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The Year of the Yao (Apr 2005)

Release Scope N/A

Adam Del Deo, James D. Stern, Paul J. Hirschheimer, Yao Ming, Shaquille O'Neal, Colin Pine, Christopher C. Chen, Bill Duffy, Adam Silver, Larry Weitzman, Gregg Winik

Fine Line Features, Endgame Entertainment, NBA Entertainment

A record of Chinese basketball star Yao Ming's first year playing in the NBA. Back home, Chinese fans are eager for their homeboy to honorably represent 1.2 billion of his countrymen. In the States, however, more than a few observers, cynically question whether the big guy can play the NBA version of the game.

Completed PG Sports Documentary 1 hr, 27 mins

The Last Gladiators (Feb 2013)

Limited VOD / Digital

Alex Gibney, Larry Weitzman, Jim Podhoretz

Phase 4 Films

Academy Award winning director Alex Gibney takes an unprecedented look in The Last Gladiators at the National Hockey League’s most feared enforcers and explores the career of Chris “Knuckles” Nilan. The role was simple: protect their teammates no matter the cost. For Chris this meant a shattered body, addiction to drugs, and harming the people closest to him. But in the process, he won the love of hockey’s holy city, Montreal, and helped the team win the Stanley Cup. Through interviews with hockey’s toughest guys, the film explores what it means to enforce the unspoken code of the NHL.

Completed Sports Documentary 1 hr, 34 mins