be as good
in the NBA as he was in college.
496
00:20:05,416 --> 00:20:07,333
You seem like a true fan.
497
00:20:07,416 --> 00:20:10,000
(sighs) I don't know, man.
498
00:20:10,083 --> 00:20:11,416
I just love playing ball.
499
00:20:11,500 --> 00:20:13,041
- Here you go.
- Have a great night.
500
00:20:13,125 --> 00:20:15,916
- You, too.
- Hey, you know where, uh, Gonzaga is?
501
00:20:16,000 --> 00:20:17,000
Spokane, Washington.
502
00:20:18,250 --> 00:20:20,250
Stockton's too short, too.
503
00:20:20,333 --> 00:20:21,416
(laughs)
504
00:20:21,500 --> 00:20:23,416
- Have a good night.
- You, too, man.
505
00:20:33,958 --> 00:20:35,226
ROY FIRESTONE (over TV):
Michael Cooper,
506
00:20:35,250 --> 00:20:36,767
the Los Angeles Lakers forward,
is our guest.
507
00:20:36,791 --> 00:20:38,184
We're gonna come back
in just a few moments to talk about
508
00:20:38,208 --> 00:20:39,888
his artistry, how he flies through the air
509
00:20:39,958 --> 00:20:42,916
with the greatest of ease with our guest.
510
00:20:43,000 --> 00:20:45,500
( SportsLook theme playing)
511
00:20:45,583 --> 00:20:49,291
This is the racket I won Wimbledon with,
and you could've bought it.
512
00:20:49,375 --> 00:20:50,375
Really.
513
00:20:50,458 --> 00:20:54,125
You see, the Ashe Comp 2 Racquet I use
comes right off the production line.
514
00:20:54,208 --> 00:20:57,416
And I don't customize my racket
because the Ashe Comp 2 is
515
00:20:57,500 --> 00:20:59,791
just the way I want it just the way it is.
516
00:20:59,875 --> 00:21:01,000
And it should be.
517
00:21:01,083 --> 00:21:03,916
Ed and I have worked together since 1969,
518
00:21:04,000 --> 00:21:06,791
putting in all the special features
we thought important.
519
00:21:06,875 --> 00:21:09,291
So this particular Head racket
could have gone to you
520
00:21:09,375 --> 00:21:11,250
as easily as to me.
521
00:21:11,333 --> 00:21:12,500
We planned it that way.
522
00:21:12,583 --> 00:21:14,583
( SportsLook theme playing)
523
00:21:17,708 --> 00:21:19,625
(VCR rewinding)
524
00:21:19,708 --> 00:21:21,583
...Michael Cooper, among other Lakers,
525
00:21:21,666 --> 00:21:23,708
has his own summer camp for young kids,
526
00:21:23,791 --> 00:21:25,708
and, uh, if you're interested...
527
00:21:25,791 --> 00:21:27,708
♪ ♪
528
00:21:36,958 --> 00:21:38,416
(VCR rewinds)
529
00:21:43,500 --> 00:21:45,333
(VCR rewinds)
530
00:21:48,375 --> 00:21:49,750
(VCR rewinds)
531
00:22:02,416 --> 00:22:04,416
(phones ringing)
532
00:22:08,750 --> 00:22:10,000
- Yeah? Huh?
- I got it.
533
00:22:10,083 --> 00:22:11,541
No, no. I'm talking...
534
00:22:22,333 --> 00:22:24,750
STRASSER: Um, and, you know,
you-you tend to get growth
535
00:22:24,833 --> 00:22:26,476
- when you shrink the, uh...
- SONNY: I need you.
536
00:22:26,500 --> 00:22:27,851
Sonny, I-I'm gonna be done
in five minutes.
537
00:22:27,875 --> 00:22:30,166
- I need you done now.
- Um, w... you guys are busy.
538
00:22:30,250 --> 00:22:31,916
- Richard, uh...
- It's fine.
539
00:22:32,000 --> 00:22:34,184
STRASSER: Richard, I'm sorry.
We're gonna follow up, okay?
540
00:22:34,208 --> 00:22:35,250
Thank you.
541
00:22:35,333 --> 00:22:37,625
You know, uh, Sonny, in business,
542
00:22:37,708 --> 00:22:39,309
there's a way in which
we conduct ourselves.
543
00:22:39,333 --> 00:22:41,291
- Like we...
- I found him.
544
00:22:41,375 --> 00:22:43,750
- Who's that, Jesus?
- Sit down.
545
00:22:43,833 --> 00:22:45,041
Okay.
546
00:22:45,125 --> 00:22:46,791
(chuckles) Lynwood Robinson.
547
00:22:46,875 --> 00:22:49,500
That name mean anything to you?
548
00:22:49,583 --> 00:22:51,333
- No.
- Great recruit.
549
00:22:51,416 --> 00:22:53,583
Everybody was after this kid.
North Carolina got him.
550
00:22:53,666 --> 00:22:55,666
He actually announced
his decision to go there
551
00:22:55,750 --> 00:22:57,583
the same day that Michael Jordan did.
552
00:22:57,666 --> 00:22:59,809
It was actually bigger news
in the Charlotte Observer,
553
00:22:59,833 --> 00:23:00,833
got a bigger headline.
554
00:23:00,916 --> 00:23:03,958
Within two years, Lynwood Robinson
transfers to Appalachian State.
555
00:23:04,041 --> 00:23:05,291
Nobody heard about him again.
556
00:23:05,375 --> 00:23:06,791
Now, watch.
557
00:23:08,375 --> 00:23:10,458
STRASSER:
This is the 1982 championship.
558
00:23:10,541 --> 00:23:11,875
The shot that Jordan makes.
559
00:23:11,958 --> 00:23:13,184
I've seen this. Everyone's seen this.
560
00:23:13,208 --> 00:23:15,125
No, we've been looking at it wrong. Watch.
561
00:23:15,208 --> 00:23:16,708
Here's James Worthy, okay?
562
00:23:16,791 --> 00:23:19,591
Number one in his draft class,
another guy we had no chance of signing.
563
00:23:19,625 --> 00:23:21,625
- Correct.
- Why isn't he getting the ball?
564
00:23:21,708 --> 00:23:22,708
They're down by one.
565
00:23:22,791 --> 00:23:25,208
There's under a half a minute to go.
566
00:23:25,291 --> 00:23:26,767
Why isn't the superstar getting the ball?
567
00:23:26,791 --> 00:23:29,791
Why is the ball going to
the 18-year-old skinny freshman
568
00:23:29,875 --> 00:23:31,101
from Wilmington, North Carolina?
569
00:23:31,125 --> 00:23:33,875
Eh, they probably drew up
the play for Worthy,
570
00:23:33,958 --> 00:23:36,041
and Jordan was an option
in case Worthy was covered.
571
00:23:36,125 --> 00:23:37,333
No, that's wrong.
572
00:23:37,416 --> 00:23:39,666
Worthy is a decoy.
573
00:23:39,750 --> 00:23:41,184
We've been looking at this wrong. Look.
574
00:23:41,208 --> 00:23:42,434
He knows he's not getting the ball.
575
00:23:42,458 --> 00:23:43,958
They're in a 1-3-1 zone.
576
00:23:44,041 --> 00:23:46,416
What's gonna happen the second
Worthy comes across the lane?
577
00:23:46,500 --> 00:23:49,540
That zone's gonna collapse on him,
leaving Michael Jordan open in the corner,
578
00:23:49,583 --> 00:23:52,083
and the ball's gonna go to him,
and he's gonna shoot it.
579
00:23:52,166 --> 00:23:54,086
Look, when he shoots it,
he shoots it right away.
580
00:23:54,166 --> 00:23:55,958
He knows he's getting the ball.
581
00:23:56,041 --> 00:23:58,541
The play is drawn up for Jordan.
582
00:23:58,625 --> 00:24:01,583
And now that you know that...
583
00:24:01,666 --> 00:24:03,083
watch Jordan.
584
00:24:05,958 --> 00:24:08,750
You feel like your plane is
on its final descent,
585
00:24:08,833 --> 00:24:10,583
or are you just circling?
586
00:24:11,625 --> 00:24:13,333
Look at him.
587
00:24:14,375 --> 00:24:16,958
Look at how relaxed he is.
588
00:24:17,041 --> 00:24:19,750
Look, he wants the ball.
He's calling for the ball.
589
00:24:19,833 --> 00:24:22,000
The whole world is watching him.
590
00:24:22,083 --> 00:24:23,791
He's 18 years old.
591
00:24:23,875 --> 00:24:28,208
He's three seconds away
from the biggest shot of his life.
592
00:24:28,291 --> 00:24:32,041
And the biggest shot of Dean Smith's life.
593
00:24:32,125 --> 00:24:33,226
Remember the knock on Dean Smith?
594
00:24:33,250 --> 00:24:34,541
He couldn't win the big one.
595
00:24:34,625 --> 00:24:36,559
He'd been there three times,
couldn't get it done.
596
00:24:36,583 --> 00:24:38,708
This is his fourth
and maybe his last time.
597
00:24:38,791 --> 00:24:40,458
Dean Smith didn't even start freshmen.
598
00:24:40,541 --> 00:24:43,083
Michael's only the third freshman
to start for the guy.
599
00:24:43,166 --> 00:24:44,625
And what does he do?
600
00:24:44,708 --> 00:24:48,250
He puts the ball in the hands
of an 18-year-old freshman.
601
00:24:48,333 --> 00:24:50,125
Why?
602
00:24:50,208 --> 00:24:53,291
Because Dean sees
the same thing that I see.
603
00:24:53,375 --> 00:24:56,916
The same thing that Lynwood Robinson saw.
604
00:24:57,000 --> 00:24:58,125
Greatness.
605
00:25:05,541 --> 00:25:09,250
I don't want to sign three players.
606
00:25:09,333 --> 00:25:11,541
I want to sign one.
607
00:25:11,625 --> 00:25:12,916
I want to sign him.
608
00:25:13,958 --> 00:25:17,458
We build a shoe line around just him.
609
00:25:17,541 --> 00:25:20,625
We tap into something deeper,
into the player's identity.
610
00:25:20,708 --> 00:25:22,000
Into that.
611
00:25:22,083 --> 00:25:23,625
What's that mean?
612
00:25:23,708 --> 00:25:24,958
That he doesn't wear the shoe.
613
00:25:25,041 --> 00:25:26,458
He is the shoe.
614
00:25:26,541 --> 00:25:27,958
The shoe is him.
615
00:25:28,041 --> 00:25:30,541
You want to anthropomorphize the shoe?
616
00:25:30,625 --> 00:25:32,000
Put little legs and arms on it?
617
00:25:32,083 --> 00:25:33,916
(sighs)
618
00:25:34,000 --> 00:25:35,791
Have you seen the Arthur Ashe commercial?
619
00:25:35,875 --> 00:25:37,892
(stammers) "This is the racket
that I won Wimbledon with,
620
00:25:37,916 --> 00:25:39,625
that you could've bought it."
621
00:25:39,708 --> 00:25:41,916
We do that but with a shoe.
622
00:25:42,000 --> 00:25:43,916
I'm gonna blow a quick 20
right here, okay?
623
00:25:44,000 --> 00:25:45,666
It's gonna cost too much money.
624
00:25:45,750 --> 00:25:47,333
No, not if we bet it all on one guy.
625
00:25:47,416 --> 00:25:48,476
Too risky. You want the whole budget?
626
00:25:48,500 --> 00:25:50,416
- The whole budget.
- Can't do that.
627
00:25:50,500 --> 00:25:52,267
We're gonna spread it across
three or four players.
628
00:25:52,291 --> 00:25:54,041
- I've said that.
- We have 250K.
629
00:25:54,125 --> 00:25:55,375
We can get him for 250K.
630
00:25:55,458 --> 00:25:57,875
Guess who else has 250K.
631
00:25:57,958 --> 00:25:59,750
Adidas has 250K, too, okay?
632
00:25:59,833 --> 00:26:04,125
So even if we were to offer him $250,000,
Adidas would be able to match it.
633
00:26:04,208 --> 00:26:06,726
Meanwhile, all our other prospects
have signed with other teams.
634
00:26:06,750 --> 00:26:09,416
Plus, Jordan has made it abundantly clear,
635
00:26:09,500 --> 00:26:12,541
painfully clear,
that he doesn't want to come here.
636
00:26:12,625 --> 00:26:15,041
So you would have to have
a pretty compelling pitch.
637
00:26:15,125 --> 00:26:16,125
Do you have that?
638
00:26:16,166 --> 00:26:19,208
Yeah, I can tell him the one thing
the other companies can't compete with.
639
00:26:20,500 --> 00:26:23,375
Our basketball division
is fucking terrible.
640
00:26:25,041 --> 00:26:26,458
I do not love it.
641
00:26:26,541 --> 00:26:28,291
You think Phil gonna go for that?
642
00:26:28,375 --> 00:26:30,000
But you like the idea, right?
643
00:26:30,083 --> 00:26:32,208
- The idea? Of Michael Jordan?
- Yeah.
644
00:26:32,291 --> 00:26:34,250
- What you gonna offer him?
- The whole budget.
645
00:26:34,333 --> 00:26:36,208
As in nobody else getting no money?
646
00:26:36,291 --> 00:26:38,458
Phil is gonna fire you.
647
00:26:38,541 --> 00:26:39,875
Well, I can handle Phil.
648
00:26:39,958 --> 00:26:42,500
The key to Phil is make him afraid.
649
00:26:42,583 --> 00:26:44,083
You gonna get us both damn fired.
650
00:26:44,166 --> 00:26:47,125
Phil got a hundred million dollars
651
00:26:47,208 --> 00:26:50,916
and a life supply of them damn pink,
nut-hugging jogging shorts.
652
00:26:51,000 --> 00:26:53,208
The hell is he afraid of?
653
00:26:53,291 --> 00:26:55,166
Let's say you get Phil.
654
00:26:55,250 --> 00:26:56,750
How the hell you gonna get Michael?
655
00:26:56,833 --> 00:26:58,291
Michael is an Adidas guy.
656
00:26:58,375 --> 00:27:00,500
He loves Adidas. That's all he wear.
657
00:27:00,583 --> 00:27:02,666
Them badass warm-up suits, shell toe.
658
00:27:02,750 --> 00:27:04,101
Michael don't want to come to Nike
659
00:27:04,125 --> 00:27:06,208
badder than that damn guy
sitting in the briar patch.
660
00:27:06,291 --> 00:27:08,750
Well, I'll deal with that
after I deal with Phil.
661
00:27:08,833 --> 00:27:09,833
Phil ain't gonna do it.
662
00:27:09,875 --> 00:27:11,833
But you like the idea, right?
663
00:27:11,916 --> 00:27:13,250
I'd like to sign Jordan.
664
00:27:14,291 --> 00:27:17,083
But what I don't know is
what his agent gonna ask for.
665
00:27:17,166 --> 00:27:19,750
("The Message (Re-Mastered)" playing)
666
00:27:23,458 --> 00:27:24,916
(line ringing)
667
00:27:34,541 --> 00:27:35,791
SONNY (over phone):
David.
668
00:27:35,875 --> 00:27:37,000
Sonny, Sonny, Sonny.
669
00:27:37,083 --> 00:27:39,416
Good morning, Falk.
670
00:27:39,500 --> 00:27:41,833
It's the afternoon
for those of us in the real world.
671
00:27:41,916 --> 00:27:44,000
What's new in the wilds of Oregon?
672
00:27:44,083 --> 00:27:46,333
I hear Nike's getting out
of the basketball business.
673
00:27:46,416 --> 00:27:47,875
Who told you that?
674
00:27:47,958 --> 00:27:49,267
FALK:
You know, I have clients in other sports.
675
00:27:49,291 --> 00:27:51,458
I just signed Boomer Esiason,
great-looking kid,
676
00:27:51,541 --> 00:27:53,476
and Boomer... it's interesting,
because what Boomer does...
677
00:27:53,500 --> 00:27:54,833
David, David, David.
678
00:27:54,916 --> 00:27:55,916
I don't give a fuck.
679
00:27:56,000 --> 00:27:59,166
I'm calling about... Michael Jordan.
680
00:27:59,250 --> 00:28:02,125
I told Strasser months ago,
it's never gonna happen.
681
00:28:02,208 --> 00:28:04,309
- Well, you never talked to me.
- I'm doing you a favor.
682
00:28:04,333 --> 00:28:06,500
Michael's not even taking
a meeting with you.
683
00:28:06,583 --> 00:28:08,500
- What do you mean?
- A meeting?
684
00:28:08,583 --> 00:28:10,833
Group of two, maybe four,
five executives in a room.
685
00:28:10,916 --> 00:28:12,416
They hear a pitch from a company.
686
00:28:12,500 --> 00:28:13,684
It's common business practice.
687
00:28:13,708 --> 00:28:14,767
Michael's not gonna be doing that at Nike.
688
00:28:14,791 --> 00:28:16,208
Don't fuck with me, Falk. Come on.
689
00:28:16,291 --> 00:28:17,958
Okay, wh-what are the bids looking like?
690
00:28:18,041 --> 00:28:19,291
It's not about the money.
691
00:28:19,375 --> 00:28:20,934
When someone says
it's not about the money,
692
00:28:20,958 --> 00:28:22,351
I know for sure it's about the money.
693
00:28:22,375 --> 00:28:23,958
We decided to stretch the envelope.
694
00:28:24,041 --> 00:28:27,041
We want to hear what each company can do
to promote Michael.
695
00:28:27,125 --> 00:28:29,333
Okay, w-well, then we're thinking
along the same lines.
696
00:28:29,416 --> 00:28:30,856
That's why I want to have a meeting.
697
00:28:30,916 --> 00:28:33,375
Sonny, world-class players
don't wear third-rate shoes.
698
00:28:33,458 --> 00:28:35,000
Just get me in the room.
699
00:28:35,083 --> 00:28:38,333
Sonny, as a friend, it's a waste of time.
700
00:28:38,416 --> 00:28:41,166
Off the record: Even though
UNC was a Converse school,
701
00:28:41,250 --> 00:28:43,291
Michael wore Adidas during practice.
702
00:28:44,625 --> 00:28:46,541
Put on Converse
right before the game started.
703
00:28:46,625 --> 00:28:48,059
The second the final buzzer sounded,
704
00:28:48,083 --> 00:28:49,666
- Adidas back on.
- (fingers snap)
705
00:28:49,750 --> 00:28:51,000
- Bullshit.
- Ask Dean.
706
00:28:51,083 --> 00:28:52,416
You said it was off the record.
707
00:28:52,500 --> 00:28:54,184
I didn't say you had to tell him
where you heard it.
708
00:28:54,208 --> 00:28:55,583
Trust me, Converse knows it, too.
709
00:28:55,666 --> 00:28:58,166
I've already seen
Adidas's mock-up presentation.
710
00:28:58,250 --> 00:29:00,250
Three words: state of the art.
711
00:29:00,333 --> 00:29:01,500
That's four.
712
00:29:01,583 --> 00:29:04,000
You're a stalking horse, at best.
713
00:29:04,083 --> 00:29:07,291
And a slow, fat stalking horse,
so you're not even credible.
714
00:29:07,375 --> 00:29:09,416
You know he'll be miserable at Adidas.
715
00:29:09,500 --> 00:29:12,041
I mean, it's a shit show over there
since Adolf died.
716
00:29:12,125 --> 00:29:13,958
Adi, Sonny. He went by Adi.
717
00:29:14,041 --> 00:29:15,541
His name was Adolf.
718
00:29:15,625 --> 00:29:17,101
I mean, the guy's name
was literally Adolf.
719
00:29:17,125 --> 00:29:18,750
- He was a good man.
- He kept the name.
720
00:29:18,833 --> 00:29:20,750
It's Adi. Adi Dassler.
721
00:29:20,833 --> 00:29:22,291
Adi-Das. Adidas.
722
00:29:22,375 --> 00:29:23,851
- That's what it stands for.
- He was in the Hitler Youth.
723
00:29:23,875 --> 00:29:25,458
No, he wasn't. Don't say that.
724
00:29:25,541 --> 00:29:27,916
I saw a picture of him
personally wearing a swastika.
725
00:29:28,000 --> 00:29:29,000
The guy had the haircut.
726
00:29:29,041 --> 00:29:31,166
- We all have a past.
- Look, David,
727
00:29:31,250 --> 00:29:33,416
some of us have our past
and some of us were Nazis.
728
00:29:33,500 --> 00:29:34,416
There's a line.
729
00:29:34,500 --> 00:29:35,916
Well, he's dead.
730
00:29:36,000 --> 00:29:37,440
We're meeting with the whole family.
731
00:29:37,500 --> 00:29:38,833
When's the meeting?
732
00:29:38,916 --> 00:29:41,625
Uh, Jordans go to Boston, uh, on Thursday.
733
00:29:41,708 --> 00:29:42,833
That's Converse.
734
00:29:42,916 --> 00:29:45,267
And then Nuremberg for Adidas on Saturday,
and then we're gonna close.
735
00:29:45,291 --> 00:29:47,041
- Nuremberg?
- Would you cut the shit?
736
00:29:47,125 --> 00:29:48,958
It's close to... it's near there.
737
00:29:49,041 --> 00:29:50,666
They want to close is the point.
738
00:29:52,166 --> 00:29:53,875
What are they offering?
739
00:29:54,916 --> 00:29:57,583
I don't see a world
where it's south of 250.
740
00:29:57,666 --> 00:29:59,208
No fucking way.
741
00:29:59,291 --> 00:30:00,791
- SONNY: Let me explain.
- No.
742
00:30:00,875 --> 00:30:03,625
Listen. Michael Jordan is the player
we've been waiting for.
743
00:30:03,708 --> 00:30:07,291
Yeah, but you said the same thing about
Artis Gilmore last year and Bobby Jones.
744
00:30:07,375 --> 00:30:09,809
All right, well, if perfection is
the goal, then I'm doomed, right?
745
00:30:09,833 --> 00:30:11,666
I-I mean, I'm not gonna hit every shot.
746
00:30:11,750 --> 00:30:13,958
How about one shot? A shot, ever.
747
00:30:14,041 --> 00:30:15,375
It's part of gambling, Phil.
748
00:30:15,458 --> 00:30:17,833
- You don't win every hand.
- This isn't a craps table.
749
00:30:17,916 --> 00:30:19,267
And we don't have
unlimited checks to write...
750
00:30:19,291 --> 00:30:20,451
I'm not asking for unlimited.
751
00:30:20,500 --> 00:30:22,059
I'm asking for what you already budgeted.
752
00:30:22,083 --> 00:30:23,458
- On one player.
- Yes.
753
00:30:23,541 --> 00:30:25,666
Don't confuse desperation
with vision, Sonny.
754
00:30:25,750 --> 00:30:28,416
(sighs) We're actually
gonna need more than that.
755
00:30:28,500 --> 00:30:31,750
For a rookie who's never
set foot on an NBA court?
756
00:30:31,833 --> 00:30:34,375
That's the literal definition
of rookie, yeah.
757
00:30:34,458 --> 00:30:36,500
Magic Johnson doesn't have his own shoe.
758
00:30:36,583 --> 00:30:38,125
Exactly.
759
00:30:39,750 --> 00:30:41,726
I can't justify that to the board,
so there's no point
760
00:30:41,750 --> 00:30:42,976
- in having this discussion.
- All right.
761
00:30:43,000 --> 00:30:45,000
Let me put it to you this way.
762
00:30:45,083 --> 00:30:47,750
I'm willing to bet my career
on Michael Jordan.
763
00:30:47,833 --> 00:30:49,750
Oh, come on, man.
764
00:30:49,833 --> 00:30:51,916
You asked me what I do here.
This is what I do.
765
00:30:52,000 --> 00:30:53,291
I find you players.
766
00:30:53,375 --> 00:30:55,083
And I fucking feel it this time.
767
00:30:55,166 --> 00:30:57,125
Yeah, okay, it's risky.
768
00:30:57,208 --> 00:30:58,416
When you were selling sneakers
769
00:30:58,500 --> 00:31:00,184
out of the back of your Plymouth,
that was risky.
770
00:31:00,208 --> 00:31:02,333
It took balls.
I mean, that's why we're all here.
771
00:31:02,416 --> 00:31:03,791
Don't change that now.
772
00:31:03,875 --> 00:31:05,750
Phil, I mean, if you look at him,
773
00:31:05,833 --> 00:31:08,208
if you really look at Jordan like I did,
774
00:31:08,291 --> 00:31:09,958
you're gonna see exactly what I see.
775
00:31:10,041 --> 00:31:11,458
Which is what?
776
00:31:11,541 --> 00:31:14,125
The most competitive guy I have ever seen.
777
00:31:14,208 --> 00:31:15,958
He is a fucking killer.
778
00:31:17,458 --> 00:31:19,083
Who's the competition?
779
00:31:19,166 --> 00:31:22,166
- Well...
- Eh, don't talk. (grunts)
780
00:31:22,250 --> 00:31:24,416
♪ My Adidas walk through concert doors ♪
781
00:31:24,500 --> 00:31:26,250
♪ And roam all over coliseum floors ♪
782
00:31:26,333 --> 00:31:29,458
♪ I stepped on stage at Live Aid ♪
783
00:31:29,541 --> 00:31:32,083
♪ All the people gave
and the poor got paid... ♪
784
00:31:32,166 --> 00:31:35,333
I know the last thing any of us
want to talk about today is business.
785
00:31:35,416 --> 00:31:38,250
I... I can't imagine the grief.
786
00:31:38,333 --> 00:31:41,375
Ah, as Adi would say,
787
00:31:41,458 --> 00:31:42,916
we must go on.
788
00:31:43,000 --> 00:31:44,666
He did say that.
789
00:31:44,750 --> 00:31:47,583
We have a great opportunity
for Adidas America.
790
00:31:47,666 --> 00:31:49,625
- ♪ Yo, what's up? ♪
- ♪ My Adidas. ♪
791
00:31:49,708 --> 00:31:52,083
- Very good.
- Good. Mm-hmm.
792
00:31:52,166 --> 00:31:55,041
("Rock the Casbah" by The Clash playing)
793
00:31:55,125 --> 00:31:56,958
JOE DEAN:
We already got the number one pick.
794
00:31:58,416 --> 00:32:00,416
Who's next on the hit list?
795
00:32:02,875 --> 00:32:03,916
Scoreboard.
796
00:32:04,000 --> 00:32:06,166
What the fuck, guys? We're doing this?
797
00:32:06,250 --> 00:32:08,833
I don't know.
I mean, can-can we even get a meeting?
798
00:32:08,916 --> 00:32:11,166
- Rob?
- Phil, you're signing off on this?
799
00:32:11,250 --> 00:32:12,833
No, it's a stupid fucking idea.
800
00:32:12,916 --> 00:32:14,156
I said, "Can we get a meeting?"
801
00:32:14,208 --> 00:32:16,000
I'll call Falk.
802
00:32:16,083 --> 00:32:18,250
FALK: Submit an offer,
and then we can talk meeting.
803
00:32:18,333 --> 00:32:19,684
SONNY (over phone):
I can't do that.
804
00:32:19,708 --> 00:32:21,668
Then I have no responsibility
to inform my client.
805
00:32:21,708 --> 00:32:22,833
(sighs)
806
00:32:22,916 --> 00:32:25,500
250,000 is what you can expect.
807
00:32:25,583 --> 00:32:27,625
I need it in writing.
808
00:32:27,708 --> 00:32:30,500
When the offer comes, it'll be in writing.
809
00:32:30,583 --> 00:32:31,958
I look forward to seeing it.
810
00:32:32,041 --> 00:32:33,726
I can't wait to waste six hours
flying out there.
811
00:32:33,750 --> 00:32:37,375
Why can't you get a base on the East Coast
like a normal company?
812
00:32:37,458 --> 00:32:39,416
They love it out here.
813
00:32:39,500 --> 00:32:40,958
I'm glad they're happy.
814
00:32:41,041 --> 00:32:42,833
Hey, how are the parents?
815
00:32:42,916 --> 00:32:43,916
Smart as hell.
816
00:32:44,000 --> 00:32:46,059
Don't pull any bullshit on them.
They don't want to be sold to.
817
00:32:46,083 --> 00:32:48,083
Yeah? Are they home now in Carolina?
818
00:32:48,166 --> 00:32:50,750
Don't call them, okay?
I'm not fucking kidding.
819
00:32:50,833 --> 00:32:52,750
That'd be inappropriate
and unprofessional.
820
00:32:52,833 --> 00:32:54,791
S-So is outright refusing a meeting.
821
00:32:54,875 --> 00:32:56,500
That's just business.
822
00:32:56,583 --> 00:32:58,666
Why does Michael want Adidas?
823
00:32:58,750 --> 00:33:01,166
Because he likes their tracksuits.
824
00:33:01,250 --> 00:33:03,916
(stammers) We'll get him
every tracksuit he's ever wanted.
825
00:33:04,000 --> 00:33:05,767
He's a kid.
He's not thinking about what he will have.
826
00:33:05,791 --> 00:33:07,267
He's thinking about
what he doesn't have right now.
827
00:33:07,291 --> 00:33:08,208
You know what else he wants?
828
00:33:08,291 --> 00:33:10,041
- (sighs) What?
- Car.
829
00:33:10,125 --> 00:33:12,000
Red Mercedes 380SL.
830
00:33:12,083 --> 00:33:15,041
But fortunately he's got
an extremely savvy advisor
831
00:33:15,125 --> 00:33:16,583
who thinks long-term.
832
00:33:16,666 --> 00:33:20,166
You know, it's really your humility,
David, that's so impressive.
833
00:33:21,541 --> 00:33:23,208
You know what I think?
834
00:33:23,291 --> 00:33:25,267
You don't have authorization
to make a written offer.
835
00:33:25,291 --> 00:33:27,708
Unless I see an offer in writing,
836
00:33:27,791 --> 00:33:30,041
I have no obligation to inform my client.
837
00:33:31,041 --> 00:33:32,684
- David, don't fucking hang...
- (dial tone droning)
838
00:33:32,708 --> 00:33:34,500
(sighs)
839
00:33:36,541 --> 00:33:38,083
(sighs heavily)
840
00:33:43,708 --> 00:33:46,208
("Legs" by ZZ Top playing)
841
00:33:46,291 --> 00:33:48,000
Stan, hey.
842
00:33:48,083 --> 00:33:49,708
Get me a ticket to L.A., plane ticket.
843
00:33:49,791 --> 00:33:51,333
Leave it at the gate.
844
00:33:52,375 --> 00:33:53,583
Oh, hey, Al.
845
00:33:53,666 --> 00:33:54,976
I'm not gonna make the meeting
tomorrow morning.
846
00:33:55,000 --> 00:33:56,601
I got to go to L.A.
to see George Raveling.
847
00:33:56,625 --> 00:33:57,958
Who?
848
00:33:58,041 --> 00:33:59,642
How'd you get a job
in the basketball division?
849
00:33:59,666 --> 00:34:02,125
George Raveling,
coach at the Olympics, Iowa,
850
00:34:02,208 --> 00:34:04,208
best man at my wedding. Jesus, Al.
851
00:34:04,291 --> 00:34:06,416
♪ She got legs ♪
852
00:34:07,458 --> 00:34:10,666
♪ She knows how to use them ♪
853
00:34:11,750 --> 00:34:14,875
♪ She never begs ♪
854
00:34:14,958 --> 00:34:17,708
♪ She knows how to choose them... ♪
855
00:34:17,791 --> 00:34:20,333
- RAVELING: It's-it's... it's ridiculous.
- (Sonny chuckles)
856
00:34:20,416 --> 00:34:22,083
I tried.
857
00:34:22,166 --> 00:34:23,916
I tried to put the word in for you guys
858
00:34:24,000 --> 00:34:25,166
during the Olympics. Just...
859
00:34:25,250 --> 00:34:26,666
I know. I appreciate it, man.
860
00:34:26,750 --> 00:34:28,333
Michael's not coming to Nike.
861
00:34:28,416 --> 00:34:31,291
He doesn't even want to meet. You know?
862
00:34:31,375 --> 00:34:33,125
Uh, and believe me,
863
00:34:33,208 --> 00:34:36,458
I-I told him multiple times.
864
00:34:36,541 --> 00:34:38,125
And-and we got along.
865
00:34:38,208 --> 00:34:40,166
He just doesn't like the shoe.
866
00:34:40,250 --> 00:34:41,916
He never even worn the shoes.
867
00:34:42,000 --> 00:34:47,666
He did say if somebody was to buy him
a red Mercedes 380SL,
868
00:34:47,750 --> 00:34:51,500
he would sign a shoe contract
for life with anybody.
869
00:34:51,583 --> 00:34:52,958
Except Nike.
870
00:34:53,041 --> 00:34:55,458
- (chuckles)
- (laughing)
871
00:34:57,291 --> 00:34:58,833
There's nothing cool about Nike.
872
00:34:58,916 --> 00:35:00,750
Even what it means, "Adidas":
873
00:35:00,833 --> 00:35:02,625
"All day I dream about sex."
874
00:35:02,708 --> 00:35:04,559
- "Puma": "Please use my ass."
- That's not what it means.
875
00:35:04,583 --> 00:35:06,500
"Nike" has no-no meaning.
876
00:35:06,583 --> 00:35:08,500
How are the parents?
877
00:35:08,583 --> 00:35:11,250
Solid. She runs shit.
878
00:35:11,333 --> 00:35:12,333
- Really?
- Mm-hmm.
879
00:35:12,416 --> 00:35:15,291
Well, so maybe I should talk to her.
880
00:35:15,375 --> 00:35:17,208
Hey.
881
00:35:17,291 --> 00:35:19,411
You bypass the agents
and talk directly to the family,
882
00:35:19,458 --> 00:35:20,541
you're gonna lose your job.
883
00:35:20,625 --> 00:35:22,416
I don't know what's wrong with me.
884
00:35:22,500 --> 00:35:24,041
I been doing this 20 years.
885
00:35:24,125 --> 00:35:25,916
I've never had a feeling like this.
886
00:35:26,000 --> 00:35:28,041
You know when you get a feeling.
887
00:35:28,125 --> 00:35:29,500
- You know?
- Yeah.
888
00:35:29,583 --> 00:35:30,625
Know what?
889
00:35:30,708 --> 00:35:32,416
Don't lose that.
890
00:35:32,500 --> 00:35:34,291
Even if I get fired?
891
00:35:34,375 --> 00:35:35,916
Summer 1963.
892
00:35:36,000 --> 00:35:38,166
A friend of my father's
asked me and his son
893
00:35:38,250 --> 00:35:40,750
to come down to a march in town.
894
00:35:40,833 --> 00:35:44,708
Now, mind you,
I have a full scholarship at Villanova.
895
00:35:44,791 --> 00:35:46,833
- Mm-hmm.
- Right?
896
00:35:46,916 --> 00:35:49,250
But I got this feeling.
897
00:35:49,333 --> 00:35:51,250
Don't know why.
898
00:35:51,333 --> 00:35:53,250
So I go.
899
00:35:53,333 --> 00:35:54,583
I get down there.
900
00:35:54,666 --> 00:35:56,958
One of the organizers see
two six-four Black kids,
901
00:35:57,041 --> 00:35:59,791
and they're like, "Oh, you guys
want to help with security?"
902
00:35:59,875 --> 00:36:00,875
(both laugh)
903
00:36:00,958 --> 00:36:02,791
So now we're the Fruits of Islam.
904
00:36:02,875 --> 00:36:04,375
They take us down there.
905
00:36:04,458 --> 00:36:07,666
They throw us up onstage,
right on the podium.
906
00:36:07,750 --> 00:36:09,000
There's cameras.
907
00:36:09,083 --> 00:36:10,833
One of the boosters has to be
a Klan member.
908
00:36:10,916 --> 00:36:11,916
(stammers) You know?
909
00:36:14,291 --> 00:36:16,791
But this voice kept telling me
I should stay.
910
00:36:16,875 --> 00:36:20,791
And I'm there five hours,
and I'm just sweating like... (groans)
911
00:36:20,875 --> 00:36:23,833
Then I saw the last speaker's speech.
912
00:36:23,916 --> 00:36:26,958
We walked offstage.
913
00:36:27,041 --> 00:36:28,250
I said to him, I said,
914
00:36:28,333 --> 00:36:32,083
"Hey, that was the best speech
I ever heard."
915
00:36:32,166 --> 00:36:34,125
He said, "Thank you, young man."
916
00:36:34,208 --> 00:36:37,416
He takes the speech, he folds it up,
and he puts it in my pocket.
917
00:36:37,500 --> 00:36:39,625
Later, I'm looking for my favorite line.
918
00:36:39,708 --> 00:36:40,916
It's not in there.
919
00:36:41,000 --> 00:36:44,208
Then I notice the whole
second half of the speech
920
00:36:44,291 --> 00:36:45,583
is completely different.
921
00:36:47,458 --> 00:36:49,750
What was the line you were looking for?
922
00:36:49,833 --> 00:36:51,458
"I have a dream."
923
00:36:51,541 --> 00:36:53,375
Come on. Get the fuck out of here.
924
00:36:53,458 --> 00:36:55,333
- The "I Have a Dr..." You have that?
- Yeah.
925
00:36:55,416 --> 00:36:57,625
See, the first half,
926
00:36:57,708 --> 00:36:59,916
he noticed the audience wasn't with him.
927
00:37:00,958 --> 00:37:02,666
And he changed the whole thing,
928
00:37:02,750 --> 00:37:04,458
- made the whole speech up
- (fingers snap)
929
00:37:04,541 --> 00:37:06,958
- right there on the spot.
- Wow.
930
00:37:07,041 --> 00:37:09,958
So, are you saying I should contact
the Jordans and-and...
931
00:37:10,041 --> 00:37:11,833
Fuck no! (laughing)
932
00:37:11,916 --> 00:37:13,541
(laughing):
You just fucking said
933
00:37:13,625 --> 00:37:15,392
- that that's what I should do.
- No, but that's your voice.
934
00:37:15,416 --> 00:37:17,500
Your voice tells you to do stupid shit.
935
00:37:17,583 --> 00:37:20,916
- My voice made me a part of history.
- Yeah.
936
00:37:21,000 --> 00:37:22,541
(both laugh)
937
00:37:22,625 --> 00:37:23,833
You have the speech.
938
00:37:23,916 --> 00:37:25,541
That's incredible.
939
00:37:27,000 --> 00:37:28,375
I also have Abe Lincoln's.
940
00:37:28,458 --> 00:37:29,583
(both laughing)
941
00:37:29,666 --> 00:37:32,375
Were you doing security for that one, too?
942
00:37:32,458 --> 00:37:34,833
Oh, I'm fucking that old now?
943
00:37:34,916 --> 00:37:38,333
♪ What's your price for flight? ♪
944
00:37:38,416 --> 00:37:40,017
("Sister Christian" by Night Ranger
playing)
945
00:37:40,041 --> 00:37:44,166
♪ In finding Mr. Right ♪
946
00:37:45,583 --> 00:37:49,208
♪ You'll be all right tonight ♪
947
00:37:54,375 --> 00:37:58,875
♪ Babe, you know
you're growing up so fast... ♪
948
00:37:58,958 --> 00:38:00,083
(song fades)
949
00:38:00,166 --> 00:38:01,791
- Sonny.
- Hey.
950
00:38:01,875 --> 00:38:03,833
(sighs) Looking all over for you.
951
00:38:03,916 --> 00:38:05,166
I was just here, man,
952
00:38:05,250 --> 00:38:07,666
having a cup of coffee
before I got to the house.
953
00:38:08,666 --> 00:38:11,166
I'm thinking of reaching out
to the parents.
954
00:38:11,250 --> 00:38:13,500
- Reaching out to Jordan's parents?
- Yeah.
955
00:38:14,541 --> 00:38:16,750
Sonny, that ain't something
you take lightly, man.
956
00:38:16,833 --> 00:38:19,416
You go around Falk, you better close.
957
00:38:23,791 --> 00:38:25,208
Listen.
958
00:38:26,916 --> 00:38:28,000
You made me believe, man.
959
00:38:28,083 --> 00:38:30,458
Y-You started the Dapper Dan tournament.
960
00:38:30,541 --> 00:38:31,916
You got them all there,
961
00:38:32,000 --> 00:38:35,000
the greatest high school players
in the country.
962
00:38:35,083 --> 00:38:37,791
You might have forgot about this,
but I was invited.
963
00:38:37,875 --> 00:38:39,958
Best day of my life.
964
00:38:40,041 --> 00:38:41,833
Then I blew out my damn knee.
965
00:38:43,333 --> 00:38:44,708
(groans):
Ah.
966
00:38:45,750 --> 00:38:48,791
It don't matter about
what Phil is thinking
967
00:38:48,875 --> 00:38:50,583
or anybody's thinking.
968
00:38:50,666 --> 00:38:53,833
All that matters is:
How much do you believe?
969
00:38:54,875 --> 00:38:56,333
I believe in you.
970
00:38:57,375 --> 00:39:00,333
You know, I was actually expecting you
to try to talk me out of it.
971
00:39:00,416 --> 00:39:02,250
You wasn't gonna listen anyway.
972
00:39:02,333 --> 00:39:04,750
But if you get fired,
I got a one-bedroom apartment.
973
00:39:04,833 --> 00:39:07,166
I ain't got no more room for nobody.
I'm sorry.
974
00:39:07,250 --> 00:39:09,750
I got two rags, one towel.
975
00:39:09,833 --> 00:39:11,416
That's all I got.
976
00:39:11,500 --> 00:39:13,500
♪ ♪
977
00:39:16,708 --> 00:39:18,708
- (busy chatter)
- (phones ringing)
978
00:39:33,500 --> 00:39:35,208
Uh, where-where is he?
979
00:39:36,250 --> 00:39:37,250
He didn't come in.
980
00:39:37,333 --> 00:39:38,666
Is he sick?
981
00:39:38,750 --> 00:39:41,166
I'm not actually his secretary.
982
00:39:41,250 --> 00:39:42,708
He doesn't have a secretary.
983
00:39:43,750 --> 00:39:45,125
Where is he?
984
00:39:49,916 --> 00:39:52,791
(phone ringing)
985
00:39:54,458 --> 00:39:56,583
- Hello.
- SONNY (over phone): Strass.
986
00:39:56,666 --> 00:39:58,625
Hey, where the hell are you?
987
00:39:58,708 --> 00:40:00,916
North Carolina!
988
00:40:01,000 --> 00:40:04,000
("In a Big Country" by Big Country
playing)
989
00:40:08,291 --> 00:40:10,708
Goddamn it, Sonny!
What happened to a phone call?
990
00:40:10,791 --> 00:40:12,916
I'm calling you now. I'm in the car.
991
00:40:13,000 --> 00:40:15,583
The rental car has a phone in it.
992
00:40:15,666 --> 00:40:17,208
Yeah... Not me, the parents.
993
00:40:17,291 --> 00:40:20,000
It would've been unprofessional
for me to just call them up.
994
00:40:20,083 --> 00:40:22,017
Right, so you just thought
you'd show up at their front door.
995
00:40:22,041 --> 00:40:25,041
Look, if anybody back there
asks where I am, just tell them I'm sick.
996
00:40:25,125 --> 00:40:27,000
You got it. Sick in the head.
997
00:40:27,083 --> 00:40:28,375
(phone beeps)
998
00:40:28,458 --> 00:40:30,458
(line clicks, dial tone droning)
999
00:40:38,166 --> 00:40:40,166
♪ ♪
1000
00:40:46,416 --> 00:40:49,666
♪ In a big country, dreams stay with you ♪
1001
00:40:49,750 --> 00:40:55,416
♪ Like a lover's voice
fires the mountainside ♪
1002
00:40:56,583 --> 00:40:59,416
♪ Stay alive ♪
1003
00:40:59,500 --> 00:41:03,625
♪ In a big country, dreams stay with you ♪
1004
00:41:03,708 --> 00:41:08,958
♪ Like a lover's voice
fires the mountainside ♪
1005
00:41:09,041 --> 00:41:12,208
♪ Stay alive ♪
1006
00:41:20,041 --> 00:41:21,916
♪ So take that look out of here. ♪
1007
00:41:22,000 --> 00:41:23,360
- (engine shuts off)
- (song stops)
1008
00:41:24,416 --> 00:41:26,416
(insects chirping)
1009
00:41:36,000 --> 00:41:38,000
(tool clicking)
1010
00:41:44,375 --> 00:41:46,291
Excuse me.
1011
00:41:46,375 --> 00:41:48,291
- Excuse me. Sir?
- Can I help you?
1012
00:41:48,375 --> 00:41:50,541
Hey, I'm looking for the Jordans.
1013
00:41:50,625 --> 00:41:52,666
Well, you're in the right place.
1014
00:41:52,750 --> 00:41:54,416
Are you Mr. Jordan?
1015
00:41:54,500 --> 00:41:56,125
- James.
- Uh, Sonny Vaccaro.
1016
00:41:56,208 --> 00:41:57,416
I'm with Nike.
1017
00:41:57,500 --> 00:41:58,791
(laughs):
Oh, man.
1018
00:41:58,875 --> 00:41:59,875
Here we go.
1019
00:41:59,916 --> 00:42:01,184
- Oh.
- DELORIS: James? - (laughs)
1020
00:42:01,208 --> 00:42:03,000
Who is it?
1021
00:42:03,083 --> 00:42:05,458
SONNY: Hello, Mrs.
- Mrs. Jordan.
1022
00:42:05,541 --> 00:42:07,708
Uh, my name's Sonny Vaccaro.
I-I'm with Nike.
1023
00:42:07,791 --> 00:42:10,625
I believe Mr. Falk made it clear
that we weren't interested.
1024
00:42:10,708 --> 00:42:13,041
Yes, I-I was told not to call.
1025
00:42:13,125 --> 00:42:14,750
Do you typically make it a habit
1026
00:42:14,833 --> 00:42:17,375
of showing up at people's front doors
unannounced?
1027
00:42:17,458 --> 00:42:19,138
Well, it may be
the worst of all my faults,
1028
00:42:19,208 --> 00:42:21,392
- and believe me, there are many, but...
- (James chuckles)
1029
00:42:21,416 --> 00:42:23,583
I don't like to take no for an answer.
1030
00:42:23,666 --> 00:42:25,625
And I actually think your son should be
1031
00:42:25,708 --> 00:42:28,166
endorsed by someone
with that exact mindset.
1032
00:42:35,416 --> 00:42:37,791
Come on back. Take a seat.
1033
00:42:37,875 --> 00:42:39,375
Thank you.
1034
00:42:41,541 --> 00:42:44,000
Deloris, I'm out here if you need me.
1035
00:42:44,083 --> 00:42:45,958
- Okay, baby.
- All right.
1036
00:42:47,500 --> 00:42:49,791
(church bell tolling in distance)
1037
00:42:49,875 --> 00:42:51,875
(birds chirping)
1038
00:43:01,083 --> 00:43:03,750
Five generations of Jordans
have lived and died
1039
00:43:03,833 --> 00:43:06,375
in this forest by the highway.
1040
00:43:06,458 --> 00:43:08,125
Been here since the Civil War.
1041
00:43:08,208 --> 00:43:11,041
Some of these trees
are over 800 years old.
1042
00:43:20,208 --> 00:43:23,416
You know, it's quite presumptuous of you
to show up at my door.
1043
00:43:24,916 --> 00:43:27,375
But I believe the saying
that if you say what you want,
1044
00:43:27,458 --> 00:43:31,791
that's fine and good,
but doing something about it, now...
1045
00:43:31,875 --> 00:43:33,916
that's what really counts.
1046
00:43:34,000 --> 00:43:36,166
Is he... here?
1047
00:43:36,250 --> 00:43:38,416
He is. But you don't need to see him.
1048
00:43:38,500 --> 00:43:40,125
It's not time for that.
1049
00:43:41,416 --> 00:43:43,125
Where'd you get that name?
1050
00:43:43,208 --> 00:43:45,041
- Sonny.
- Sonny. (chuckles)
1051
00:43:45,125 --> 00:43:47,625
Uh, well... (clears throat)
1052
00:43:47,708 --> 00:43:49,958
my mother had trouble bearing children,
1053
00:43:50,041 --> 00:43:52,291
so when it finally happened,
she said that when she was
1054
00:43:52,375 --> 00:43:55,041
staring up at the bright,
hot light in the hospital,
1055
00:43:55,125 --> 00:43:56,875
all she could think about was the sun.
1056
00:43:56,958 --> 00:43:58,541
She still with us?
1057
00:43:58,625 --> 00:44:00,458
- She's not.
- I'm sorry to hear that.
1058
00:44:00,541 --> 00:44:02,625
Thank you. Yeah. It was a long time ago.
1059
00:44:02,708 --> 00:44:05,916
But... but she did her best to raise us.
1060
00:44:06,958 --> 00:44:09,583
I think it's admirable,
giving your life for your family.
1061
00:44:09,666 --> 00:44:13,000
You give and give
until there's nothing left to give.
1062
00:44:13,083 --> 00:44:14,750
Then you give some more, but...
1063
00:44:14,833 --> 00:44:16,083
(laughs)
1064
00:44:16,166 --> 00:44:17,375
...it's worth it.
1065
00:44:17,458 --> 00:44:20,041
- You're good at this.
- Hmm?
1066
00:44:20,125 --> 00:44:22,916
We're sitting here talking
about my parents instead of about you.
1067
00:44:23,000 --> 00:44:25,250
Well, I've had a lot of practice.
1068
00:44:25,333 --> 00:44:26,750
There's no doubt about that.
1069
00:44:28,583 --> 00:44:31,708
Mr. Vaccaro, now, you do understand
that Michael's intention
1070
00:44:31,791 --> 00:44:34,500
is to sign with Adidas
with Converse as a second option?
1071
00:44:34,583 --> 00:44:35,583
I do.
1072
00:44:35,666 --> 00:44:38,416
And with respect,
I think that's a mistake.
1073
00:44:38,500 --> 00:44:41,250
Um, I... I'll make a bet with you.
1074
00:44:41,333 --> 00:44:44,500
I'll-I'll tell you exactly how
those meetings are gonna go,
1075
00:44:44,583 --> 00:44:47,291
and if I'm wrong,
then-then don't take a meeting with Nike.
1076
00:44:47,375 --> 00:44:49,208
But if I'm right,
1077
00:44:49,291 --> 00:44:53,041
please consider that-that
you and Michael come out.
1078
00:44:55,916 --> 00:44:57,684
- This is Converse, by the way. John O'Neill.
- Mm-hmm.
1079
00:44:57,708 --> 00:44:59,875
He'll have his hair gelled up
like an asshole.
1080
00:44:59,958 --> 00:45:01,333
Excuse me.
1081
00:45:01,416 --> 00:45:03,583
Bunch of them will be wearing
red ties for the Bulls.
1082
00:45:03,666 --> 00:45:06,125
John will have a Rolex for sure.
1083
00:45:06,208 --> 00:45:09,208
(imitating O'Neill):
"Um, now, I've seen a lot of basketball,
1084
00:45:09,291 --> 00:45:12,250
"but the feeling that I get
when I see Michael,
1085
00:45:12,333 --> 00:45:15,208
there's only a few other players
who gave me that feeling."
1086
00:45:16,250 --> 00:45:18,458
(normal voice):
Now, when he's done,
1087
00:45:18,541 --> 00:45:20,916
I'd love it if you would
ask him a question.
1088
00:45:21,000 --> 00:45:24,250
"How's Michael gonna stand out
from these other players?
1089
00:45:24,333 --> 00:45:26,166
How's he gonna be different?"
1090
00:45:26,250 --> 00:45:28,750
What about Michael's meeting with Adidas?
1091
00:45:28,833 --> 00:45:31,958
Michael's top choice is Adidas.
1092
00:45:32,041 --> 00:45:33,101
(bad German accent):
"Hello, Mrs. Jordan.
1093
00:45:33,125 --> 00:45:34,291
- Welcome..."
- Oh, no.
1094
00:45:34,375 --> 00:45:35,767
- You can just tell me.
- (normal voice): Okay.
1095
00:45:35,791 --> 00:45:37,041
Sorry.
1096
00:45:37,125 --> 00:45:38,458
Here's what they'll say.
1097
00:45:39,500 --> 00:45:42,291
"We have the best shoes, plain and simple.
1098
00:45:42,375 --> 00:45:44,416
"All leather.
All the kids want to wear them.
1099
00:45:44,500 --> 00:45:46,333
Converse isn't this cool."
1100
00:45:46,416 --> 00:45:47,625
And...
1101
00:45:47,708 --> 00:45:50,041
I mean, this is me talking now
and not Adidas.
1102
00:45:50,125 --> 00:45:51,250
They're not wrong.
1103
00:45:51,333 --> 00:45:53,416
I-I get why Michael wants to go there.
1104
00:45:53,500 --> 00:45:55,250
Here's what you should ask them.
1105
00:45:55,333 --> 00:45:56,916
Mm-hmm?
1106
00:45:57,000 --> 00:45:58,750
"Who's running your company?"
1107
00:45:58,833 --> 00:46:02,750
I think four different people in that room
are gonna give you four different answers.
1108
00:46:02,833 --> 00:46:05,000
And that's the problem
at Adidas right now,
1109
00:46:05,083 --> 00:46:08,625
and it's gonna be a real headache for you
for the next few years.
1110
00:46:08,708 --> 00:46:10,833
What should I ask you?
1111
00:46:10,916 --> 00:46:14,583
Ask me why I'm in
Wilmington, North Carolina.
1112
00:46:14,666 --> 00:46:17,541
Why are you in Wilmington, North Carolina?
1113
00:46:20,458 --> 00:46:22,583
Because I believe in your son.
1114
00:46:23,750 --> 00:46:25,833
I believe he's different.
1115
00:46:27,208 --> 00:46:31,083
And I believe you might be
the only person on Earth who knows it.
1116
00:46:33,750 --> 00:46:35,791
That's why I'm in
Wilmington, North Carolina.
1117
00:46:39,625 --> 00:46:43,000
Well, Mr. Vaccaro, thank you for coming.
1118
00:46:43,083 --> 00:46:44,708
- Thank you.
- All right.
1119
00:46:44,791 --> 00:46:46,791
(engine roaring)
1120
00:46:52,791 --> 00:46:54,875
FALK:
You got a lot of balls, you piece of shit!
1121
00:46:54,958 --> 00:46:56,708
You fat fuck!
1122
00:46:56,791 --> 00:46:58,583
(over phone):
You show up at the house?
1123
00:46:58,666 --> 00:46:59,851
Hey, let me ask you something.
1124
00:46:59,875 --> 00:47:01,309
Is everybody from Pennsylvania
this stupid?
1125
00:47:01,333 --> 00:47:03,541
I mean, are you trying to ruin
your fucking career?!
1126
00:47:03,625 --> 00:47:05,375
It's David Falk.
1127
00:47:05,458 --> 00:47:07,000
You show up at the house?!
1128
00:47:07,083 --> 00:47:09,916
Well, you said it would be
unprofessional to call.
1129
00:47:10,000 --> 00:47:11,040
That's real fucking funny.
1130
00:47:11,083 --> 00:47:12,458
You know, m-my job is
1131
00:47:12,541 --> 00:47:14,833
to protect Michael and his family
from people like you.
1132
00:47:14,916 --> 00:47:17,625
When you go around me,
you make me look ineffectual.
1133
00:47:17,708 --> 00:47:19,726
And if you end up signing him,
it makes me look irrelevant.
1134
00:47:19,750 --> 00:47:22,083
Now, that's the worst thing
you can do to an agent.
1135
00:47:22,166 --> 00:47:24,208
Look, if your irrelevance
is becoming self-evident
1136
00:47:24,291 --> 00:47:26,375
to your client,
I don't see how that's my fault.
1137
00:47:26,458 --> 00:47:29,101
I mean, I think that's maybe something
you should take up with your therapist.
1138
00:47:29,125 --> 00:47:31,250
You don't want to talk to my therapist.
1139
00:47:31,333 --> 00:47:35,083
You don't want to have a life
half as fucking miserable as my therapist.
1140
00:47:35,166 --> 00:47:37,083
But you're giving me no choice.
1141
00:47:37,166 --> 00:47:40,250
Because now, after what you did,
unless you make some fucking
1142
00:47:40,333 --> 00:47:41,767
miracle dream deal with the Jordans,
1143
00:47:41,791 --> 00:47:44,791
unless you stop making
that fucking Air Sole
1144
00:47:44,875 --> 00:47:47,375
and start making the entire company
Air fucking Michael Jordan,
1145
00:47:47,458 --> 00:47:50,916
I'll bury you alive and light you on fire
1146
00:47:51,000 --> 00:47:53,333
and dance and piss on your grave
1147
00:47:53,416 --> 00:47:56,083
and fuck the eyehole of your skull.
1148
00:47:57,125 --> 00:47:59,208
You're right, I don't want
to be your therapist.
1149
00:47:59,291 --> 00:48:00,416
You want to fuck with me?!
1150
00:48:00,500 --> 00:48:03,208
You fucking herpes simplex 2 motherfucker!
1151
00:48:03,291 --> 00:48:06,208
You know, the fact that you know
there's a second simplex of herpes
1152
00:48:06,291 --> 00:48:08,017
makes me think that
you might have it, David.
1153
00:48:08,041 --> 00:48:09,958
Of course I do! Everyone has herpes!
1154
00:48:10,041 --> 00:48:11,625
You know why you don't, Sonny?
1155
00:48:11,708 --> 00:48:13,666
Because no one will fuck you. No one.
1156
00:48:13,750 --> 00:48:15,541
I never looked at it that way.
1157
00:48:15,625 --> 00:48:17,333
You know what?
I'm a fucking monster, okay?
1158
00:48:17,416 --> 00:48:19,166
My lawyers are on six-figure retainers.
1159
00:48:19,250 --> 00:48:20,375
I will break you in half.
1160
00:48:20,458 --> 00:48:22,375
I will take your balls and nibble on them.
1161
00:48:22,458 --> 00:48:24,083
I will chew your fucking nut sack.
1162
00:48:24,166 --> 00:48:25,500
Do you hear me?
1163
00:48:25,583 --> 00:48:28,416
I will fucking take your nuts
and fucking eat them...
1164
00:48:28,500 --> 00:48:30,541
I will eat your fucking nuts!
1165
00:48:30,625 --> 00:48:32,434
I will... You know what?
I'm sick of your shit.
1166
00:48:32,458 --> 00:48:33,791
- You know what...
- (laughing)
1167
00:48:33,875 --> 00:48:34,934
Wh-What? You think it's funny?
1168
00:48:34,958 --> 00:48:36,101
You think it's funny? Think it's funny?
1169
00:48:36,125 --> 00:48:37,250
David, come on, okay?
1170
00:48:37,333 --> 00:48:39,458
We're on a telephone 3,000 miles apart.
1171
00:48:39,541 --> 00:48:42,059
We're two out-of-shape, middle-aged guys.
This is a little ridiculous.
1172
00:48:42,083 --> 00:48:43,541
I'm not out of shape.
1173
00:48:43,625 --> 00:48:45,708
I'm in great shape. I'm in great shape.
1174
00:48:45,791 --> 00:48:47,059
When's the last time you saw me?
1175
00:48:47,083 --> 00:48:48,208
I'm in fucking great shape.
1176
00:48:48,291 --> 00:48:49,625
I believe you, David.
1177
00:48:49,708 --> 00:48:52,750
Unless you make an offer
to Michael and close him,
1178
00:48:52,833 --> 00:48:55,666
I will personally ensure
that no client of this agency
1179
00:48:55,750 --> 00:48:57,375
ever signs a contract with Nike,
1180
00:48:57,458 --> 00:49:01,333
and Nike will be out of
the basketball business permanently.
1181
00:49:01,416 --> 00:49:02,625
And so will you.
1182
00:49:02,708 --> 00:49:04,333
What if we do make the deal?
1183
00:49:05,750 --> 00:49:07,750
You and I will be best friends.
1184
00:49:10,500 --> 00:49:11,666
It's Monday.
1185
00:49:13,041 --> 00:49:14,166
I-I'm lost.
1186
00:49:15,958 --> 00:49:17,438
They're coming to Beaverton, Columbo.
1187
00:49:17,500 --> 00:49:18,625
Don't make me say it twice.
1188
00:49:18,708 --> 00:49:20,666
They're c... they're coming out?
1189
00:49:20,750 --> 00:49:22,726
They're coming... I'm saying it
twice now, you fucking idiot.
1190
00:49:22,750 --> 00:49:25,166
- O-Okay, all right.
- (sighs) Don't get ahead of yourself.
1191
00:49:25,250 --> 00:49:27,583
Michael's not gonna be excited
to be there, okay?
1192
00:49:27,666 --> 00:49:29,583
His mother's making him go.
1193
00:49:29,666 --> 00:49:31,708
I understand.
1194
00:49:31,791 --> 00:49:33,208
- Hey, David.
- Yeah?
1195
00:49:33,291 --> 00:49:35,375
- I'll see you Monday.
- Hey, fuck you!
1196
00:49:35,458 --> 00:49:37,083
Fuck!
1197
00:49:38,125 --> 00:49:39,625
KATRINA:
Sonny?
1198
00:49:40,666 --> 00:49:42,106
Phil wants to see you in his office.
1199
00:49:42,166 --> 00:49:45,041
Uh, I'll... (stammers)
1200
00:49:45,125 --> 00:49:46,583
G-Give me like ten, 15 minutes.
1201
00:49:46,666 --> 00:49:48,041
No, he said now.
1202
00:49:48,125 --> 00:49:49,416
(typewriter clacking, dinging)
1203
00:49:49,500 --> 00:49:53,125
("Axel F" by Harold Faltermeyer playing)
1204
00:49:53,208 --> 00:49:55,916
Sonny, did you go
to Michael Jordan's house
1205
00:49:56,000 --> 00:49:58,333
and sit down with his mother
and schedule a meeting
1206
00:49:58,416 --> 00:50:00,625
with his family and this company
for Monday?
1207
00:50:00,708 --> 00:50:02,875
We need a firm offer.
1208
00:50:02,958 --> 00:50:06,041
You don't have authorization
to make any offer.
1209
00:50:06,125 --> 00:50:10,125
I understand from his representation
that he'll be expecting the entire amount:
1210
00:50:10,208 --> 00:50:12,000
250 a year, five years guaranteed.
1211
00:50:12,083 --> 00:50:13,541
We can't afford that offer.
1212
00:50:13,625 --> 00:50:15,142
Do you understand
how irresponsible that is?
1213
00:50:15,166 --> 00:50:16,166
That's not.
1214
00:50:16,250 --> 00:50:17,809
Converse is gonna come in at a hundred.
1215
00:50:17,833 --> 00:50:19,750
You know the Germans
will easily match 250.
1216
00:50:19,833 --> 00:50:20,833
Sonny, I'm the boss.
1217
00:50:20,916 --> 00:50:22,375
I'm the CEO of this company, okay?
1218
00:50:22,458 --> 00:50:24,142
I'm the CEO guy.
You do what I tell you to do.
1219
00:50:24,166 --> 00:50:25,559
- You work for me.
- If you want to mean something
1220
00:50:25,583 --> 00:50:27,416
in the basketball world, you got to spend.
1221
00:50:27,500 --> 00:50:28,958
Nothing in life is free, Phil.
1222
00:50:29,041 --> 00:50:31,559
Tell that to the college kids you keep
giving our shoes away to for free.
1223
00:50:31,583 --> 00:50:32,500
That's working.
1224
00:50:32,583 --> 00:50:33,726
- That's a good idea.
- Is it?
1225
00:50:33,750 --> 00:50:34,958
How do you know it's working?
1226
00:50:35,041 --> 00:50:36,142
It's theoretical value.
It can't be measured.
1227
00:50:36,166 --> 00:50:37,246
It's a typical Sonny value.
1228
00:50:37,291 --> 00:50:38,666
And what was my first idea?
1229
00:50:38,750 --> 00:50:41,000
A high school all-star game.
1230
00:50:41,083 --> 00:50:42,291
Now every single company has
1231
00:50:42,375 --> 00:50:44,095
their own branded
high school all-star game.
1232
00:50:44,125 --> 00:50:46,583
I'm giving away these ideas, Phil, free.
1233
00:50:46,666 --> 00:50:48,586
That's the problem is
you see them as your ideas.
1234
00:50:48,666 --> 00:50:50,708
It's about you and yourself and your ego.
1235
00:50:50,791 --> 00:50:52,625
There is no self.
There's just the nonself.
1236
00:50:52,708 --> 00:50:54,000
- The nonself?
- That's right.
1237
00:50:54,083 --> 00:50:56,333
Does the Dalai Lama have
a grape-colored Porsche, Phil?
1238
00:50:56,416 --> 00:50:58,166
You fucking asshole, Sonny.
1239
00:50:58,250 --> 00:51:00,208
Are you trying to be an asshole?
1240
00:51:00,291 --> 00:51:02,416
Look, all I can do is give you
my recommendation.
1241
00:51:02,500 --> 00:51:04,333
This is the strongest one I've ever had.
1242
00:51:04,416 --> 00:51:05,583
I'll tell you what.
1243
00:51:05,666 --> 00:51:07,142
If you want to go start
your own company...
1244
00:51:07,166 --> 00:51:08,351
My own company. That's what I want.
1245
00:51:08,375 --> 00:51:09,517
- ...I wish you luck.
- Start my own company.
1246
00:51:09,541 --> 00:51:10,833
- Yeah.
- You can be impetuous.
1247
00:51:10,916 --> 00:51:12,708
You can make mistakes.
You can be reckless.
1248
00:51:12,791 --> 00:51:15,416
But let me tell you
how we do things at this company.
1249
00:51:15,500 --> 00:51:18,791
We make careful, strategic,
measured, thoughtful decisions
1250
00:51:18,875 --> 00:51:20,041
with knowable outcomes.
1251
00:51:20,125 --> 00:51:23,166
Right, knowable and thoughtful
and careful.
1252
00:51:23,250 --> 00:51:24,770
How'd you ever build this place, Phil?
1253
00:51:24,833 --> 00:51:27,458
Fuck you, Sonny.
1254
00:51:29,625 --> 00:51:30,958
(sighs) Okay.
1255
00:51:31,041 --> 00:51:32,666
You know?
1256
00:51:32,750 --> 00:51:34,875
You did it. You got the meeting.
1257
00:51:36,208 --> 00:51:38,125
You don't need a firm offer
to prep a meeting.
1258
00:51:38,208 --> 00:51:40,458
So unless I give you
the go-ahead Sunday night,
1259
00:51:40,541 --> 00:51:42,875
you don't have a budget,
a Michael Jordan line
1260
00:51:42,958 --> 00:51:44,559
- or a firm offer to make on Monday.
- (sighs)
1261
00:51:44,583 --> 00:51:46,833
So I'll think about it,
and if I change my mind,
1262
00:51:46,916 --> 00:51:48,750
I'll just cancel it.
1263
00:51:48,833 --> 00:51:51,142
SONNY: I don't know how much more
emphatically I can say this.
1264
00:51:51,166 --> 00:51:52,791
If we don't make this deal,
1265
00:51:52,875 --> 00:51:54,833
I don't know what my place is
at this company.
1266
00:51:54,916 --> 00:51:56,583
I agree.
1267
00:51:56,666 --> 00:51:58,546
("Ain't Nobody" by Rufus and Chaka Khan
playing)
1268
00:51:58,583 --> 00:52:01,250
♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh ♪
1269
00:52:01,333 --> 00:52:03,041
- ♪ Ain't nobody ♪
- ♪ Nobody ♪
1270
00:52:03,125 --> 00:52:05,875
- ♪ Loves me better ♪
- ♪ Loves me better ♪
1271
00:52:05,958 --> 00:52:08,166
♪ Makes me happy ♪
1272
00:52:08,250 --> 00:52:10,500
- ♪ Makes me feel this way ♪
- ♪ Nobody ♪
1273
00:52:10,583 --> 00:52:12,833
- ♪ Ain't nobody ♪
- ♪ Ain't nobody ♪
1274
00:52:12,916 --> 00:52:14,125
♪ Loves me better ♪
1275
00:52:14,208 --> 00:52:18,750
♪ Than you ♪
1276
00:52:18,833 --> 00:52:20,833
(busy chatter)
1277
00:52:23,416 --> 00:52:26,375
♪ I wait for nighttime to come ♪
1278
00:52:26,458 --> 00:52:28,833
♪ And bring you to me ♪
1279
00:52:28,916 --> 00:52:31,125
♪ I can't believe I'm the one ♪
1280
00:52:31,208 --> 00:52:33,416
♪ I was so lonely ♪
1281
00:52:33,500 --> 00:52:35,416
♪ I feel like no one could feel ♪
1282
00:52:35,500 --> 00:52:37,958
♪ I must be dreaming ♪
1283
00:52:38,041 --> 00:52:40,208
♪ I want this dream to be real ♪
1284
00:52:40,291 --> 00:52:42,041
- ♪ I need this feeling... ♪
- (song fades)
1285
00:52:43,666 --> 00:52:47,083
Would you like to risk any more
on this hand, sir?
1286
00:52:47,166 --> 00:52:49,791
Maybe the deed to your house?
1287
00:52:50,958 --> 00:52:53,916
SONNY: You're gonna need to pack
some pajamas for tomorrow.
1288
00:52:54,000 --> 00:52:56,416
Um, we're not leaving the office.
1289
00:52:57,833 --> 00:53:00,833
Michael Jordan is coming to Beaverton.
1290
00:53:01,875 --> 00:53:03,541
Holy shit.
1291
00:53:04,583 --> 00:53:06,291
Time to see Pete.
1292
00:53:07,875 --> 00:53:10,208
("Let It Whip" by The Dazz Band playing)
1293
00:53:19,125 --> 00:53:20,375
(elevator bell dings)
1294
00:53:22,208 --> 00:53:24,375
♪ Wanna see you with it ♪
1295
00:53:24,458 --> 00:53:26,208
♪ Sure could treat you right ♪
1296
00:53:26,291 --> 00:53:29,625
♪ Give me just a minute
of your time tonight... ♪
1297
00:53:29,708 --> 00:53:31,625
To what do I owe the honor?
1298
00:53:31,708 --> 00:53:33,791
I need a shoe, Pete.
1299
00:53:33,875 --> 00:53:35,708
I would assume as much.
1300
00:53:35,791 --> 00:53:38,166
I need the greatest basketball shoe
that's ever been made.
1301
00:53:38,250 --> 00:53:39,416
How long do we have?
1302
00:53:39,500 --> 00:53:40,833
Monday.
1303
00:53:40,916 --> 00:53:42,916
Step into my office.
1304
00:53:44,500 --> 00:53:46,416
SONNY:
Hey, was that you, uh, on a skateboard
1305
00:53:46,500 --> 00:53:48,125
- in the parking lot?
- Yes.
1306
00:53:48,208 --> 00:53:49,333
What's that all about?
1307
00:53:49,416 --> 00:53:51,250
I'm having a midlife crisis.
1308
00:53:51,333 --> 00:53:52,934
- ♪ So let it whip ♪
- ♪ Let's whip it, baby ♪
1309
00:53:52,958 --> 00:53:55,375
- ♪ Child ♪
- ♪ Let's whip it right... ♪
1310
00:53:55,458 --> 00:53:57,083
SONNY:
It has to be individual.
1311
00:53:57,166 --> 00:53:58,791
Like, think of it like this.
1312
00:53:58,875 --> 00:54:01,208
Uh, Converse are plain,
ordinary shoes, right?
1313
00:54:01,291 --> 00:54:03,125
Every player wears the same one.
1314
00:54:03,208 --> 00:54:04,500
What we do with this one is,
1315
00:54:04,583 --> 00:54:06,875
rather than have the athlete
wear one of our shoes,
1316
00:54:06,958 --> 00:54:10,083
we create the shoe around the athlete.
1317
00:54:10,166 --> 00:54:15,208
So the shoe is
a physical manifestation of the individual
1318
00:54:15,291 --> 00:54:20,333
rather than the individual
as emblem of the corporate entity?
1319
00:54:21,625 --> 00:54:22,750
Something like that.
1320
00:54:22,833 --> 00:54:25,708
The requirements are:
1321
00:54:25,791 --> 00:54:28,833
speak as an individual,
1322
00:54:28,916 --> 00:54:31,916
market to a mass audience
1323
00:54:32,000 --> 00:54:35,791
and be the most beautiful shoe
known to mankind.
1324
00:54:35,875 --> 00:54:37,458
Yes.
1325
00:54:37,541 --> 00:54:39,541
Form or function?
1326
00:54:39,625 --> 00:54:41,541
Uh...
1327
00:54:42,583 --> 00:54:46,333
Uh, something can be beautiful
or it can be practical.
1328
00:54:46,416 --> 00:54:47,416
Rarely both.
1329
00:54:48,458 --> 00:54:50,750
Come up with something new.
1330
00:54:52,625 --> 00:54:56,458
Humans have been wearing shoes
for thousands of years,
1331
00:54:56,541 --> 00:55:01,291
and the design has
substantively changed once:
1332
00:55:01,375 --> 00:55:05,958
when they differentiated between
the right and the left shoe.
1333
00:55:07,500 --> 00:55:09,666
That was 600 years ago.
1334
00:55:10,708 --> 00:55:12,083
Let's go form.
1335
00:55:12,166 --> 00:55:13,541
Beauty.
1336
00:55:13,625 --> 00:55:14,625
Not function?
1337
00:55:14,708 --> 00:55:16,791
You know what they say.
1338
00:55:16,875 --> 00:55:19,083
Poetry only makes the world bearable.
1339
00:55:19,166 --> 00:55:21,434
- It's engineering that got us to the moon.
- (pager beeping)
1340
00:55:21,458 --> 00:55:23,375
Shit, I got to go.
1341
00:55:23,458 --> 00:55:25,416
Hey, just get started today.
1342
00:55:25,500 --> 00:55:28,125
Tomorrow's Saturday.
1343
00:55:28,208 --> 00:55:31,250
Yeah, if you don't come in Saturday,
don't bother coming in Sunday.
1344
00:55:31,333 --> 00:55:33,083
We're of like minds.
1345
00:55:33,166 --> 00:55:35,375
Who's the player for the shoe?
1346
00:55:36,833 --> 00:55:38,375
Michael Jordan.
1347
00:55:38,458 --> 00:55:40,309
("All I Need Is a Miracle"
by Mike + The Mechanics playing)
1348
00:55:40,333 --> 00:55:43,125
♪ All I need is a miracle ♪
1349
00:55:43,208 --> 00:55:46,625
♪ All I need is you ♪
1350
00:55:47,875 --> 00:55:50,250
♪ All I need is a miracle ♪
1351
00:55:50,333 --> 00:55:52,541
♪ All I need is you... ♪
1352
00:55:52,625 --> 00:55:54,833
Mrs. Jordan. It is a pleasure to meet you.
1353
00:55:54,916 --> 00:55:57,208
- It's a pleasure meeting you.
- Mr. Jordan.
1354
00:55:57,291 --> 00:55:59,541
We sure do appreciate you
making the long trip out here.
1355
00:55:59,625 --> 00:56:02,166
- How are you? - Right this way.
- Good to see you. - Thank you.
1356
00:56:02,250 --> 00:56:03,309
- Here we are.
- How was everything?
1357
00:56:03,333 --> 00:56:05,416
- It was wonderful.
- Yes?
1358
00:56:05,500 --> 00:56:06,958
ANNOUNCER:
Converse All Stars.
1359
00:56:07,041 --> 00:56:11,291
They started out on the basketball court,
but now...
1360
00:56:11,375 --> 00:56:13,208
They're everywhere.
1361
00:56:13,291 --> 00:56:15,458
(electronic dance music playing)
1362
00:56:15,541 --> 00:56:18,041
They're everywhere.
1363
00:56:19,958 --> 00:56:21,041
They're everywhere.
1364
00:56:21,125 --> 00:56:22,583
ANNOUNCER:
Converse All Stars.
1365
00:56:22,666 --> 00:56:25,708
Official athletic shoe
of the 1984 Olympic Games.
1366
00:56:30,041 --> 00:56:33,583
The feeling I get when I see Michael play,
1367
00:56:33,666 --> 00:56:37,208
there are only a few other players
that gave me that feeling.
1368
00:56:37,291 --> 00:56:40,208
And those players are here at Converse.
1369
00:56:40,291 --> 00:56:41,583
(chuckles):
It is that simple.
1370
00:56:41,666 --> 00:56:44,458
Michael, we're gonna treat you
like our superstars
1371
00:56:44,541 --> 00:56:46,958
before you even set foot on an NBA court.
1372
00:56:47,041 --> 00:56:48,541
FALK:
We're looking for a shoe
1373
00:56:48,625 --> 00:56:51,208
that holds appeal
beyond the basketball court.
1374
00:56:51,291 --> 00:56:53,541
Well, what could hold more appeal
than the shoe worn by
1375
00:56:53,625 --> 00:56:55,541
the best players in the game?
1376
00:56:55,625 --> 00:57:00,250
Tradition and history
are paramount at Converse.
1377
00:57:00,333 --> 00:57:02,541
You have an impressive roster.
1378
00:57:02,625 --> 00:57:04,875
Best three players in the league
in Magic Johnson,
1379
00:57:04,958 --> 00:57:06,958
Larry Bird, Julius Erving.
1380
00:57:07,041 --> 00:57:09,750
But another way of looking at this is
1381
00:57:09,833 --> 00:57:13,333
that the best Michael will ever be
with you is number four.
1382
00:57:13,416 --> 00:57:16,041
Frankly, ma'am, we're...
1383
00:57:16,125 --> 00:57:19,541
we're talking about Magic Johnson
and Larry Bird here.
1384
00:57:20,583 --> 00:57:22,666
H-He's gonna play like them.
1385
00:57:22,750 --> 00:57:26,166
He's gonna be mentioned
in the same sentence with them.
1386
00:57:26,250 --> 00:57:28,625
- What can be better than that?
- (chuckles)
1387
00:57:28,708 --> 00:57:30,708
♪ ♪
1388
00:57:31,916 --> 00:57:34,416
- (printer whirring)
- SONNY: No, they're too bland.
1389
00:57:34,500 --> 00:57:36,625
They're j-just too white.
Not enough color in there.
1390
00:57:36,708 --> 00:57:38,833
I mean, the Bulls are red and black.
1391
00:57:38,916 --> 00:57:40,125
Can you get more red in?
1392
00:57:40,208 --> 00:57:42,125
They literally are not permitted to be
1393
00:57:42,208 --> 00:57:46,000
a single additional
percentage point of red.
1394
00:57:46,083 --> 00:57:47,750
Is that true? What is the actual rule?
1395
00:57:47,833 --> 00:57:50,416
51% of the shoe has to be white.
1396
00:57:50,500 --> 00:57:52,208
NBA is extremely strict about it.
1397
00:57:52,291 --> 00:57:54,000
They'll fine him.
1398
00:57:54,083 --> 00:57:56,958
- They'll fine him?
- $5,000 a game.
1399
00:57:57,041 --> 00:57:59,166
(sighs)
1400
00:57:59,250 --> 00:58:00,833
We're fucked.
1401
00:58:05,916 --> 00:58:07,958
What about more red?
1402
00:58:10,250 --> 00:58:11,875
A lot more red.
1403
00:58:13,458 --> 00:58:16,500
And what about if we just pay the fines?
1404
00:58:16,583 --> 00:58:18,125
Make a commercial out of it.
1405
00:58:18,208 --> 00:58:20,000
You know, it'll give us headlines.
1406
00:58:20,083 --> 00:58:23,500
They're gonna fine Michael Jordan
for being too colorful.
1407
00:58:23,583 --> 00:58:25,416
Yes.
1408
00:58:27,208 --> 00:58:28,416
More red.
1409
00:58:28,500 --> 00:58:30,625
That's right.
1410
00:58:30,708 --> 00:58:32,958
Subversive. Individualistic.
1411
00:58:34,583 --> 00:58:36,250
That's it.
1412
00:58:38,625 --> 00:58:42,416
Do you men think about
basketball shoes often?
1413
00:58:43,833 --> 00:58:45,873
- I mostly think about basketball.
- More marketing.
1414
00:58:45,916 --> 00:58:46,916
Yeah.
1415
00:58:49,333 --> 00:58:52,875
Basketball shoes are the...
1416
00:58:52,958 --> 00:58:55,750
central preoccupation of my life.
1417
00:58:56,791 --> 00:58:58,291
We know.
1418
00:58:58,375 --> 00:59:02,791
I've had one persistent obsession
1419
00:59:02,875 --> 00:59:05,833
that I've harbored and nurtured
1420
00:59:05,916 --> 00:59:09,083
in hopes of making
the perfect basketball shoe.
1421
00:59:09,166 --> 00:59:11,708
I've been trying to apply that
1422
00:59:11,791 --> 00:59:14,500
to the Sole line.
1423
00:59:14,583 --> 00:59:16,625
I thought it should be called...
1424
00:59:16,708 --> 00:59:18,916
Air Sole, but...
1425
00:59:19,000 --> 00:59:21,208
(sighs) That's not it.
1426
00:59:23,000 --> 00:59:24,083
This is it.
1427
00:59:25,500 --> 00:59:26,708
What is it?
1428
00:59:27,750 --> 00:59:29,875
Air Jordan.
1429
00:59:33,666 --> 00:59:34,875
That's perfect.
1430
00:59:36,416 --> 00:59:37,791
Yeah.
1431
00:59:37,875 --> 00:59:39,625
What's wrong?
1432
00:59:39,708 --> 00:59:42,875
(sighs) I think David Falk
said the same name.
1433
00:59:43,916 --> 00:59:45,000
STRASSER:
What?
1434
00:59:47,541 --> 00:59:49,851
- You know, fuck that guy.
- Well, we just tell them he said it.
1435
00:59:49,875 --> 00:59:50,875
- Yeah.
- You said it.
1436
00:59:50,958 --> 00:59:52,333
- Okay, okay.
- David Falk him.
1437
00:59:52,416 --> 00:59:53,809
- SONNY: Your idea, Pete.
- My-my idea.
1438
00:59:53,833 --> 00:59:55,125
Yeah, Air Jordan.
1439
00:59:55,208 --> 00:59:56,583
(typewriter dings)
1440
00:59:56,666 --> 00:59:58,726
("Can't Fight This Feeling"
by REO Speedwagon playing)
1441
00:59:58,750 --> 01:00:04,625
♪ And I can't fight this feeling anymore ♪
1442
01:00:04,708 --> 01:00:10,833
♪ I've forgotten
what I started fighting for ♪
1443
01:00:10,916 --> 01:00:15,208
♪ It's time to bring this ship
into the shore ♪
1444
01:00:15,291 --> 01:00:18,083
♪ And throw away the oars ♪
1445
01:00:18,166 --> 01:00:20,500
- ♪ Forever... ♪
- (song fades)
1446
01:00:20,583 --> 01:00:22,309
SONNY:
I like this place better when it's empty.
1447
01:00:22,333 --> 01:00:23,666
What does that say about me?
1448
01:00:23,750 --> 01:00:28,208
You know, Sonny, this doesn't work out,
jobs are gone, checks are gone.
1449
01:00:28,291 --> 01:00:29,625
You know that, right?
1450
01:00:29,708 --> 01:00:31,208
Well, you'll get another job.
1451
01:00:31,291 --> 01:00:33,250
What I do you can't put on a résumé.
1452
01:00:33,333 --> 01:00:36,333
I wouldn't worry about it.
You're very, very convincing.
1453
01:00:36,416 --> 01:00:38,166
Yeah. That's my job.
1454
01:00:38,250 --> 01:00:41,458
But I also know that sometimes people
can be completely and totally wrong.
1455
01:00:41,541 --> 01:00:42,958
- (laughs)
- Okay?
1456
01:00:43,041 --> 01:00:45,333
You know, like-like somebody
really sold the emperor on,
1457
01:00:45,416 --> 01:00:47,458
"We should bomb Pearl Harbor," okay?
1458
01:00:47,541 --> 01:00:49,291
Are you likening yourself to Hirohito?
1459
01:00:49,375 --> 01:00:51,684
We can take this stuff, right?
'Cause the cashier's not here.
1460
01:00:51,708 --> 01:00:53,166
Well, I mean, in a way, I am.
1461
01:00:53,250 --> 01:00:55,583
You know, uh, you know that-that new, uh,
1462
01:00:55,666 --> 01:00:58,666
Springsteen song, "Born in the U.S.A."?
1463
01:00:58,750 --> 01:01:00,958
- Yeah, everybody knows that song, Rob.
- Huh? Yeah.
1464
01:01:01,041 --> 01:01:04,083
So I, so I got that
in the tape deck in the car.
1465
01:01:04,166 --> 01:01:06,750
Listen to it every morning,
get all psyched up.
1466
01:01:06,833 --> 01:01:08,916
You know, I just... I really sing it.
1467
01:01:09,000 --> 01:01:14,166
I'm, you know, fired up about
American freedom and...
1468
01:01:14,250 --> 01:01:15,541
Uh, I can imagine.
1469
01:01:15,625 --> 01:01:18,708
Uh, but th-this morning,
I really focused on the words,
1470
01:01:18,791 --> 01:01:21,000
and it is not about freedom.
1471
01:01:21,083 --> 01:01:23,541
Like, not in any way.
1472
01:01:23,625 --> 01:01:26,105
It's about a guy who comes home
from Vietnam, can't find a job,
1473
01:01:26,166 --> 01:01:29,375
and I'm just belting it out
enthusiastically.
1474
01:01:29,458 --> 01:01:33,500
Just completely wrong idea.
1475
01:01:33,583 --> 01:01:36,291
And, you know, uh, we actually make, uh,
1476
01:01:36,375 --> 01:01:40,500
about 80% of our shoes
in South Korea, Taiwan.
1477
01:01:40,583 --> 01:01:44,083
Um, and I know I should be
ambivalent about that,
1478
01:01:44,166 --> 01:01:45,416
but-but I'm-I'm not.
1479
01:01:45,500 --> 01:01:47,750
Um... (smacks lips)
1480
01:01:47,833 --> 01:01:52,416
The judge in the divorce, uh,
she just gave me Sundays.
1481
01:01:53,458 --> 01:01:56,791
Yeah, you get to be a-a dad
for four hours every Sunday at the park.
1482
01:01:56,875 --> 01:01:59,750
That's the only time I see Avery.
1483
01:01:59,833 --> 01:02:01,833
Yeah, I know.
1484
01:02:01,916 --> 01:02:03,333
(softly):
Yeah.
1485
01:02:05,125 --> 01:02:07,208
She's getting so she's not used to me.
1486
01:02:10,791 --> 01:02:11,958
I don't know.
1487
01:02:12,041 --> 01:02:14,083
But she's... so she's seven,
1488
01:02:14,166 --> 01:02:16,958
and, um, and I-I started
1489
01:02:17,041 --> 01:02:19,416
bringing her free Nikes every Sunday.
1490
01:02:19,500 --> 01:02:22,875
And, you know, it's-it's the thing
that she looks forward to
1491
01:02:22,958 --> 01:02:24,416
about seeing me, you know.
1492
01:02:24,500 --> 01:02:26,750
So I-I bring her the shoes,
so she loves me.
1493
01:02:26,833 --> 01:02:29,125
She got about 60 now.
1494
01:02:29,208 --> 01:02:32,083
And so the sh... the shoes, um,
1495
01:02:32,166 --> 01:02:36,625
it makes me mean something to her.
1496
01:02:36,708 --> 01:02:39,625
And if Phil shuts this division down,
1497
01:02:39,708 --> 01:02:42,166
I'm ashamed to say
I-I'd still buy the shoes,
1498
01:02:42,250 --> 01:02:46,000
even if it meant giving Phil money
and we make them in Taiwan.
1499
01:02:47,291 --> 01:02:48,666
But I don't want to do that.
1500
01:02:48,750 --> 01:02:53,041
I just want Avery to love me
and I want my job.
1501
01:02:53,125 --> 01:02:57,041
And I think that you may have been
a little bit cavalier
1502
01:02:57,125 --> 01:03:02,375
about the risks and, you know,
about taking us all with you.
1503
01:03:02,458 --> 01:03:03,916
(sighs)
1504
01:03:04,000 --> 01:03:07,833
I mean, if we're gonna make it,
w-we got to take risks.
1505
01:03:07,916 --> 01:03:09,375
Spoken like a man
1506
01:03:09,458 --> 01:03:11,958
without a seven-year-old
on Sunday afternoon.
1507
01:03:18,583 --> 01:03:21,083
- I'm sorry.
- It's all right.
1508
01:03:22,791 --> 01:03:25,791
I do see what you're doing with this.
1509
01:03:25,875 --> 01:03:28,083
It's just a shoe, Rob.
1510
01:03:28,166 --> 01:03:30,541
- It's...
- No.
1511
01:03:30,625 --> 01:03:34,958
A shoe is always just a shoe
until someone steps into it.
1512
01:03:38,250 --> 01:03:39,250
Hey.
1513
01:03:45,166 --> 01:03:47,583
Happy birthday.
1514
01:03:55,541 --> 01:03:56,708
Thank you.
1515
01:03:58,791 --> 01:03:59,875
MOORE:
Hey, Sonny.
1516
01:04:01,583 --> 01:04:04,166
(exhales slowly)
1517
01:04:04,250 --> 01:04:05,583
We're ready.
1518
01:04:05,666 --> 01:04:08,375
("Computer Love" by Zapp playing)
1519
01:04:09,791 --> 01:04:11,625
(elevator bell dings)
1520
01:04:13,291 --> 01:04:15,166
MOORE:
It's your birthday?
1521
01:04:15,250 --> 01:04:16,333
Yeah. Yeah, yeah.
1522
01:04:16,416 --> 01:04:18,916
And don't ask the next question.
1523
01:04:19,000 --> 01:04:22,375
Well, here it is.
1524
01:04:22,458 --> 01:04:26,500
This is the mock-up, but the shoe
will look basically like this.
1525
01:04:26,583 --> 01:04:28,750
Wow.
1526
01:04:28,833 --> 01:04:30,583
Yeah. Yeah.
1527
01:04:30,666 --> 01:04:32,166
I got to say, it's beautiful.
1528
01:04:34,166 --> 01:04:36,000
It has the logic of water.
1529
01:04:36,083 --> 01:04:38,041
It's natural.
1530
01:04:38,125 --> 01:04:40,583
Like the shoe was always here.
1531
01:04:41,791 --> 01:04:43,500
Like it always existed.
1532
01:04:43,583 --> 01:04:45,041
Right.
1533
01:04:45,125 --> 01:04:48,833
Let's, uh, get the prototypes
processed right away.
1534
01:04:50,791 --> 01:04:53,083
HORST:
So, on behalf of the whole family,
1535
01:04:53,166 --> 01:04:55,291
we wish to welcome you in Germany
1536
01:04:55,375 --> 01:04:57,750
and also thank you for making
1537
01:04:57,833 --> 01:05:00,750
the excruciatingly long journey
to come and see us.
1538
01:05:00,833 --> 01:05:02,125
KÄTHE:
Yes, thank you.
1539
01:05:02,208 --> 01:05:05,708
HORST:
Michael, you're the next generation.
1540
01:05:05,791 --> 01:05:09,416
You don't want to be grouped in
with Magic and Bird.
1541
01:05:09,500 --> 01:05:11,375
You belong in our stable of athletes.
1542
01:05:11,458 --> 01:05:12,892
FISHER:
You won't see this style anywhere.
1543
01:05:12,916 --> 01:05:14,416
Those are all leather.
1544
01:05:14,500 --> 01:05:16,583
DELORIS:
Are these the only options for the shoes?
1545
01:05:16,666 --> 01:05:19,375
Well, the NBA has rules,
but we have options, yes.
1546
01:05:19,458 --> 01:05:23,208
And I know this is a family business,
but who makes the final decision?
1547
01:05:23,291 --> 01:05:26,375
FISHER: Well, unfortunately,
the family has suffered a tremendous loss.
1548
01:05:26,458 --> 01:05:28,166
Käthe is calling the shots now.
1549
01:05:28,250 --> 01:05:31,000
Yes. That's right.
1550
01:05:31,083 --> 01:05:32,791
It is, uh, collaborative, though.
1551
01:05:32,875 --> 01:05:35,750
(speaking German)
1552
01:05:35,833 --> 01:05:37,625
A group decision.
1553
01:05:37,708 --> 01:05:39,083
(conversing in German)
1554
01:05:39,166 --> 01:05:41,041
That's what it is.
1555
01:05:43,083 --> 01:05:46,000
("Sirius" by The Alan Parsons Project
playing)
1556
01:05:46,083 --> 01:05:48,166
(engine roaring)
1557
01:06:10,666 --> 01:06:13,000
(song fades)
1558
01:06:13,083 --> 01:06:15,083
Oh, you like it up here?
1559
01:06:17,541 --> 01:06:19,083
(sighs, grunts)
1560
01:06:19,166 --> 01:06:21,791
This is the only comfortable couch
in the building, Phil.
1561
01:06:21,875 --> 01:06:23,416
Where's Rob? Where's Howard?
1562
01:06:23,500 --> 01:06:25,125
Uh, Rob's getting something to eat.
1563
01:06:25,208 --> 01:06:27,833
It's not stealing
if the cashier isn't here.
1564
01:06:29,833 --> 01:06:31,750
- You guys been here all weekend?
- Yeah.
1565
01:06:31,833 --> 01:06:33,958
(chuckles) It, uh... it was nice.
1566
01:06:34,041 --> 01:06:35,958
It was like the old Nike days.
1567
01:06:38,416 --> 01:06:40,250
You got a name for it?
1568
01:06:41,625 --> 01:06:42,708
For what?
1569
01:06:42,791 --> 01:06:44,750
The Michael Jordan line.
1570
01:06:44,833 --> 01:06:47,291
If we're making this offer
you're talking about,
1571
01:06:47,375 --> 01:06:49,215
we damn well better have
a Michael Jordan line.
1572
01:06:50,708 --> 01:06:54,750
Yeah.
Uh, well, there's a thought that, um...
1573
01:06:54,833 --> 01:06:58,875
Pete actually thinks we should call it...
1574
01:06:58,958 --> 01:07:00,333
Air Jordan.
1575
01:07:02,500 --> 01:07:04,791
Hmm.
1576
01:07:04,875 --> 01:07:06,958
- I don't know.
- Seriously?
1577
01:07:07,041 --> 01:07:08,666
(stammers, sighs)
1578
01:07:08,750 --> 01:07:10,041
Maybe it'll grow on me.
1579
01:07:10,125 --> 01:07:11,791
Full budget?
1580
01:07:11,875 --> 01:07:14,000
Yeah. Full budget.
1581
01:07:14,083 --> 01:07:16,541
Well, how'd you come to that solution?
1582
01:07:17,583 --> 01:07:19,291
I went for a run.
1583
01:07:24,083 --> 01:07:26,333
Air Jordan. It's fucking fantastic.
1584
01:07:30,375 --> 01:07:33,375
SONNY: So I'll meet the Jordans out front.
I'll bring them up, and then,
1585
01:07:33,458 --> 01:07:36,291
Howard, you want me to pass them off
to you so you can talk about...
1586
01:07:36,375 --> 01:07:39,250
Yeah, probably-probably best to let me
talk about my role down the road,
1587
01:07:39,333 --> 01:07:41,541
and then I pass it off
to Rob with his thing.
1588
01:07:41,625 --> 01:07:43,791
Great. Uh, and, Phil,
I want you to come in
1589
01:07:43,875 --> 01:07:45,235
seven minutes late to the meeting.
1590
01:07:45,291 --> 01:07:46,971
Absolutely not.
I'm the CEO of the company.
1591
01:07:47,000 --> 01:07:48,184
I have to be there the whole time.
1592
01:07:48,208 --> 01:07:49,625
No, it-it looks desperate.
1593
01:07:49,708 --> 01:07:52,750
And Phil has a million things going on,
and the only way to show that
1594
01:07:52,833 --> 01:07:54,433
is if Phil comes in late to the meeting.
1595
01:07:54,458 --> 01:07:57,750
It shows Phil took time out of
his very busy day for the Jordan family.
1596
01:07:57,833 --> 01:08:00,017
STRASSER: Might seem like
Michael Jordan's not a priority
1597
01:08:00,041 --> 01:08:02,208
- to the CEO of the company.
- KNIGHT: No. No.
1598
01:08:02,291 --> 01:08:04,958
Sonny... Sonny is-is
actually right about this.
1599
01:08:05,041 --> 01:08:06,791
It makes Phil look more important.
1600
01:08:06,875 --> 01:08:08,666
And so if Phil's there,
he's more important.
1601
01:08:08,750 --> 01:08:10,583
It's a more important meeting.
1602
01:08:10,666 --> 01:08:14,250
I do see Sonny's point,
to be sure, but, uh...
1603
01:08:14,333 --> 01:08:17,125
We need to, uh, bind
and print the shoe design.
1604
01:08:17,208 --> 01:08:19,000
- MOORE: How many?
- One.
1605
01:08:19,083 --> 01:08:20,625
- Really?
- Yeah, just one.
1606
01:08:20,708 --> 01:08:22,208
Uh, the second you have multiples,
1607
01:08:22,291 --> 01:08:24,916
- it diminishes the value.
- Oh.
1608
01:08:25,000 --> 01:08:26,059
- KNIGHT: I like it.
- Mm-hmm.
1609
01:08:26,083 --> 01:08:27,375
We have a video, right?
1610
01:08:27,458 --> 01:08:28,851
- STRASSER: Yeah.
- These things go great with video.
1611
01:08:28,875 --> 01:08:30,809
- Yeah, yeah, we do.
- SONNY: Do we have to show it?
1612
01:08:30,833 --> 01:08:33,333
Well, uh, Sonny,
marketing put good time into that.
1613
01:08:33,416 --> 01:08:34,708
(sighs):
Okay.
1614
01:08:34,791 --> 01:08:36,916
This team is good enough.
1615
01:08:37,000 --> 01:08:39,000
You are all capable.
1616
01:08:39,083 --> 01:08:41,458
And I believe in each one of you.
1617
01:08:41,541 --> 01:08:44,125
Remember to focus on your breath.
1618
01:08:44,208 --> 01:08:46,166
When you breathe in,
know you're breathing in.
1619
01:08:46,250 --> 01:08:49,625
When you breathe out,
simply know you're breathing out.
1620
01:08:49,708 --> 01:08:52,416
I'll see you in seven hours
and 25 minutes.
1621
01:08:55,708 --> 01:08:57,208
(breathing sharply)
1622
01:08:58,583 --> 01:09:00,101
WHITE:
What the hell is he talking about?
1623
01:09:00,125 --> 01:09:02,142
SONNY: Did he say breathe out
while you're breathing out?
1624
01:09:02,166 --> 01:09:04,500
WHITE:
Yeah, I think he did. I don't know.
1625
01:09:04,583 --> 01:09:07,666
♪ Won't you stay with me ♪
1626
01:09:07,750 --> 01:09:12,333
♪ Just a little longer? ♪
1627
01:09:12,416 --> 01:09:13,541
♪ It always seem like ♪
1628
01:09:13,625 --> 01:09:16,000
♪ You're leaving ♪
1629
01:09:16,083 --> 01:09:19,833
♪ When I need you here ♪
1630
01:09:19,916 --> 01:09:24,333
♪ Just a little longer ♪
1631
01:09:30,083 --> 01:09:34,125
♪ Oh, dear lady ♪
1632
01:09:34,208 --> 01:09:37,166
♪ There's so many things ♪
1633
01:09:37,250 --> 01:09:42,750
♪ That I have come to fear ♪
1634
01:09:42,833 --> 01:09:45,541
♪ A little voice says I'm going crazy... ♪
1635
01:09:45,625 --> 01:09:46,958
What's up? (sighs)
1636
01:09:47,041 --> 01:09:48,767
STRASSER: Why don't you go home
and get some sleep?
1637
01:09:48,791 --> 01:09:51,125
There's nothing more you can do
at this point.
1638
01:09:53,708 --> 01:09:54,875
How you feeling?
1639
01:09:54,958 --> 01:09:56,666
Same way as I did 72 hours ago.
1640
01:09:56,750 --> 01:09:59,000
I think you're fucking crazy.
1641
01:09:59,083 --> 01:10:01,125
But now I'm 45 instead of 44.
1642
01:10:01,208 --> 01:10:03,416
Well, other than that.
1643
01:10:05,416 --> 01:10:07,375
Other than that, I think we're good.
1644
01:10:10,791 --> 01:10:11,875
(sighs)
1645
01:10:13,875 --> 01:10:17,708
You know, Sonny, sometimes, uh,
1646
01:10:17,791 --> 01:10:20,541
the most you can do is all you can do.
1647
01:10:20,625 --> 01:10:22,541
Okay?
1648
01:10:22,625 --> 01:10:24,875
And you're not in this alone.
1649
01:10:24,958 --> 01:10:26,416
Howard's key.
1650
01:10:27,416 --> 01:10:28,875
And I'm a marketing guy, you know?
1651
01:10:28,958 --> 01:10:30,500
I got a few moves.
1652
01:10:30,583 --> 01:10:32,083
Uh, you got a few moves?
1653
01:10:32,166 --> 01:10:35,250
Yeah, got a sweet little hook shot
off the glass.
1654
01:10:35,333 --> 01:10:37,125
I can't wait to see that.
1655
01:10:37,208 --> 01:10:40,125
("Tempted" by Squeeze playing)
1656
01:10:40,208 --> 01:10:42,208
(birds chirping)
1657
01:10:45,666 --> 01:10:48,875
♪ I bought a toothbrush, some toothpaste ♪
1658
01:10:48,958 --> 01:10:51,166
♪ A flannel for my face ♪
1659
01:10:51,250 --> 01:10:53,708
♪ Pajamas, a hairbrush ♪
1660
01:10:53,791 --> 01:10:56,208
♪ New shoes and a case ♪
1661
01:10:56,291 --> 01:10:58,291
♪ I said to my reflection ♪
1662
01:10:58,375 --> 01:11:03,416
♪ "Let's get out of this place" ♪
1663
01:11:03,500 --> 01:11:06,541
♪ Past the church and the steeple ♪
1664
01:11:06,625 --> 01:11:09,000
♪ The laundry on the hill ♪
1665
01:11:09,083 --> 01:11:11,916
♪ The billboards and the buildings ♪
1666
01:11:12,000 --> 01:11:13,625
♪ Memories of it still ♪
1667
01:11:13,708 --> 01:11:16,125
♪ Keep calling ♪
1668
01:11:16,208 --> 01:11:18,750
♪ And calling ♪
1669
01:11:18,833 --> 01:11:21,041
♪ But forget it all ♪
1670
01:11:21,125 --> 01:11:22,916
♪ I know I will... ♪
1671
01:11:23,000 --> 01:11:24,375
- WOMAN: Hi.
- Thank you.
1672
01:11:24,458 --> 01:11:25,833
- (James laughs)
- You made it.
1673
01:11:25,916 --> 01:11:28,291
- JAMES: Long time no see.
- Good to see you.
1674
01:11:28,375 --> 01:11:30,166
You still got that phone in the car?
1675
01:11:30,250 --> 01:11:32,208
Oh, I had to return that whole operation.
1676
01:11:32,291 --> 01:11:34,500
- Man.
- (chuckles)
1677
01:11:34,583 --> 01:11:35,791
Hello, Mrs. Jordan.
1678
01:11:35,875 --> 01:11:38,208
- Thank you so much for coming.
- (James chuckles)
1679
01:11:38,291 --> 01:11:40,166
Hi, Michael. Please come with me.
1680
01:11:40,250 --> 01:11:41,791
Right this way.
1681
01:11:48,583 --> 01:11:50,958
(quietly): He doesn't want
to be here, but he will listen.
1682
01:11:51,041 --> 01:11:52,458
He promised me that.
1683
01:11:52,541 --> 01:11:54,208
You have our attention.
1684
01:11:55,250 --> 01:11:57,250
SONNY:
Thanks for making it happen.
1685
01:11:59,541 --> 01:12:02,000
So we'll just head up these stairs here.
1686
01:12:02,083 --> 01:12:04,250
♪ ♪
1687
01:12:11,458 --> 01:12:13,416
Welcome.
1688
01:12:13,500 --> 01:12:15,226
- STRASSER: Hello. Yeah. Hi.
- This is a big day
1689
01:12:15,250 --> 01:12:18,916
and, uh, hopefully the start
of something very big.
1690
01:12:19,000 --> 01:12:20,601
(quietly):
Where's, uh, where's-where's H?
1691
01:12:20,625 --> 01:12:21,875
- I don't know.
- Okay. Really?
1692
01:12:21,958 --> 01:12:23,166
I don't know.
1693
01:12:23,250 --> 01:12:26,333
Um, so, uh, how was the flight out? Good?
1694
01:12:26,416 --> 01:12:28,458
Fine. We had Arby's at the airport.
1695
01:12:28,541 --> 01:12:30,416
Oh, is that right? And, uh, and, Michael,
1696
01:12:30,500 --> 01:12:32,958
did you, did you not
fly them out yourself?
1697
01:12:35,625 --> 01:12:37,291
He jumps so high.
1698
01:12:37,375 --> 01:12:39,416
Um...
1699
01:12:39,500 --> 01:12:41,625
So we got a sign
and some snacks over here.
1700
01:12:41,708 --> 01:12:43,500
- Oh, here's Howard. Yeah.
- Hey there.
1701
01:12:43,583 --> 01:12:45,583
This is, this is Howard White.
Mr. and Mrs. Jordan.
1702
01:12:45,625 --> 01:12:47,541
Mrs. Jordan, so good to see you.
1703
01:12:47,625 --> 01:12:50,541
It's a pleasure. It's a pl...
Mr. Jordan, how are you?
1704
01:12:50,625 --> 01:12:52,750
Only other brother in the room,
and you're late.
1705
01:12:52,833 --> 01:12:54,101
- (laughs) Wasn't my fault.
- Oh, James.
1706
01:12:54,125 --> 01:12:55,267
I'm gonna tell you what happened.
1707
01:12:55,291 --> 01:12:56,833
Well, this is my son Michael.
1708
01:12:56,916 --> 01:12:59,083
Hi. What's up, champion? Good to see you.
1709
01:12:59,166 --> 01:13:01,208
Glad you came out.
1710
01:13:01,291 --> 01:13:05,083
Listen, two guys from legal
told me the best burgers in Portland
1711
01:13:05,166 --> 01:13:07,125
- is close by, right?
- Mm-hmm.
1712
01:13:07,208 --> 01:13:09,916
But a Portland close by is
longer than you think. (laughs)
1713
01:13:10,000 --> 01:13:11,208
Do you like it here?
1714
01:13:11,291 --> 01:13:12,791
I-I like it.
1715
01:13:12,875 --> 01:13:15,541
And we have everything.
You know, you got the mountain.
1716
01:13:15,625 --> 01:13:17,416
You know what they call it? Mount Hood.
1717
01:13:17,500 --> 01:13:18,726
- But it's really nice.
- (James laughing)
1718
01:13:18,750 --> 01:13:20,226
It ain't really the hood.
And it rain a lot.
1719
01:13:20,250 --> 01:13:21,166
You got to have a umbrella.
1720
01:13:21,250 --> 01:13:22,708
One time, it was raining so bad,
1721
01:13:22,791 --> 01:13:24,833
and I'm in my car
searching for a umbrella.
1722
01:13:24,916 --> 01:13:29,041
I had my suit on, I was looking good,
and it was pouring down rain.
1723
01:13:29,125 --> 01:13:30,642
White folks out there running in the rain.
1724
01:13:30,666 --> 01:13:32,708
- JAMES: Running?
- And they know it's raining.
1725
01:13:32,791 --> 01:13:34,309
I said, "What is wrong with these people?"
1726
01:13:34,333 --> 01:13:35,392
- You know, like...
- Well, I'm sure
1727
01:13:35,416 --> 01:13:36,559
there are worse things, Mr. White.
1728
01:13:36,583 --> 01:13:38,000
WHITE:
You know what? You're right.
1729
01:13:38,083 --> 01:13:40,243
You're right, it could,
and I handle those things, too.
1730
01:13:40,291 --> 01:13:43,250
I try to, like, look out
for our young men, you know.
1731
01:13:43,333 --> 01:13:45,041
Make sure they make the right choices.
1732
01:13:45,125 --> 01:13:46,583
Yeah. Well, that's good.
1733
01:13:46,666 --> 01:13:48,916
You know, but the young boy's here
to have fun, too.
1734
01:13:49,000 --> 01:13:51,500
You're right, you're right.
And we gonna have some fun.
1735
01:13:51,583 --> 01:13:53,166
Go on, sit down. I know you're tired.
1736
01:13:53,250 --> 01:13:56,500
I know you been standing
and you been going through that airport.
1737
01:13:56,583 --> 01:13:57,892
- Reverend.
- Falk, how you doing?
1738
01:13:57,916 --> 01:13:59,375
- How you doing?
- Not since D.C...
1739
01:13:59,458 --> 01:14:01,375
You still calling me Reverend.
I love that.
1740
01:14:01,458 --> 01:14:03,958
My mama said I was gonna be
a preacher, but...
1741
01:14:04,041 --> 01:14:06,666
I-I didn't know
what I was gonna do, but...
1742
01:14:06,750 --> 01:14:08,750
- FALK: Here you are. Here you are.
- Here we are.
1743
01:14:08,833 --> 01:14:10,875
- We good?
- Yeah, yeah.
1744
01:14:10,958 --> 01:14:12,750
All right. Take a look.
1745
01:14:12,833 --> 01:14:14,833
♪ ♪
1746
01:14:21,166 --> 01:14:22,833
MICHAEL:
Bulls colors.
1747
01:14:22,916 --> 01:14:24,000
STRASSER:
That's right.
1748
01:14:24,083 --> 01:14:25,750
Yes, sir. Yeah.
1749
01:14:25,833 --> 01:14:29,750
Here, let's... let's get this out of here.
1750
01:14:31,083 --> 01:14:33,083
What do you think about that?
1751
01:14:34,250 --> 01:14:36,916
MOORE:
They're called Air Jordan.
1752
01:14:40,083 --> 01:14:43,041
I-I know you like your shoes
low to the ground.
1753
01:14:43,125 --> 01:14:45,583
- Yeah.
- W-We'll tailor them however you like.
1754
01:14:45,666 --> 01:14:48,458
The-the shoe will be designed
specifically for you.
1755
01:14:48,541 --> 01:14:50,958
We'll build it off a mold of your foot.
1756
01:14:51,041 --> 01:14:53,500
We skived the cushioning down so...
1757
01:14:53,583 --> 01:14:55,291
Thank you, Pete.
1758
01:14:55,375 --> 01:14:57,916
So, what are your thoughts?
1759
01:14:58,000 --> 01:15:00,000
- That shoe is red and black.
- Yes, sir.
1760
01:15:00,083 --> 01:15:01,750
I thought the NBA had a rule on color.
1761
01:15:01,833 --> 01:15:02,875
Yeah, they do.
1762
01:15:02,958 --> 01:15:04,375
Um, they want it all white,
1763
01:15:04,458 --> 01:15:07,041
and with all due respect to them,
they can go to hell.
1764
01:15:07,125 --> 01:15:10,166
We're gonna pay the fines,
uh, for Michael every game.
1765
01:15:10,250 --> 01:15:11,559
- (door opens)
- (Knight clears throat)
1766
01:15:11,583 --> 01:15:13,083
Excuse me. Hi.
1767
01:15:13,166 --> 01:15:15,083
- Hey.
- Sorry I'm late.
1768
01:15:15,166 --> 01:15:17,142
(stammers) - Uh, Phil,
I was just explaining to Michael
1769
01:15:17,166 --> 01:15:18,250
that we're going to, uh...
1770
01:15:18,333 --> 01:15:20,625
I-I was...
I just was explaining for a second
1771
01:15:20,708 --> 01:15:23,333
that-that... that I'm the CEO
of this company
1772
01:15:23,416 --> 01:15:26,208
and it's worth
nearly a billion dollars now.
1773
01:15:26,291 --> 01:15:29,583
And I'm so extremely busy
it's almost impossible to imagine,
1774
01:15:29,666 --> 01:15:32,166
but this meeting was so important,
I told my secretary
1775
01:15:32,250 --> 01:15:34,583
I wasn't gonna miss this no matter what.
1776
01:15:34,666 --> 01:15:37,500
That's how important this is.
Go ahead, Sonny.
1777
01:15:37,583 --> 01:15:39,559
Well, I was just telling Michael
that we were gonna pay
1778
01:15:39,583 --> 01:15:41,500
any fines incurred by the shoe's design.
1779
01:15:41,583 --> 01:15:43,083
Oh.
1780
01:15:44,333 --> 01:15:45,958
Be one per game, as you know.
1781
01:15:46,041 --> 01:15:47,958
- Great.
- Yeah.
1782
01:15:48,041 --> 01:15:49,291
We have a video?
1783
01:15:49,375 --> 01:15:50,833
STRASSER:
Uh, yes, yes, we do.
1784
01:15:50,916 --> 01:15:53,750
Yes, we do. But I-I thought
that the-the Jordans might be
1785
01:15:53,833 --> 01:15:56,916
interested in how we see
the future here at Nike
1786
01:15:57,000 --> 01:16:01,958
and how we would market Michael
as a person
1787
01:16:02,041 --> 01:16:07,541
and not just another guy
wearing someone's shoes.
1788
01:16:07,625 --> 01:16:09,750
And there are no limits here at Nike.
1789
01:16:09,833 --> 01:16:13,625
You can do just about anything.
1790
01:16:13,708 --> 01:16:15,375
- How'd that get in there?
- (chuckles)
1791
01:16:15,458 --> 01:16:18,458
WHITE:
We believe Michael can represent something
1792
01:16:18,541 --> 01:16:20,958
more than just a basketball player.
1793
01:16:21,041 --> 01:16:22,583
Hell, you can find them anywhere.
1794
01:16:22,666 --> 01:16:25,625
(chuckles): You're looking at
one busted-up one right here.
1795
01:16:25,708 --> 01:16:28,250
And Rob wants
to really market our players,
1796
01:16:28,333 --> 01:16:30,375
and this has never been
really done before.
1797
01:16:30,458 --> 01:16:32,226
That's one of the things
we've-we've really pioneered.
1798
01:16:32,250 --> 01:16:33,166
Do you have a video?
1799
01:16:33,250 --> 01:16:35,250
Shall we? Good. Great.
1800
01:16:35,333 --> 01:16:37,208
Uh, let's watch a movie here.
1801
01:16:37,291 --> 01:16:40,875
So, uh, let me kill these. Yeah.
1802
01:16:40,958 --> 01:16:43,750
Um, well, I'll let it speak for itself.
1803
01:16:43,833 --> 01:16:46,208
I just... I'll hit go here
1804
01:16:46,291 --> 01:16:48,041
and just get it started.
1805
01:16:48,125 --> 01:16:49,726
("I Can Dream About You"
by Dan Hartman playing)
1806
01:16:49,750 --> 01:16:52,541
♪ No more timing ♪
1807
01:16:52,625 --> 01:16:56,458
♪ Each tear that falls from my eyes ♪
1808
01:16:57,791 --> 01:17:01,416
♪ I'm not hiding ♪
1809
01:17:01,500 --> 01:17:05,250
♪ The remedy to cure
this old heart of mine ♪
1810
01:17:05,333 --> 01:17:09,208
♪ I can dream about you ♪
1811
01:17:09,291 --> 01:17:13,791
♪ If I can't hold you tonight ♪
1812
01:17:13,875 --> 01:17:17,416
♪ I can dream about you ♪
1813
01:17:17,500 --> 01:17:21,791
♪ You know how to hold me just right ♪
1814
01:17:21,875 --> 01:17:25,708
♪ I can dream about you ♪
1815
01:17:25,791 --> 01:17:30,541
♪ If I can't hold you tonight ♪
1816
01:17:30,625 --> 01:17:33,750
♪ I can dream about you ♪
1817
01:17:33,833 --> 01:17:35,473
♪ You know how to hold me just right... ♪
1818
01:17:35,500 --> 01:17:36,833
I'm sorry. Turn it off.
1819
01:17:36,916 --> 01:17:38,684
- Rob, turn it off. Just please.
- STRASSER: Sonny...
1820
01:17:38,708 --> 01:17:40,958
Sonny, what the fuck are you doing?
1821
01:17:42,541 --> 01:17:45,750
Just forget about the shoes.
Forget about the money.
1822
01:17:45,833 --> 01:17:47,851
You're gonna make enough money
it's not gonna matter.
1823
01:17:47,875 --> 01:17:49,791
Money can buy you almost anything.
1824
01:17:49,875 --> 01:17:52,541
It can't buy you immortality.
That you have to earn.
1825
01:17:54,125 --> 01:17:55,708
(Sonny sighs)
1826
01:17:55,791 --> 01:18:00,333
I'm gonna look you in the eyes,
and I'm gonna tell you the future.
1827
01:18:00,416 --> 01:18:03,750
You were cut from
your high school basketball team.
1828
01:18:03,833 --> 01:18:06,625
You willed your way to the NBA.
1829
01:18:06,708 --> 01:18:08,041
You're gonna win championships.
1830
01:18:08,125 --> 01:18:09,666
It's an American story,
1831
01:18:09,750 --> 01:18:12,166
and that's why Americans
are gonna love it.
1832
01:18:12,250 --> 01:18:14,541
People are gonna build you up.
1833
01:18:14,625 --> 01:18:16,666
God, are they going to.
1834
01:18:16,750 --> 01:18:20,791
Because when you're great and new,
we love you.
1835
01:18:20,875 --> 01:18:24,541
Man, we'll build you into something
that doesn't even exist.
1836
01:18:24,625 --> 01:18:26,875
You're gonna change the fucking world.
1837
01:18:27,916 --> 01:18:29,708
But you know what?
1838
01:18:29,791 --> 01:18:33,375
Once they've built you
as high as they possibly can,
1839
01:18:33,458 --> 01:18:34,958
they're gonna tear you back down.
1840
01:18:35,041 --> 01:18:37,291
It's the most predictable pattern.
1841
01:18:37,375 --> 01:18:39,500
We build you into something
that doesn't exist,
1842
01:18:39,583 --> 01:18:42,208
and that means you have to try
to be that thing.
1843
01:18:42,291 --> 01:18:44,416
All day, every day.
1844
01:18:44,500 --> 01:18:45,708
That's how it works.
1845
01:18:45,791 --> 01:18:49,041
And we do it again and again and again.
1846
01:18:50,083 --> 01:18:52,125
And I'm gonna tell you the truth.
1847
01:18:53,208 --> 01:18:54,250
You're gonna be attacked,
1848
01:18:54,333 --> 01:18:56,291
betrayed, exposed
1849
01:18:56,375 --> 01:18:57,875
and humiliated.
1850
01:18:57,958 --> 01:19:00,041
And you'll survive that.
1851
01:19:01,083 --> 01:19:03,041
A lot of people can climb that mountain.
1852
01:19:03,125 --> 01:19:06,500
It's the way down that breaks them.
1853
01:19:07,833 --> 01:19:12,375
'Cause that's the moment
when you are truly alone.
1854
01:19:15,208 --> 01:19:17,833
And what will you do then?
1855
01:19:17,916 --> 01:19:21,375
Can you summon the will
to fight on through all the pain
1856
01:19:21,458 --> 01:19:23,041
and rise again?
1857
01:19:23,125 --> 01:19:24,875
Who are you, Michael?
1858
01:19:24,958 --> 01:19:29,083
That will be the defining question
of your life.
1859
01:19:29,166 --> 01:19:31,833
And I think you already know the answer.
1860
01:19:31,916 --> 01:19:33,708
And that's why we're all here.
1861
01:19:34,750 --> 01:19:37,750
A shoe is just a shoe
1862
01:19:37,833 --> 01:19:39,750
until somebody steps into it.
1863
01:19:39,833 --> 01:19:42,291
Then it has meaning.
1864
01:19:43,333 --> 01:19:46,791
The rest of us just want a chance
to touch that greatness.
1865
01:19:46,875 --> 01:19:49,750
We need you in these shoes
not so you have meaning in your life
1866
01:19:49,833 --> 01:19:52,083
but so that we have meaning in ours.
1867
01:19:52,166 --> 01:19:55,250
Everyone at this table will be forgotten
1868
01:19:55,333 --> 01:19:57,958
as soon as our time here is up.
1869
01:19:58,041 --> 01:19:59,583
Except for you.
1870
01:19:59,666 --> 01:20:01,958
You're gonna be remembered forever,
1871
01:20:02,041 --> 01:20:04,708
because some things are eternal.
1872
01:20:04,791 --> 01:20:06,500
You're Michael Jordan,
1873
01:20:06,583 --> 01:20:10,625
and your story is
gonna make us want to fly.
1874
01:20:21,750 --> 01:20:23,041
KNIGHT:
I know... (clears throat)
1875
01:20:23,125 --> 01:20:25,708
Mr. Falk's already shared this with you,
1876
01:20:25,791 --> 01:20:28,333
but I wanted to give it to you in person,
1877
01:20:28,416 --> 01:20:31,875
um, because it's
the most significant offer
1878
01:20:31,958 --> 01:20:34,500
Nike Basketball has ever made
to any athlete.
1879
01:20:39,750 --> 01:20:44,208
We're expecting others to bid
in a similar range.
1880
01:20:44,291 --> 01:20:45,666
Thank you, David.
1881
01:20:47,166 --> 01:20:50,000
Nonetheless, Nike has long been
1882
01:20:50,083 --> 01:20:52,750
in search of its basketball star.
1883
01:20:52,833 --> 01:20:56,625
We believe you are that star.
1884
01:21:01,875 --> 01:21:04,125
Well, thank you, Mr. Vaccaro,
1885
01:21:04,208 --> 01:21:06,333
Mr. Knight, Mr. Strasser, Mr. White.
1886
01:21:06,416 --> 01:21:07,541
Thank you.
1887
01:21:09,125 --> 01:21:10,666
- (sighs) Mr. White.
- Mrs. Jordan.
1888
01:21:10,750 --> 01:21:13,541
Thank you. Nice to meet you.
1889
01:21:13,625 --> 01:21:15,125
Well, you guys can come this way.
1890
01:21:15,208 --> 01:21:16,375
(White sighs)
1891
01:21:16,458 --> 01:21:18,375
KNIGHT:
Thank you so much.
1892
01:21:19,375 --> 01:21:22,000
- Mr. Jordan. Call me anytime.
- Thank you, Michael.
1893
01:21:22,083 --> 01:21:23,976
We're gonna take a hard look
at everyone's numbers,
1894
01:21:24,000 --> 01:21:28,166
and, uh, we'll let you know
when we let you know.
1895
01:21:28,250 --> 01:21:29,875
Great speech.
1896
01:21:29,958 --> 01:21:31,166
Emotional.
1897
01:21:31,250 --> 01:21:32,875
Great. Thanks, David.
1898
01:21:37,125 --> 01:21:38,726
- Where the hell'd that come from?
- I don't know.
1899
01:21:38,750 --> 01:21:40,125
KNIGHT:
Sonny made an audible.
1900
01:21:40,208 --> 01:21:41,666
Way to go, Sonny.
1901
01:21:41,750 --> 01:21:44,583
What the fuck is that thing
w-with the fines, by the way?
1902
01:21:44,666 --> 01:21:46,226
It doesn't matter.
W... I think we have him,
1903
01:21:46,250 --> 01:21:47,517
and we just have to wait and see.
1904
01:21:47,541 --> 01:21:48,666
It's a hell of a speech.
1905
01:21:48,750 --> 01:21:50,333
It was good. It was good.
1906
01:21:50,416 --> 01:21:52,333
"Everyone at this table
will be forgotten."
1907
01:21:52,416 --> 01:21:54,583
I think I'm gonna be remembered.
1908
01:21:56,583 --> 01:21:59,083
I'm not... I think I've done
something impressive.
1909
01:21:59,166 --> 01:22:00,458
You know?
1910
01:22:00,541 --> 01:22:02,041
I mean, it was a good speech.
1911
01:22:02,125 --> 01:22:03,958
We got him.
1912
01:22:04,041 --> 01:22:07,041
("Time After Time" by Cyndi Lauper
playing)
1913
01:22:18,666 --> 01:22:20,875
♪ Lying in my bed ♪
1914
01:22:20,958 --> 01:22:25,791
♪ I hear the clock tick and think of you ♪
1915
01:22:25,875 --> 01:22:28,875
♪ Caught up in circles ♪
1916
01:22:28,958 --> 01:22:33,250
♪ Confusion is nothing new ♪
1917
01:22:33,333 --> 01:22:35,250
♪ Flashback ♪
1918
01:22:35,333 --> 01:22:37,250
- (pager beeping)
- ♪ Warm nights ♪
1919
01:22:37,333 --> 01:22:40,416
♪ Almost left behind ♪
1920
01:22:40,500 --> 01:22:44,500
♪ Suitcase of memories ♪
1921
01:22:44,583 --> 01:22:46,041
♪ Time after ♪
1922
01:22:46,125 --> 01:22:49,291
♪ Sometimes you picture me ♪
1923
01:22:49,375 --> 01:22:52,166
♪ I'm walking too far ahead... ♪
1924
01:22:52,250 --> 01:22:54,250
- (line clicks)
- Hey, it's Sonny.
1925
01:22:57,000 --> 01:22:58,708
Yeah, no. Yeah, he... they...
1926
01:22:59,833 --> 01:23:01,000
Yeah, I'll be there.
1927
01:23:01,083 --> 01:23:03,500
Um, look, uh, nothing from the Jordans?
1928
01:23:05,083 --> 01:23:08,583
Okay. Uh, well, you know,
soon as and, uh...
1929
01:23:08,666 --> 01:23:10,666
You have the home number?
1930
01:23:12,375 --> 01:23:13,666
Okay.
1931
01:23:13,750 --> 01:23:15,250
Bye.
1932
01:23:16,416 --> 01:23:18,583
♪ Time after time ♪
1933
01:23:18,666 --> 01:23:20,625
♪ If you fall, I will catch you ♪
1934
01:23:20,708 --> 01:23:23,000
♪ I'll be waiting ♪
1935
01:23:23,083 --> 01:23:26,583
♪ Time after time ♪
1936
01:23:26,666 --> 01:23:30,291
♪ If you're lost, you can look
and you will find me ♪
1937
01:23:30,375 --> 01:23:32,333
- (phone ringing)
- ♪ Time after time... ♪
1938
01:23:32,416 --> 01:23:34,125
- Hello.
- WHITE (over phone): Sonny.
1939
01:23:34,208 --> 01:23:36,125
Hey, Howard. Wh-What's going on?
1940
01:23:36,208 --> 01:23:39,041
Hey, listen, man, I...
1941
01:23:39,125 --> 01:23:41,250
I just heard...
1942
01:23:41,333 --> 01:23:43,458
Adidas, they matched the offer.
1943
01:23:43,541 --> 01:23:45,333
The 250?
1944
01:23:45,416 --> 01:23:47,875
Yeah, the t... the 250 and a car.
1945
01:23:49,791 --> 01:23:51,083
You're kidding me.
1946
01:23:51,166 --> 01:23:52,541
No, man. No.
1947
01:23:52,625 --> 01:23:54,541
I talked to James... Michael daddy... today.
1948
01:23:54,625 --> 01:23:56,291
That's what he told me.
1949
01:23:56,375 --> 01:23:59,041
And, uh, I don't think
he accepted it yet, though,
1950
01:23:59,125 --> 01:24:00,250
so we might still have time.
1951
01:24:00,333 --> 01:24:02,059
That's why I wanted
to give you the heads-up.
1952
01:24:02,083 --> 01:24:03,833
Maybe make some moves, uh, spend the...
1953
01:24:03,916 --> 01:24:06,041
No, I mean...
1954
01:24:06,125 --> 01:24:07,250
(sighs)
1955
01:24:07,333 --> 01:24:09,541
This-this was the move. This...
1956
01:24:09,625 --> 01:24:11,500
That was it.
1957
01:24:11,583 --> 01:24:12,500
(sighs)
1958
01:24:12,583 --> 01:24:14,875
Well, we'll still hear from Falk.
1959
01:24:14,958 --> 01:24:16,333
Maybe you could talk to Falk.
1960
01:24:16,416 --> 01:24:19,125
Yeah, I'm sure he can't wait.
1961
01:24:22,166 --> 01:24:24,416
Sonny...
1962
01:24:24,500 --> 01:24:26,208
sorry, man.
1963
01:24:28,083 --> 01:24:29,916
Hey, Howard, uh...
1964
01:24:32,500 --> 01:24:34,500
Thanks a lot, man. I just...
1965
01:24:37,166 --> 01:24:38,958
Thank you for everything you did.
1966
01:24:39,041 --> 01:24:42,166
No problem, Sonny. I'm here for you, man.
1967
01:24:42,250 --> 01:24:45,041
I appreciate that you,
that you believed in me, man.
1968
01:24:49,416 --> 01:24:51,416
- (sighs) See ya, man.
- Okay.
1969
01:24:52,541 --> 01:24:54,000
(sighs)
1970
01:25:10,875 --> 01:25:12,875
♪ ♪
1971
01:25:36,958 --> 01:25:38,958
♪ ♪
1972
01:26:07,875 --> 01:26:10,791
(phone ringing)
1973
01:26:13,500 --> 01:26:14,833
Hello, Falk.
1974
01:26:14,916 --> 01:26:16,101
DELORIS (over phone):
Mr. Vaccaro.
1975
01:26:16,125 --> 01:26:18,958
Mrs. Jordan.
1976
01:26:19,041 --> 01:26:20,875
I have some news for you.
1977
01:26:22,083 --> 01:26:23,583
Just do it.
1978
01:26:24,625 --> 01:26:27,041
Uh, you didn't expect me to call?
1979
01:26:27,125 --> 01:26:30,333
Uh, well, typically, I would...
I'd hear from Mr. Falk.
1980
01:26:30,416 --> 01:26:33,166
Uh, but this is
a pleasant surprise, I promise.
1981
01:26:33,250 --> 01:26:37,125
Well, I told Mr. Falk
I would handle it from here.
1982
01:26:37,208 --> 01:26:38,750
I have a lot of respect for that.
1983
01:26:38,833 --> 01:26:40,000
Thank you.
1984
01:26:42,000 --> 01:26:46,166
Michael will accept
the 250,000 salary guaranteed,
1985
01:26:46,250 --> 01:26:49,791
and the shoe will be named
for Michael and our family.
1986
01:26:49,875 --> 01:26:51,708
- What-what?
- Yes.
1987
01:26:51,791 --> 01:26:53,125
- Uh, really?
- (chuckles)
1988
01:26:53,208 --> 01:26:54,958
Mr. Vaccaro, don't sound so surprised.
1989
01:26:55,041 --> 01:26:56,958
No, this is... no, great decision.
1990
01:26:57,041 --> 01:26:58,351
Uh, uh, you're not gonna regret it,
1991
01:26:58,375 --> 01:27:00,250
and I-I can give you
my personal guarantee...
1992
01:27:00,333 --> 01:27:01,333
I'm not finished.
1993
01:27:01,416 --> 01:27:04,625
No. Yeah. Ex-Excuse me. Sorry, go ahead.
1994
01:27:04,708 --> 01:27:07,625
Now, we are willing to accept the deal
and commit right away
1995
01:27:07,708 --> 01:27:10,125
but with one minor provision.
1996
01:27:10,208 --> 01:27:12,625
- Name it.
- It's nothing, really.
1997
01:27:12,708 --> 01:27:15,000
It's so obvious that its omission,
I assume,
1998
01:27:15,083 --> 01:27:17,208
from the term sheet was a clerical error.
1999
01:27:17,291 --> 01:27:19,333
I'm sure it was.
2000
01:27:19,416 --> 01:27:21,333
Michael will get
a percentage of the revenue
2001
01:27:21,416 --> 01:27:24,250
of the sale of each shoe that is sold.
2002
01:27:28,125 --> 01:27:29,458
I'm sorry?
2003
01:27:29,541 --> 01:27:33,208
Not all Nike shoes,
just the ones with his name on them.
2004
01:27:33,291 --> 01:27:34,625
Oh, well, uh, Mrs. Jordan,
2005
01:27:34,708 --> 01:27:37,916
so that's not
how the business works at all.
2006
01:27:38,000 --> 01:27:41,166
I mean, I-I understand the assumption,
but, um, what...
2007
01:27:41,250 --> 01:27:43,125
The-the athletes get a licensing fee...
2008
01:27:43,208 --> 01:27:46,041
in this case, obviously,
a groundbreaking fee...
2009
01:27:46,125 --> 01:27:49,583
but they don't actually participate
in the gross sales of the shoe.
2010
01:27:49,666 --> 01:27:52,458
Because Nike's a public company,
so that... it... they can't...
2011
01:27:52,541 --> 01:27:55,541
That would disrupt the industry,
and they wouldn't... they, um...
2012
01:27:55,625 --> 01:27:58,333
Th-There's a-a whole other set
of economics around this.
2013
01:27:58,416 --> 01:27:59,458
It's very complicated.
2014
01:27:59,541 --> 01:28:00,892
Yeah, I'm sure it's quite complicated.
2015
01:28:00,916 --> 01:28:02,416
It's not realistic, but, um...
2016
01:28:02,500 --> 01:28:06,875
This way, it's cleaner 'cause you know
and the family knows
2017
01:28:06,958 --> 01:28:08,958
exactly what's gonna come in every year...
2018
01:28:09,041 --> 01:28:10,625
Well, that's not his concern.
2019
01:28:10,708 --> 01:28:12,791
- Um, okay. Uh-huh.
- All right?
2020
01:28:12,875 --> 01:28:17,500
His concern is that,
in order for the shoe to be meaningful,
2021
01:28:17,583 --> 01:28:20,250
in order for young people,
many not of real means,
2022
01:28:20,333 --> 01:28:22,250
to want to go out and spend the money
2023
01:28:22,333 --> 01:28:26,333
that they worked all week,
two weeks at the mall for,
2024
01:28:26,416 --> 01:28:29,791
then Michael has to create
the meaning in that shoe.
2025
01:28:29,875 --> 01:28:31,833
His name is on that shoe.
2026
01:28:31,916 --> 01:28:33,958
Yeah, so actually we think
that's a benefit to him
2027
01:28:34,041 --> 01:28:37,166
because his likeness
gets marketed by Nike.
2028
01:28:37,250 --> 01:28:39,625
No. His likeness, his name
2029
01:28:39,708 --> 01:28:42,250
is not in any way meaningful to Nike
2030
01:28:42,333 --> 01:28:45,333
unless he scores 40 points a night,
every night,
2031
01:28:45,416 --> 01:28:47,208
beats Akeem as Rookie of the Year,
2032
01:28:47,291 --> 01:28:50,166
makes All-Star and All-NBA team.
2033
01:28:50,250 --> 01:28:52,333
(sighs) Okay, that would be exceptional.
2034
01:28:52,416 --> 01:28:55,541
And-and, um, you know, it is the NBA,
2035
01:28:55,625 --> 01:28:57,541
so these are the best of the best.
2036
01:28:57,625 --> 01:28:59,291
Well, he has to be better.
2037
01:28:59,375 --> 01:29:01,750
He will win championships,
multiple championships,
2038
01:29:01,833 --> 01:29:03,000
final MVPs.
2039
01:29:03,083 --> 01:29:04,208
I know my son.
2040
01:29:04,291 --> 01:29:06,833
All-Star selection, All-Star MVP,
2041
01:29:06,916 --> 01:29:08,500
Defensive Player of the Year...
2042
01:29:08,583 --> 01:29:11,333
But, ma'am, with respect,
2043
01:29:11,416 --> 01:29:14,125
Sidney Moncrief is
the Defensive Player of the Year.
2044
01:29:14,208 --> 01:29:15,958
Adrian Dantley won the scoring title.
2045
01:29:16,041 --> 01:29:17,291
They're not...
2046
01:29:17,375 --> 01:29:20,000
Y-You don't get to be
Magic and Michael Cooper.
2047
01:29:20,083 --> 01:29:22,375
- It's basketball.
- Yeah, but if he does it,
2048
01:29:22,458 --> 01:29:24,125
he deserves to be compensated.
2049
01:29:24,208 --> 01:29:27,083
You eat, we eat. That's all he's asking.
2050
01:29:27,166 --> 01:29:28,333
That's a fair point,
2051
01:29:28,416 --> 01:29:31,166
but that's just not
how the business works.
2052
01:29:31,250 --> 01:29:32,875
I mean, they-they invest the capital,
2053
01:29:32,958 --> 01:29:35,125
then they get the reward,
and that's how it goes.
2054
01:29:35,208 --> 01:29:37,041
Well, maybe that needs to change.
2055
01:29:37,125 --> 01:29:39,875
Because if he does
what I think he's gonna do,
2056
01:29:39,958 --> 01:29:41,791
what you also think he's gonna do
2057
01:29:41,875 --> 01:29:44,125
and what Michael knows he's gonna do,
2058
01:29:44,208 --> 01:29:47,291
then it won't be the NBA promoting my son,
I promise you.
2059
01:29:47,375 --> 01:29:48,916
It'll be the other way around.
2060
01:29:49,000 --> 01:29:51,916
And in that case, he deserves a piece.
2061
01:29:52,000 --> 01:29:54,875
Mrs. Jordan, I...
2062
01:29:54,958 --> 01:29:56,226
I understand what you're saying.
2063
01:29:56,250 --> 01:29:59,083
I... I actually agree with you.
2064
01:30:00,375 --> 01:30:04,000
But that's just not
how it goes in this life.
2065
01:30:04,083 --> 01:30:06,916
(sighs) People like your son,
2066
01:30:07,000 --> 01:30:11,208
people who work for a living,
they don't let us own anything.
2067
01:30:11,291 --> 01:30:13,541
We take the best we can get.
2068
01:30:13,625 --> 01:30:14,833
And this is a great deal.
2069
01:30:14,916 --> 01:30:16,500
This is the biggest deal
2070
01:30:16,583 --> 01:30:20,291
this company has ever
offered anyone by far.
2071
01:30:20,375 --> 01:30:22,500
Michael could blow out his knee next week.
2072
01:30:24,375 --> 01:30:28,625
Mr. Vaccaro, I agree
that the business is unfair.
2073
01:30:28,708 --> 01:30:31,208
It's unfair to my son.
2074
01:30:31,291 --> 01:30:33,750
It's unfair to people like you.
2075
01:30:33,833 --> 01:30:36,500
But every once in a while,
2076
01:30:36,583 --> 01:30:40,083
someone comes along
that's so extraordinary
2077
01:30:40,166 --> 01:30:42,500
that it forces those
reluctant to part with
2078
01:30:42,583 --> 01:30:46,625
some of that wealth to do so,
not out of charity
2079
01:30:46,708 --> 01:30:50,291
but out of greed,
because they are so very special.
2080
01:30:50,375 --> 01:30:53,708
And even more rare,
that person demands to be treated
2081
01:30:53,791 --> 01:30:55,333
according to their worth
2082
01:30:55,416 --> 01:30:58,500
because they understand
what they are worth.
2083
01:30:59,541 --> 01:31:01,416
Or their mother does.
2084
01:31:03,583 --> 01:31:06,583
You purport to know
a good deal about my son.
2085
01:31:06,666 --> 01:31:07,833
You tell me.
2086
01:31:07,916 --> 01:31:11,750
Is it me who believes
in Michael, his name,
2087
01:31:11,833 --> 01:31:14,125
or am I just a healthy reflection
of who he is
2088
01:31:14,208 --> 01:31:17,250
and what he believes about himself?
2089
01:31:17,333 --> 01:31:19,291
Hmm?
2090
01:31:19,375 --> 01:31:22,083
Isn't that why you came to my home?
2091
01:31:24,375 --> 01:31:25,833
Yes, it is.
2092
01:31:25,916 --> 01:31:27,500
Okay.
2093
01:31:29,291 --> 01:31:32,166
Now, I'm gonna put it to you plain
once again.
2094
01:31:32,250 --> 01:31:35,708
Michael will get $250,000
2095
01:31:35,791 --> 01:31:38,916
and a Mercedes-Benz
that will be forgotten in a year,
2096
01:31:39,000 --> 01:31:43,333
but he gets a piece
of the revenue of the shoe
2097
01:31:43,416 --> 01:31:46,041
and all future Air Jordan shoes.
2098
01:31:48,291 --> 01:31:50,750
A shoe is just a shoe
2099
01:31:50,833 --> 01:31:53,000
until my son steps into it.
2100
01:31:56,166 --> 01:31:58,166
♪ ♪
2101
01:32:21,250 --> 01:32:23,250
♪ ♪
2102
01:32:36,916 --> 01:32:38,458
What... what happened?
2103
01:32:38,541 --> 01:32:41,000
We didn't get him.
2104
01:32:41,083 --> 01:32:43,250
What are you t... I heard
you were down there closing
2105
01:32:43,333 --> 01:32:44,750
- with the mother.
- Adidas matched.
2106
01:32:44,833 --> 01:32:46,208
H-He needs more.
2107
01:32:46,291 --> 01:32:47,458
More money?
2108
01:32:47,541 --> 01:32:48,833
Oh, I'm sorry, Phil.
2109
01:32:48,916 --> 01:32:50,625
Uh, he wants a piece of the shoe,
2110
01:32:50,708 --> 01:32:53,333
the gross revenue, his...
everything with his name on it.
2111
01:32:55,333 --> 01:32:56,541
- (scoffs)
- I know. I'm sorry.
2112
01:32:56,625 --> 01:32:58,666
Jesus Christ.
2113
01:32:58,750 --> 01:33:00,458
(sighs)
2114
01:33:00,541 --> 01:33:02,083
I'm really sorry.
2115
01:33:06,041 --> 01:33:07,583
(sighs)
2116
01:33:09,166 --> 01:33:11,541
Fuck it. We should do it.
2117
01:33:14,333 --> 01:33:15,625
Correct me if I'm wrong, Sonny.
2118
01:33:15,708 --> 01:33:17,017
I thought you believed in this guy.
2119
01:33:17,041 --> 01:33:19,208
Well, of course I do.
2120
01:33:19,291 --> 01:33:21,267
There's not a lot of point
in having a basketball guru
2121
01:33:21,291 --> 01:33:22,601
if you don't listen to what he has to say.
2122
01:33:22,625 --> 01:33:24,041
The board's never gonna do that.
2123
01:33:24,125 --> 01:33:25,351
This has never happened before.
2124
01:33:25,375 --> 01:33:26,583
(Sonny stammers)
2125
01:33:26,666 --> 01:33:28,267
You'd be putting yourself
in a real bad spot.
2126
01:33:28,291 --> 01:33:30,250
Th-They could call for your removal.
2127
01:33:30,333 --> 01:33:32,013
If this guy is
who you think he's gonna be,
2128
01:33:32,041 --> 01:33:33,934
he'll be the best thing
that ever happened to this company
2129
01:33:33,958 --> 01:33:35,416
and he'll be worth every penny.
2130
01:33:35,500 --> 01:33:36,980
Let me worry about the fucking board.
2131
01:33:38,750 --> 01:33:39,958
It's a big risk.
2132
01:33:41,375 --> 01:33:43,500
You're remembered for the rules you break.
2133
01:33:43,583 --> 01:33:45,166
Close the fucking deal.
2134
01:33:48,041 --> 01:33:49,250
Hey, Sonny.
2135
01:33:50,250 --> 01:33:52,250
That's how I built this company.
2136
01:33:52,333 --> 01:33:54,125
I get it, Phil.
2137
01:33:57,875 --> 01:33:59,875
Go get him. (clears throat)
2138
01:34:02,208 --> 01:34:03,708
(chuckles)
2139
01:34:15,458 --> 01:34:17,458
(phone ringing)
2140
01:34:20,833 --> 01:34:22,583
- Hello.
- SONNY: Mrs. Jordan.
2141
01:34:22,666 --> 01:34:23,875
Yes.
2142
01:34:25,041 --> 01:34:27,291
I've spoken to our CEO.
2143
01:34:27,375 --> 01:34:29,416
And?
2144
01:34:29,500 --> 01:34:33,500
The Nike corporation is
going to accept your terms
2145
01:34:33,583 --> 01:34:37,125
and offer Michael Jordan
a direct revenue share
2146
01:34:37,208 --> 01:34:40,583
from the sale of every single shoe
with his name on it.
2147
01:34:40,666 --> 01:34:43,500
- (sighs)
- Anywhere they are sold in the world.
2148
01:34:43,583 --> 01:34:45,083
(sighs heavily)
2149
01:34:45,166 --> 01:34:46,958
Yes.
2150
01:34:47,041 --> 01:34:48,458
Congratulations.
2151
01:34:48,541 --> 01:34:50,500
Thank you.
2152
01:34:50,583 --> 01:34:52,125
Uh, is-is Michael there?
2153
01:34:52,208 --> 01:34:53,833
C-Could I speak with him?
2154
01:34:53,916 --> 01:34:55,916
Yes.
2155
01:34:56,000 --> 01:34:57,500
It's time.
2156
01:35:01,208 --> 01:35:03,208
♪ ♪
2157
01:35:10,625 --> 01:35:12,416
MICHAEL (over phone):
Hello.
2158
01:35:12,500 --> 01:35:14,375
Hey, Michael.
2159
01:35:14,458 --> 01:35:16,083
Welcome to Nike.
2160
01:35:17,083 --> 01:35:19,083
♪ ♪
2161
01:35:34,541 --> 01:35:36,583
(phone ringing)
2162
01:35:36,666 --> 01:35:38,000
STRASSER:
Hello.
2163
01:35:38,083 --> 01:35:40,708
SONNY (over phone):
I need to see you in the bullpen.
2164
01:35:40,791 --> 01:35:43,041
- Hey, Sonny, you know, uh...
- It's important, Rob.
2165
01:35:43,125 --> 01:35:45,125
♪ ♪
2166
01:35:51,791 --> 01:35:53,791
- (phones ringing)
- (busy chatter)
2167
01:36:06,291 --> 01:36:09,000
- Hey, everybody?
- (chatter quiets)
2168
01:36:09,083 --> 01:36:10,625
Uh...
2169
01:36:12,666 --> 01:36:14,875
We just signed Michael Jordan!
2170
01:36:14,958 --> 01:36:16,125
(all cheering)
2171
01:36:16,208 --> 01:36:18,125
Yes!
2172
01:36:18,208 --> 01:36:20,208
(excited chatter)
2173
01:36:25,500 --> 01:36:27,500
♪ ♪
2174
01:36:50,250 --> 01:36:52,208
- Here's the Ewing file.
- At the buzzer, Sonny.
2175
01:36:52,291 --> 01:36:53,583
At the buzzer.
2176
01:36:53,666 --> 01:36:55,583
Yeah, well, what can I tell you?
2177
01:36:55,666 --> 01:36:56,916
I love the suspense.
2178
01:36:57,000 --> 01:36:58,750
Percentage of sales?
2179
01:36:58,833 --> 01:37:00,125
I'm not gonna lie to you, David.
2180
01:37:00,208 --> 01:37:03,125
I'm told you have lawyers
on six-figure retainers.
2181
01:37:03,208 --> 01:37:05,208
Ah, they're on a cap.
2182
01:37:05,291 --> 01:37:07,791
I don't know if I should
tell you this, but...
2183
01:37:07,875 --> 01:37:09,250
(sighs)
2184
01:37:09,333 --> 01:37:12,000
...Sonny, Adidas was never
gonna match the percentage.
2185
01:37:12,083 --> 01:37:14,166
No one was.
2186
01:37:14,250 --> 01:37:16,625
I thought you were the kind of guy
that would like to know
2187
01:37:16,708 --> 01:37:19,083
when someone makes a fucking play
on you, you know?
2188
01:37:19,166 --> 01:37:21,333
(chuckles)
Well, that's very nice of you, David,
2189
01:37:21,416 --> 01:37:22,976
but I actually think
this is one of those deals
2190
01:37:23,000 --> 01:37:24,916
that's gonna work out for everybody.
2191
01:37:25,000 --> 01:37:27,250
- Oh, yeah?
- Uh, what's Adidas doing?
2192
01:37:27,333 --> 01:37:28,958
- They're pivoting.
- Yeah? To who?
2193
01:37:29,041 --> 01:37:30,041
Mel Turpin.
2194
01:37:30,083 --> 01:37:32,416
- Interesting.
- He's not a client.
2195
01:37:32,500 --> 01:37:34,000
How's Phil? How's he feeling?
2196
01:37:34,083 --> 01:37:35,500
- Great.
- It's a big step.
2197
01:37:35,583 --> 01:37:37,166
Big steps are how he made this place.
2198
01:37:37,250 --> 01:37:38,890
You know, you better get me on speed dial
2199
01:37:38,916 --> 01:37:41,000
- for the next five years. (chuckles)
- Oh, please.
2200
01:37:41,083 --> 01:37:42,351
Howard's gonna take over with Mike.
2201
01:37:42,375 --> 01:37:45,166
You'll be gone in a year.
No more rabbits to chase.
2202
01:37:45,250 --> 01:37:47,166
Well, that's the thing
about rabbits, you know?
2203
01:37:47,250 --> 01:37:49,142
You never know 'cause
they just make more rabbits.
2204
01:37:49,166 --> 01:37:50,625
(laughs)
2205
01:37:50,708 --> 01:37:52,000
Yeah, they do.
2206
01:37:54,083 --> 01:37:55,500
Well, I'd say it's been a pleasure
2207
01:37:55,583 --> 01:37:58,125
doing business with you, David,
but it never really is.
2208
01:37:58,208 --> 01:37:59,375
FALK:
Nor should it be.
2209
01:37:59,458 --> 01:38:02,625
I don't have friends.
I have clients, okay?
2210
01:38:02,708 --> 01:38:04,416
That's why I'm a great fucking agent.
2211
01:38:04,500 --> 01:38:08,208
I'm gonna sell my business one day,
and I am gonna be a very rich man.
2212
01:38:08,291 --> 01:38:10,708
I will eat alone, but I'll be rich
and so will my clients.
2213
01:38:10,791 --> 01:38:12,041
Then I'll worry about friends.
2214
01:38:12,125 --> 01:38:15,791
Well, you call me the next time
you have a once-in-a-generation talent.
2215
01:38:15,875 --> 01:38:17,208
I'm thinking of signing Ewing.
2216
01:38:17,291 --> 01:38:18,500
- What do you think?
- Pat?
2217
01:38:19,958 --> 01:38:22,083
He immigrated from Jamaica
to a little house
2218
01:38:22,166 --> 01:38:24,041
off Auburn Street
in Cambridge, Massachusetts,
2219
01:38:24,125 --> 01:38:25,833
when he was 13 years old.
2220
01:38:25,916 --> 01:38:28,833
He'd never played basketball.
The kid played soccer.
2221
01:38:28,916 --> 01:38:30,750
And Mike Jarvis spotted him
2222
01:38:30,833 --> 01:38:32,476
in the hallways
at Cambridge Rindge and Latin.
2223
01:38:32,500 --> 01:38:33,500
He recruited him.
2224
01:38:33,541 --> 01:38:35,166
That team won three state titles.
2225
01:38:35,250 --> 01:38:38,041
I think he's the exact type of player
who should be wearing Nikes,
2226
01:38:38,125 --> 01:38:41,708
and I think you can sign whoever you want
after the deal we just made.
2227
01:38:41,791 --> 01:38:43,166
You're welcome.
2228
01:38:43,250 --> 01:38:44,916
You should be thanking me.
2229
01:38:45,000 --> 01:38:46,083
F-For what?
2230
01:38:46,166 --> 01:38:47,601
For coming up with the name of the shoe.
2231
01:38:47,625 --> 01:38:49,291
- Air Jordan?
- Yeah.
2232
01:38:49,375 --> 01:38:51,250
Nah, that was Pete. Bye.
2233
01:38:51,333 --> 01:38:52,892
- No, I came up with that.
- (line clicks)
2234
01:38:52,916 --> 01:38:56,041
I... Sonny? Son... Fucking...
2235
01:38:56,125 --> 01:38:58,708
Did I or did I not say "Air Jordan"?!
2236
01:39:03,208 --> 01:39:04,750
(door opens)
2237
01:39:08,333 --> 01:39:09,750
We're closed.
2238
01:39:09,833 --> 01:39:12,125
Congratulations.
2239
01:39:12,208 --> 01:39:14,041
You okay?
2240
01:39:14,125 --> 01:39:15,291
(exhales)
2241
01:39:15,375 --> 01:39:17,291
I'm just concentrating on my breath.
2242
01:39:17,375 --> 01:39:19,541
Why?
2243
01:39:19,625 --> 01:39:21,125
Just... (exhales)
2244
01:39:21,208 --> 01:39:24,083
doing a forgiveness meditation for myself.
2245
01:39:26,583 --> 01:39:28,541
What are you forgiving yourself for?
2246
01:39:28,625 --> 01:39:29,833
I think it's possible
2247
01:39:29,916 --> 01:39:31,791
we may have set
a very dangerous precedent.
2248
01:39:31,875 --> 01:39:34,666
Now every athlete's
gonna want a percentage.
2249
01:39:34,750 --> 01:39:37,166
Next thing, they'll all want equity and...
2250
01:39:40,916 --> 01:39:42,333
Fuck it.
2251
01:39:42,416 --> 01:39:43,416
Too many cows.
2252
01:39:45,291 --> 01:39:48,333
If we ruin the business,
at least we had fun doing it.
2253
01:39:48,416 --> 01:39:50,791
Felt like the old Nike days
for a little while.
2254
01:39:50,875 --> 01:39:51,875
Yeah.
2255
01:39:53,208 --> 01:39:55,125
You know, I thought
it was pronounced "Nicky"
2256
01:39:55,208 --> 01:39:56,541
first time I saw the word.
2257
01:39:56,625 --> 01:39:58,583
I had a really strong instinct
2258
01:39:58,666 --> 01:40:00,958
we should call the company Dimension Six.
2259
01:40:01,041 --> 01:40:03,833
You think it would've been successful
with that name?
2260
01:40:03,916 --> 01:40:05,916
No.
2261
01:40:06,000 --> 01:40:07,875
Ah, you name it after
the goddess of victory,
2262
01:40:07,958 --> 01:40:10,625
it's probably more appealing
to competitive athletes.
2263
01:40:10,708 --> 01:40:12,791
We just did that 'cause
the consultants told us
2264
01:40:12,875 --> 01:40:14,541
people like four-letter words.
2265
01:40:14,625 --> 01:40:16,791
I like four-letter words.
2266
01:40:18,000 --> 01:40:19,500
Hey, what about the swoosh?
2267
01:40:19,583 --> 01:40:22,041
Supposed to be a sound.
2268
01:40:22,125 --> 01:40:24,625
Sound of what?
2269
01:40:24,708 --> 01:40:26,041
I don't know.
2270
01:40:26,125 --> 01:40:30,375
I paid Carolyn Davidson
$35 for that design in 1971.
2271
01:40:30,458 --> 01:40:32,875
- I heard you didn't like it.
- No.
2272
01:40:32,958 --> 01:40:34,708
I said it would grow on me.
2273
01:40:36,083 --> 01:40:37,916
Well, maybe it will.
2274
01:40:41,375 --> 01:40:43,291
(sighs)
2275
01:40:45,416 --> 01:40:46,583
Hey, Phil.
2276
01:40:48,708 --> 01:40:51,416
Nobody else would've hired me.
2277
01:40:51,500 --> 01:40:53,583
That's the truth.
2278
01:40:53,666 --> 01:40:55,500
I appreciate it.
2279
01:40:57,958 --> 01:40:59,666
You're a brilliant guy, Sonny.
2280
01:40:59,750 --> 01:41:02,333
And you have courage.
2281
01:41:02,416 --> 01:41:04,458
That's what you do here.
2282
01:41:06,458 --> 01:41:07,958
Thanks, Phil.
2283
01:41:08,041 --> 01:41:09,333
I think it'll be fine.
2284
01:41:09,416 --> 01:41:12,958
What's the most we ever sold
on a shoe? $3 million?
2285
01:41:16,333 --> 01:41:18,375
- (door closes)
- He's one guy.
2286
01:41:18,458 --> 01:41:20,041
How much can it be?
2287
01:41:27,541 --> 01:41:29,541
♪ ♪
2288
01:41:44,166 --> 01:41:46,083
- Hey, how's it going?
- Good. How you doing?
2289
01:41:46,166 --> 01:41:47,208
(sighs) Pretty good.
2290
01:41:47,291 --> 01:41:49,291
(register beeping)
2291
01:41:53,875 --> 01:41:55,208
I'll buy that, too.
2292
01:41:55,291 --> 01:41:58,083
(sighs)
Man, I can't believe we didn't get him.
2293
01:41:58,166 --> 01:42:00,166
- Oh, you knew he was gonna be good?
- I knew.
2294
01:42:00,250 --> 01:42:01,375
We all knew.
2295
01:42:02,416 --> 01:42:04,791
Mm. They should fire Stu.
2296
01:42:05,750 --> 01:42:08,791
- Have a good one, man.
- You, too.
2297
01:42:08,875 --> 01:42:10,041
(sighs):
Man.
2298
01:42:11,458 --> 01:42:13,083
Everybody knew.
2299
01:42:15,166 --> 01:42:18,166
("Late Dinner-Warehouse"
by Harold Faltermeyer playing)
2300
01:42:32,416 --> 01:42:33,791
(exhales)
2301
01:42:50,416 --> 01:42:51,791
(song stops abruptly)
2302
01:42:51,875 --> 01:42:53,208
(groans)
2303
01:42:54,500 --> 01:42:56,458
(groans) Fucking horrible.
2304
01:43:00,875 --> 01:43:02,166
No way.
2305
01:43:02,250 --> 01:43:04,958
Just fucking awful.
2306
01:43:05,041 --> 01:43:06,541
Just terrible.
2307
01:43:08,458 --> 01:43:09,666
No.
2308
01:43:11,625 --> 01:43:13,041
Not a chance.
2309
01:43:14,041 --> 01:43:17,041
("Born in the U.S.A."
by Bruce Springsteen playing)
2310
01:43:30,666 --> 01:43:33,875
♪ Born down in a dead man's town ♪
2311
01:43:33,958 --> 01:43:38,125
♪ The first kick I took
was when I hit the ground ♪
2312
01:43:38,208 --> 01:43:41,250
♪ You end up like a dog
that's been beat too much ♪
2313
01:43:41,333 --> 01:43:46,458
♪ Till you spend half your life
just covering up, now ♪
2314
01:43:46,541 --> 01:43:49,500
♪ Born in the U.S.A. ♪
2315
01:43:49,583 --> 01:43:53,375
♪ I was born in the U.S.A. ♪
2316
01:43:53,458 --> 01:43:58,500
♪ I was born
in the U.S.A. ♪
2317
01:43:58,583 --> 01:44:02,541
♪ Born in the U.S.A., now ♪
2318
01:44:02,625 --> 01:44:06,333
♪ Got in a little hometown jam ♪
2319
01:44:06,416 --> 01:44:10,291
♪ So they put a rifle in my hands ♪
2320
01:44:10,375 --> 01:44:14,125
♪ Sent me off to a foreign land ♪
2321
01:44:14,208 --> 01:44:18,166
♪ To go and kill the yellow man ♪
2322
01:44:18,250 --> 01:44:21,291
♪ Born in the U.S.A. ♪
2323
01:44:21,375 --> 01:44:25,250
♪ I was born in the U.S.A. ♪
2324
01:44:25,333 --> 01:44:29,166
♪ I was born
in the U.S.A. ♪
2325
01:44:29,250 --> 01:44:32,916
♪ I was born in the U.S.A. ♪
2326
01:44:33,916 --> 01:44:36,708
♪ Come back home to the refinery ♪
2327
01:44:36,791 --> 01:44:41,958
♪ Hiring man says,
"Son, if it was up to me" ♪
2328
01:44:42,041 --> 01:44:44,833
♪ Went down to see my V.A. man ♪
2329
01:44:44,916 --> 01:44:49,750
♪ He said, "Son,
don't you understand, now" ♪
2330
01:44:52,375 --> 01:44:53,916
(vocalizing)
2331
01:44:56,208 --> 01:44:58,041
♪ No, no, no ♪
2332
01:44:59,875 --> 01:45:01,708
♪ No, no, no ♪
2333
01:45:05,000 --> 01:45:09,041
♪ I had a brother at Khe Sanh ♪
2334
01:45:09,125 --> 01:45:12,666
♪ Fighting off the Viet Cong ♪
2335
01:45:12,750 --> 01:45:17,000
♪ They're still there, he's all gone ♪
2336
01:45:20,500 --> 01:45:24,375
♪ He had a woman he loved in Saigon ♪
2337
01:45:24,458 --> 01:45:28,791
♪ I got a picture of him
in her arms, now ♪
2338
01:45:36,000 --> 01:45:39,083
♪ Down in the shadow of the penitentiary ♪
2339
01:45:39,166 --> 01:45:43,250
♪ Out by the gas fires of the refinery ♪
2340
01:45:43,333 --> 01:45:48,000
♪ I'm ten years burning down the road ♪
2341
01:45:48,083 --> 01:45:52,250
♪ Nowhere to run,
ain't got nowhere to go ♪
2342
01:45:52,333 --> 01:45:55,208
♪ Born in the U.S.A. ♪
2343
01:45:55,291 --> 01:46:00,250
♪ I was born in the U.S.A., now ♪
2344
01:46:00,333 --> 01:46:02,875
♪ Born in the U.S.A. ♪
2345
01:46:02,958 --> 01:46:05,583
♪ I'm a long gone daddy ♪
2346
01:46:05,666 --> 01:46:08,125
♪ In the U.S.A., now ♪
2347
01:46:08,208 --> 01:46:12,000
♪ Born in the U.S.A. ♪
2348
01:46:12,083 --> 01:46:15,875
♪ Born in
the U.S.A. ♪
2349
01:46:15,958 --> 01:46:18,500
♪ Born in the U.S.A. ♪
2350
01:46:18,583 --> 01:46:23,708
♪ I'm a cool rocking daddy
in the U.S.A., now ♪
2351
01:46:26,291 --> 01:46:27,750
(vocalizing)
2352
01:46:29,875 --> 01:46:31,666
♪ No, no, no, no ♪
2353
01:46:34,125 --> 01:46:36,000
♪ Oh, no, no ♪
2354
01:46:37,583 --> 01:46:39,375
♪ No, no, no, no. ♪
2355
01:46:40,750 --> 01:46:42,666
(song fades)
2356
01:46:42,750 --> 01:46:45,750
("Be Like Mike" by Be Chi playing)
2357
01:46:47,625 --> 01:46:50,375
♪ Sometimes I dream ♪
2358
01:46:50,458 --> 01:46:52,541
♪ That he is me ♪
2359
01:46:52,625 --> 01:46:56,875
♪ You got to see
that's how I dream to be ♪
2360
01:46:56,958 --> 01:46:59,208
- ♪ I dream I move ♪
- ♪ I move ♪
2361
01:46:59,291 --> 01:47:00,500
♪ I dream I groove ♪
2362
01:47:00,583 --> 01:47:01,708
♪ Like Mike... ♪
2363
01:47:01,791 --> 01:47:03,666
My mom, without her...
2364
01:47:03,750 --> 01:47:05,291
She's a rock. She's unbelievable.
2365
01:47:05,375 --> 01:47:07,541
She... Right now, she takes over two jobs.
2366
01:47:07,625 --> 01:47:09,083
(applause)
2367
01:47:11,666 --> 01:47:13,666
She's an unbelievable woman.
2368
01:47:13,750 --> 01:47:17,500
She constantly keeps me focused
on the good things about life,
2369
01:47:17,583 --> 01:47:20,500
you know, how people perceive you,
how you respect them,
2370
01:47:20,583 --> 01:47:22,458
you know, what's good for the kids.
2371
01:47:22,541 --> 01:47:24,559
That all came from my parents.
You know, it came from my mom.
2372
01:47:24,583 --> 01:47:26,875
And she's still, at this stage...
I'm 46 years old...
2373
01:47:26,958 --> 01:47:29,041
she's still parenting me today,
2374
01:47:29,125 --> 01:47:30,642
and that's the good thing about that lady.
2375
01:47:30,666 --> 01:47:32,166
- I love her to death.
- (applause)
2376
01:47:32,250 --> 01:47:34,000
I love her to death.
2377
01:47:34,083 --> 01:47:37,541
- ♪ If I could be like Mike. ♪
- (song ends)
2378
01:47:37,625 --> 01:47:39,625
♪ ♪
2379
01:48:09,166 --> 01:48:11,166
♪ ♪
2380
01:48:41,166 --> 01:48:43,166
♪ ♪
2381
01:49:13,166 --> 01:49:15,166
♪ ♪
2382
01:49:45,166 --> 01:49:47,166
♪ ♪
2383
01:50:17,166 --> 01:50:19,166
♪ ♪
2384
01:50:49,166 --> 01:50:51,166
♪ ♪
2385
01:51:20,166 --> 01:51:22,166
(music fades)
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