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[08/05/21 - 09:59 AM]
"Dream Team: Birth of the Modern Athlete" Original Documentary Series Premieres Exclusively on Paramount+
The five-part Paramount+ original documentary series examines the uncensored story of the 1992 Men's Olympic Basketball Team and the long-lasting cultural impact of how the once-in-a-lifetime super team changed sports on a global scale forever.

[via press release from CBS]

"DREAM TEAM: BIRTH OF THE MODERN ATHLETE" ORIGINAL DOCUMENTARY SERIES PREMIERES EXCLUSIVELY ON PARAMOUNT+

Five-Part Documentary Explores Cultural Impact of the 1992 U.S. Men's Olympic Basketball Team

Documentary Features New Interviews with Dream Team Legends Magic Johnson, Patrick Ewing, David Robinson, and Unheard Interviews with Michael Jordan, Charles Barkley, Larry Bird and more

Paramount+ today announced the premiere of the documentary series "DREAM TEAM: Birth of the Modern Athlete," now available exclusively in the U.S. on the streaming service. The five-part Paramount+ original documentary series examines the uncensored story of the 1992 Men's Olympic Basketball Team and the long-lasting cultural impact of how the once-in-a-lifetime super team changed sports on a global scale forever.

DREAM TEAM uses rare archival footage and explores original unheard audio interviews from Michael Jordan, Charles Barkley and Larry Bird among many more, while featuring recent interviews from Dream Team and NBA legends including Magic Johnson, Patrick Ewing and David Robinson among others. The documentary series builds a cultural history of basketball, tracing the evolution of the NBA leading up to the 1992 Olympics and its ensuing growth into the second most popular sport on Earth.

Executive produced and directed by The Malloys, brothers Emmett and Brendan Malloy, of "Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell" and "The Offseason: Kevin Durant" fame, DREAM TEAM is inspired by Hall-of-Fame sports journalist Jack McCallum's New York Times Best Selling book "Dream Team," which explores the global growth of the NBA on the heels of the Dream Team's international success. McCallum serves as a producer and is interviewed throughout the documentary series.

"The heart of our series is a huge box of micro-cassette tapes we found at veteran SI writer Jack McCallum's house," said Emmett and Brendan Malloy. "Those tapes show Barkley, Bird, Magic, and especially Jordan, behind closed doors: intimate and uncensored. They shared things with Jack that they never told anyone else. This series will be the first time those tapes have been heard publicly."

The documentary series is a Paramount Television Studios production in association with the NBA, and is executive produced by The Malloys, Trevor Engelson ("Snowfall"), and Douglas Banker ("Lance").

All five 40-minute episodes of the documentary series are now available on Paramount+. "DREAM TEAM: Birth of the Modern Athlete" is the latest sports documentary to premiere on Paramount+, joining a growing catalogue including "Sir Alex Ferguson: Never Give In," "NWSL Challenge Cup 2020: The Original Bubble" and "Sadio Mané - Made in Senegal."

New Interviews Include:
* Clyde Drexler
* Julius "Dr. J" Erving
* Patrick Ewing
* Pau Gasol
* Magic Johnson
* Chris Mullin
* Dikembe Mutombo
* Mitch Richmond
* David Robinson
* John Salley
* Jerry West
* Marv Albert
* Andy Bernstein
* Dr. Todd Boyd
* Cynthia Cooper-Dyke
* Roy Firestone
* Jesse Jackson
* Roy Johnson
* Bomani Jones
* Marc Lamont Hill
* Terry Lyons
* Jack McCallum
* Brian McIntyre
* Steve Mills
* Don Sperling
* Borislav Stanković
* Pablo Torre
* Leah Wilcox

Unheard Archival Interviews Include:
* Charles Barkley
* Larry Bird
* Clyde Drexler
* Patrick Ewing
* Dave Gavitt
* Grant Hill
* Magic Johnson
* Michael Jordan
* Christian Laettner
* Karl Malone
* Chris Mullin
* Scottie Pippen
* David Robinson
* A.L. Stankovic
* David Stern
* John Stockton

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About Paramount+:

Paramount+, a direct-to-consumer digital subscription video on-demand and live streaming service from ViacomCBS, combines live sports, breaking news, and a mountain of entertainment. The premium streaming service features an expansive library of original series, hit shows and popular movies across every genre from world-renowned brands and production studios, including BET, CBS, Comedy Central, MTV, Nickelodeon, Paramount Pictures and the Smithsonian Channel. The service is also the streaming home to unmatched sports programming, including every CBS Sports event, from golf to football to basketball and more, plus exclusive streaming rights for major sports properties, including some of the world's biggest and most popular soccer leagues. Paramount+ also enables subscribers to stream local CBS stations live across the U.S. in addition to the ability to stream ViacomCBS Streaming's other live channels: CBSN for 24/7 news, CBS Sports HQ for sports news and analysis, and ET Live for entertainment coverage. For more information about Paramount+, please visit www.paramountplus.com and follow @ParamountPlus on social platforms.

About Paramount Television Studios:

Paramount Television Studios is a leading studio, developing and financing a wide range of cutting-edge and entertaining television content across all media platforms for distribution worldwide. The studio's robust slate includes "Defending Jacob" (Apple TV+), "Home Before Dark" (Apple TV+), Tom Clancy's "Jack Ryan" (Amazon), "13 Reasons Why" (Netflix), "The Alienist" (TNT), "The Alienist: The Angel of Darkness" (TNT), "The Haunting of Hill House" (Netflix), "The Haunting of Bly Manor" (Netflix), "Shantaram" (Apple TV+), "Made For Love" (HBO Max), Station Eleven (HBO Max), "Catch-22" (Hulu), "First Wives Club" (BET+), "Looking for Alaska" (Hulu), "Boomerang" (BET), "Briarpatch" (USA), "Long Slow Exhale" (Spectrum Originals) and "Joe Pickett" (Spectrum Originals) among others. Paramount Television Studios is part of Paramount Pictures Corporation (PPC), a global producer and distributor of filmed entertainment. PPC is a subsidiary of ViacomCBS (NASDAQ: VIAC; VIACA), a global content company with premier television, film and digital entertainment brands.





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