It starts as a little kid and shows the man behind the legend grow up to the nbaIt starts as a little kid and shows the man behind the legend grow up to the nbaIt starts as a little kid and shows the man behind the legend grow up to the nba
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Chris Jacobs
- Buzz Peterson
- (as Christopher Jacobs)
Desi Arnez Hines II
- Leroy Age 15
- (as Desi Arnes Hines II)
Dari Gerard Smith
- Michael Age 6
- (as Dari G. Smith)
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Did you know
- TriviaNicole French's debut.
- GoofsWhile playing at North Carolina, Michael Jordan is wearing late 90's era Nike tennis shoes. In college and on the 1984 Olympic team, Jordan and his teammates wore The Converse Weapon.
- SoundtracksI'm Glad You're Mine
Written by Rodney Saulsberry, Peter Jay Brown and Janet Cole Valdez
Performed by Rodney Saulsberry
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As a die hard North Carolina Tar Heel fan, I cringe at some of the things in this movie. For example: - Michael and his roommate, Buzz Peterson, walk into their first day of practice at North Carolina and say, "Hey look, there's James Worthy, there's Al Wood, there's Sam Perkins." College basketball practice starts on October 15 (it is an NCAA violation to start earlier). They would have been in school 6 or 7 weeks at that point and would have met and befriended all of their teammates long before then. Also, Al Wood graduated the year before MJ came to Carolina so they never played together.
- At MJ's first practice, Dean Smith looks at one of his assistants and says, "I think we've got a player here, Pete." A tiny bit of research would show the assistants that year (and actually from 78-86) were Bill Guthridge, Eddie Fogler, and Roy Williams. Dean Smith never had an assistant named Pete.
- After Carolina wins the NCAA championship, Dean Smith stands at mid-court with a mic and says, "This is our first national championship in 24 years and we owe it all to Michael." Please! For starters, it had been 25 years, not 24. And Dean Smith would never give all the credit to one player, no matter what they did. And, heck, it was James Worthy who scored 28 points in that game and was named MVP of the final four. If they owed it to anyone, it was him.
- MJ has been in the NBA for several years when he tells his mother he is going back to school to get his degree. He never stopped going to school. He took classes all summer in 1985 and graduated in 1986 - only one year late.
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- May 24, 2007
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By what name was Michael Jordan: An American Hero (1999) officially released in Canada in English?
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