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Release Date:
January 1, 1990
Original Title:
Michael Jordan's Playground
Alternate Titles:
Playground
Genres:
Documentary
Production Companies:
NBA Entertainment
Production Countries:
United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
US: NR
Runtime: 42
This made-for-video production mixes highlights of Michael Jordan from the '80s with a fantasy storyline of a high school teen named Walt, who has been cut from his basketball team. Doubting his abilities, Walt gets some lessons from Michael Jordan himself, on the magical Playground known as Michael Jordan's Playground.
Administration:
Michael Scott
Art Direction:
Bruce Curtis
Assistant Director:
Scott Javine
Assistant Editor:
Patrick Kelleher
Camera Operator:
Michael Winik
Casting Director:
Risa Barish
Coordinating Producer:
Gil Kerr
Director:
Zack Snyder
Director of Operations:
Stephen Hellmuth
Director of Photography:
Barry Winik
Editor:
Charlie Liotta
Anthony Horn
Editorial Staff:
Jeff Wurtz
Meredith Paige
Electrician:
Monte Spillers
Executive Producer:
Don Sperling
First Assistant Camera:
Marcia Tenney
Bill Boatman
Legal Services:
Gary Way
Charles Rosenzweig
Location Manager:
Nancy DiToro
Manager of Operations:
Alan Goldstein
Paint Coordinator:
Beirne Lowry
Producer:
Michael Antinoro
Production Assistant:
Ivan Gottesfeld
Colleen Martin
Production Coordinator:
Paul J. Hirschheimer
Production Manager:
Skot Bright
Gerry Lavin
Script Supervisor:
Dawn C. Dreiling
Second Unit Director of Photography:
Daniel Pearl
Sound Mix Technician:
Ken Hahn
Sound Mixer:
Chuck Fitzpatrick
Video Report:
Fred McGraw
Wardrobe Designer:
Pamela Barish
Writer:
Rudy Bloom
Larry Weitzman
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