| Description |
1 videodisc (51 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.. |
| Series |
30 for 30 ; no. 5 |
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30 for 30 (Series) ; no. 5.
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| System Details |
DVD; Dolby Digital; standard version. |
| Performer |
Len Bias, Brian Tribble, James Brown, Charles "Lefty" Driesell, Johnny Dawkins. |
| Credits |
Cinematography, Kirk Fraser ; editor, K. Patrick ; original music, Chucky Thompson. |
| Audience |
Rating: TV14. |
| Summary |
More than two decades after his tragic cocaine overdose, the late Len Bias still leaves more questions than answers. When Bias dropped dead two days after the 1986 NBA Draft, he forever altered our perception of casual drug use and became the tipping point of America's drug crisis in the mid-80's. Future generations continue to face the harsh punishment of drug policies that were influenced by the public outcry after his heartbreaking death. Instead of becoming an NBA star, he became a one-man deterrent, the athlete who reminded everyone just how dangerous drug use can be. Amazingly, questions still linger about his death nearly a quarter-century later. How good could he have been in the pro ranks? Has he become underrated or overrated as the years pass? How could a University of Maryland superstar and Boston Celtics lottery pick be derailed by a cocaine binge? Was Bias a one-time user as we were led to believe, or was there a pattern of recreational use that led to his fatal last night? Did he fall in with the wrong crowd? In the most ambitious, comprehensive and uncompromising account of Bias' life and death ever captured on film, up-and-coming director Kirk Fraser utilizes dozens of interviews with Bias' closest teammates, friends and family in an effort to determine exactly what happened on that fateful night. |
| Note |
Bonus features: director's statements; 4 extended interviews with Michael Wilbon, Lefty Driesell, James Brown, Bob Wagner; deleted scene; Outside the lines feature entitled "Remembering Len Bias"; University of Maryland & Lincoln Theatre premieres. |
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GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Bias, Len, 1963-1986.
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Athletes -- Drug use -- United States.
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Basketball players -- United States -- Biography.
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University of Maryland at College Park -- Basketball -- History.
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| Genre/Form |
Documentary films.
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Biographical films.
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Nonfiction films.
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| Added Author |
Fraser, Kirk.
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Steward, Sammy.
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Wilbon, Michael.
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Driesell, Lefty.
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Brown, James, 1951 February 25-
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ESPN Films (Firm)
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May 3rd Films (Firm)
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ESPN (Television network)
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ESPN Home Entertainment.
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Team Marketing (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Outside the lines (Television program)
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Remembering Len Bias.
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| Standard No. |
825452506180 |
| Music No. |
TM0692 Team Marketing |
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