#372: Shoe Me the Money, Pt. 2 — Air

The Next Picture Show

Filmspotting

Tv & Film, Film History, Film Reviews

4.6 • 858 Ratings

🗓️ 25 April 2023

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Like Cameron Crowe’s JERRY MAGUIRE, Ben Affleck’s new AIR takes place in the world of sports but is more concerned with matters off the playing field. In the case of AIR, those matters ultimately come down to a triumph of capitalism and marketing, leaving us all a little confused about the film’s rooting interests, but nonetheless entertained by its confident showmanship. But is that enough for the film to hold its own against JERRY MAGUIRE? We hash it out in Connections by tracing the two films’ character analogues and respective ideas about showing us the money. Please share your comments, thoughts, and questions about JERRY MAGUIRE, AIR, or anything else in the world of film, by sending an email to comments@nextpictureshow.net, or leaving a short voicemail at (773) 234-9730. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You know what that is.
0:04.0	An ice cold beer.
0:07.0	What's different?
0:09.0	It's Budweiser, a perfect beer for party season.
0:14.0	Best enjoyed with your best buds.
0:20.0	Cheers to that.
0:22.6	Budweiser, like no other.
0:25.6	Please drink responsibly.
0:26.6	For the facts, visit drinkaware.co.kirk.uk.
0:29.6	It's very difficult to keep the line between the past and the present.
0:34.6	You believe that someone out of the past can enter and take possession of a living being?
0:41.9	We may be true with the past, but the past is not through with us.
0:49.3	Welcome back to the next picture show, a movie the week podcast devoted to a classic film
0:53.7	the way it shaped our thoughts on a recent release.
0:56.3	I'm Scott Tobias here again with Keith Phipps and Genevieve Kosky.
1:00.4	Last week, we discussed Jerry McGuire, Cameron Crow's romantic drama about an idealistic sports agent who tries to reshape his life around the fortunes of a single client.
1:10.4	This week, the romance is gone, but the sports business ambition remains the same.
1:15.7	In Ben Affleck's air, Matt Damon stars as Sonny Vicaro, a basketball scout for the shoe company Nike in 1984.
1:23.8	At the time, Nike was known mostly as a supplier of quality running shoes, having conceded the bulk of the basketball market to Converse and Adidas.
1:32.8	But rather than spread the company's measly $250,000 budget among three random draft picks that likely won't pan out,
1:40.9	Foucaro becomes absolutely convinced that the number three pick in the draft, a small
1:45.3	forward from North Carolina named Michael Jordan, is a superstar in the making.
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