Air is about Nike winning over Michael Jordan with its tailormade approach, but what followed will change viewers' whole perception of the movie.
Air tells the true story about Nike signing Michael Jordan and creating the Air Jordan, but a major part of the true story that the film doesn't detail would make audiences look at it totally differently. The biopic doesn't follow Jordan but Sonny Vaccaro , who was instrumental in convincing Nike to put its entire $250,000 sponsorship budget into one basketball player, Michael Jordan, instead of spreading that cost across three lower-level players.
SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT While it's almost impossible to accurately tell the true story given that so many different Nike employees have tried to take credit for Air Jordans and signing the basketball player, Air changes a lot about the true story. Whether it's how Sonny and Michael first met or how the $250,000 budget was really $2.5 million, the biopic is full of half-truths.
Michael Jordan Still Wanted To Sign With Adidas After Meeting With Nike The film interestingly tackles many Nike and Adidas urban myths, and it accurately depicts how competitive the two sporting brands were at the time. And the biggest challenge Nike faced when trying to strike the deal was how much Michael preferred Adidas over any other sneaker brand. The film illustrates Jordan’s absolute disliking of Nike, but Sonny wins him over with his tear-jerking speech.
The basketball player went back to Adidas and asked for the same deal . The Last Dance director, Jason Hehir, explained, "He himself went back to Adidas after he got the offer from Nike and said, 'Are you sure?' Because if they would match the deal he was going to go with them. He really wanted to go with Adidas.
The Deal Simply Came Down To Money, Not Sonny Vaccaro’s Determination This real-life moment essentially undermines the meaning and premise of the whole movie and Jordan signing with Nike in Air's ending. Air is about the "mom and pop" boutique-like approach Nike had to signing Jordan and how Jordan was impressed by that. And his meeting with Sonny and Phil Knight was depicted as a totally revelational moment.
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