Nike Basketball : The Black Mamba
Bryant gets a piece of the action
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Nike's Black Mamba film, starring Kobe Bryant, made its debut at the NBA All Star Weekend. The almost six-minute film, directed by action director Robert Rodriguez and with cameos from Bruce Willis, Danny Trejo and Kanye West, highlights the new Nike Zoom Kobe VI.
For the past month, teasers, trailers, digital, outdoor, and print drove consumers in the U.S. and China to RSVP for the official "premiere" and simulcast of the film online at 1am PST on Saturday, February 19. Fans can now also view the film on Nike Basketball's Facebook page, and Nike Basketball.com as well as YouTube. The film is also being showcased in several LA cinemas, including Mann's Chinese Theatre where Bryant was honored on the Hollywood Walk of Fame over the weekend.
In the film, the 'action movie' itself is woven into a script meeting between Rodriguez and Bryant – with plenty of Hollywood in-jokes surrounding which stars they can afford, and what kind of explosions are available to them.
Credits
- Date
- Feb 22, 2011
- Brand :
- Nike Basketball
- Client :
- Nike Basketball
- Agency :
- Wieden & Kennedy-Portland
- Creative Director :
- Alberto Ponte
- Creative Director :
- Ryan O'Rourke
- Copywriter :
- Sheena Brady
- Copywriter :
- Brandon Pierce
- Art Director :
- Mike Warzin
- Producer :
- Erin Goodsell
- Executive Creative Director :
- Mark Fitzloff
- Executive Creative Director :
- Susan Hoffman
- Executive Agency Producer :
- Ben Grylewicz
- Production Company :
- Radical Media
- Director :
- Robert Rodriguez
- Executive Producer :
- Frank Scherma
- Executive Producer :
- Donna Portaro
- Line Producer :
- Mala Vasan
- Director, Photography :
- Mauro Fiore
- Editorial Company :
- Rock Paper Scissors
- Editor :
- Angus Wall
- Post Producer :
- Esther Gonzalez
- Visual Effects Company :
- Hybrid
- Visual Effects Supervisor :
- Rodney Brune
- Flame Artist :
- Pierre Blain
- Flame Artist :
- Mathieu Dupuis
- Flame Artist :
- Nadine Homier
- Visual Effects Producer :
- Daniel Leduc
- Titles/Graphics :
- Kurt Volk
- Finishing Company :
- A52
- Finishing Company :
- The Mill
- Flame Artist :
- Paul Yacono
- Flame Artist :
- Gareth Parr
- Flame Artist :
- Phil Crowe
- Visual Effects Producer :
- Hameed Shaukat
- Visual Effects Producer :
- Jamie McBriety
- Visual Effects Producer :
- Enca Kaul
- Composer :
- Robert Rodriguez
- Sound Designer :
- Robert Rodriguez
- Engineer :
- Robert Rodriguez
- Mix Company :
- Troublemaker Studios
- Mixer :
- Bradford Engleking
- Producer :
- Robert Rodriguez
- Post Executive Producer :
- Carol Lynn Weaver
- Assistant Editor :
- Anton Capaldo-Smith
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