Kobe bryants inspiring poem dear basketball is stunningly drawn to life by veteran animation director glen keane and set to the music of legendary composer john williams. Kobe bryant dear basketball short film to debut at 2017. Kobe bryant announced his plan to retire from the game of basketball last november in a letter titled dear basketball, which was published on derek jeters players tribune. Kobe bryant becomes the first african american to win the academy award for best animated short film. Le film sintitule dear basketball et kobe y joue le role du narrateur en reprenant son fameux poeme. Kobe bryant announced his retirement in a letter called dear basketball, which was made into a short film. The short film won the academy award for best animated short film at the 90th academy. The brilliant animation was realized with help from visionary animator glen keane along with legendary music composer john williams of star wars fame. Kobe bryants dear basketball trailer hollywood reporter.
Awards chatter podcast kobe bryant dear basketball. Nba legend kobe bryant is teaming up with sports illustrated to bring his retirement poem, dear basketball, to life as an animated short film as part of a new multiplatform video production. Kobe bryants oscarwinning film dear basketball is now streaming. A passion project from kobe bryant, glen keane, and john williams. Dear basketball 2017 an animated telling of kobe bryants poem. Disney animator glen keane went the extra mile to bring kobes dear basketball poem to life.
The animated short film dear basketball will be narrated by bryant and will premiere on in the fall. Kobes dear basketball letter begins with memories of bryant rolling up his dads. The film festival starts on april 19th, ending on the 30th. Crucial in dear basketball is the blended animation of what keane calls little kobe and big kobe. One of those films, dear basketball, is an animated short starring kobe bryant as himself.
As reported by tmz, the 2015 to 2016 season will be the last one for bryant to play professionally. Kobe bryant has announced his retirement from basketball, and the letter called dear basketball on the players tribune. Here are five ideas for ways to use dear basketball in your writing curriculum tomorrow. It takes us on a journey starting with young kobe in the. A series of shorts featuring glen keane for the oscar winning film dear basketball.
In the wake of kobe bryants tragic passing, his studio has released his short film, dear basketball, to be viewed for free online. Watch kobe bryants dear basketball short film video. With hand drawn animation set to a soaring musical score, dear basketball, tells the inspiring story of one little boy living out his basketball dream. Glen keanes dear basketball, which the fivetime nba champion cowrote, has made the shortlist along with pixars lou and eight other finalists. Dear basketball 2017 en streaming complet, regarder dear basketball streaming vf en francais. On sunday, two years later, during the opening day of the tribeca film festival, bryant unveiled his farewell letter to the game as an animated short film entitled, dear basketball. Dear basketball 2017fullhdmoviewatch online youtube. There were over 4,000 submissions worldwide but only 57 made the cut. Now in the hands of oscarwinning talent john williams and glen keane, dear basketball the animated short film, brings to life kobe bryants 2015 farewell letter to the game he loves. D ear basketball, from the moment i started rolling my dads tube socks and shooting imaginary gamewinning shots in the great western forum i knew one thing was real.
Dear basketball is a 2017 american animated short film written and narrated by kobe bryant and directed and animated by glen keane. Mix play all mix basketball forever youtube nba 2016 allstar game toronto player introductions starters and bench hd duration. Watch kobe bryants beautiful short film, dear basketball. A 5minute animated short inspired by kobe bryants poem dear basketball, in addition to a 22minute hosted special with kobe bryant both available individually or packaged together for a half. Regarder dear basketball en streaming complet 2017 film complet regardervf 720p dear basketball 2017 film complet 2017 hd. Once students know how to read mentor texts like writers, give them dear basketball and ask them to annotate it. The exbasketball star worked with animation and music stars to make the short dear basketball. Dear basketball was an animated film released in 2017 based on a poem written by bryant for the players tribune in november 2015 in announcing his retirement after 20 years in the nba. The lakers legend reflects on his hardwood career, how his black mamba persona saved him, why he retired via a poem, dear basketball, that hes turned into an acclaimed animated short film.
Just sharing respect to the legend heroes come and go but legends are forever kobe bryant 19782020 thank you kobe for everything that you brought to the game of basketball. Kobe bryant is teaming up with john williams to make an. In his nearly fourminute short film dear basketball, bryant narrates fans on a beautifully animated and john williams composed journey through his basketball life. Kobe bryant scores with dear basketball short film.
Dear basketball, from the moment i started rolling my dads tube socks and shooting imaginary gamewinning shots in the great western forum i knew one thing was real. Bryant has focused on nonbasketball activities since his. Dear basketball makes shortlist will kobe bryant get. With dear basketball, kobe bryant could add an oscar to. Williams and glen keane, dear basketball the animated short film, brings to life kobe. Sign up stay on top of the latest breaking film and tv news. Based on a poem bryant wrote in 2015 to announce his. Following his tragic death, kobe bryants academy awardwinning short film, dear basketball, has been made available to stream for free. Kobe bryant assembles his animated dream team for dear. Kobe bryants dear basketball to become short film at. Today, tribeca film festival announced its list of short films. Narrated by kobe himself, dear basketball is a short film that, like vanessa bryant, will certainly make any fan of the legend emotional.
Bryant released the film at the 2017 tribeca film festival in april, which was based around will the poem he wrote to announce his retirement titled, dear basketball. Dear basketball retired basketball superstar kobe bryant and animator glen keane have won the academy award for best animated short feature for dear basketball. Watch the kobe bryant short film dear basketball online for freefilm. Kobe bryants dear basketball set to debut at tribeca. The recently retired, world famous, kobe bryant pours out his heart to the game in this short animated film. Retired basketball superstar kobe bryant has become an oscar nominee for the animated short film dear basketball, along with animator glen keane. Directed by award winning disney animator, glen keane, and scored by oscar award winning composer, john williams, this animated short is nothing short of spectacular. Dear basketball is the perfect tribute to something ive loved for so long, said bryant.
Kobe bryants love for storytelling helps him move on from. Kobe bryants dear basketball trailer december 29, 2017 highlighting a poem by kobe bryant, the short is directed by glen keane with a score by john williams. Watch kobe bryants oscarwinning short film dear basketball. It is an animated short which depicts bryant as a young boy and follows him through his career. Dear basketball kobe bryant short animated film youtube. The film is based on a letter kobe bryant wrote to the players tribune on november 29, 2015 announcing his retirement from basketball it is distributed online through go90. Find out where dear basketball is streaming, if dear basketball is on netflix, and get news and updates, on decider. Kobe bryant gets oscar nomination for dear basketball.
The academy of motion picture arts and sciences announced the 10 finalists for the animated short film race and none other than hometown hero kobe bryant has made the cut. The academy announced the 10 shortlisted films on wednesday, with dear basketball in which keanes line drawings animated the poem that bryant wrote to announce his retirement from the. Dear basketball is a love letter to bryants sport and his profession. Regarder dear basketball en streaming complet 2017 film complet regarder vf 720p dear basketball 2017 film complet 2017 hd. Kobe bryant wins oscar for short film, dear basketball. The film flips back and forth between bryants childhood bedroom and a rolledup tubesock for a basketball to his most iconic nba plays, this time in handdrawn form. I knew they both had to be on the court playing at the same time. Dear basketball can be viewed on verizon medias go90 along with a behindthescenes documentary. A love letter to the game comes to life in this beautiful animated short. Within six minutes, the film encapsulates a life time of achievement on an intimate level that a documentary might not have captured in the same way. Kobe bryant, sports illustrated partner on dear basketball. Additionally, he becomes the first former professional athlete to be nominated and to win an oscar in any category.
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