Back عزیز بسکتبال AZB Dear Basketball German Dear Basketball Greek Dear Basketball Spanish بسکتبال عزیز Persian Dear Basketball French Dear Basketball Galician Dear Basketball HE Սիրելի բասկետբոլ (մուլտֆիլմ) Armenian Սիրելի Կողովագնդակ (Dear Basketball) HYW
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| Directed by | Glen Keane |
| Written by | Kobe Bryant |
| Produced by | Gennie Rim |
| Narrated by | Kobe Bryant |
| Music by | John Williams |
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Running time | 5 minutes |
| Country | United States |
Dear Basketball is a 2017 American animated film written and narrated by Kobe Bryant and directed and animated by Glen Keane, with music by John Williams.[2] It is based on a letter Bryant wrote for The Players' Tribune on November 29, 2015, announcing his retirement from basketball.[3][4]
The film was distributed online through go90.[5] It carries the same name as Bryant's retirement letter, and was made in partnership between Bryant's own Granity Studios and Believe Entertainment Group.[6] It won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film at the 90th Academy Awards, the first Oscar win for any professional athlete, and the first Oscar win for Keane, a veteran Disney animator.[7]
- ^ "Dear Basketball". The Webby Awards. Archived from the original on January 27, 2020. Retrieved July 11, 2019.
- ^ "Dear Basketball". California Film Institute. January 25, 2018. Archived from the original on July 30, 2023. Retrieved January 26, 2020 – via Vimeo.
- ^ Wolff, Ellen (January 12, 2018). "Kobe Bryant Assembles His Animated Dream Team for 'Dear Basketball'". Variety. Variety Media, LLC. Archived from the original on January 19, 2018.
- ^ Bryant, Kobe (November 29, 2015). "Dear Basketball". The Players' Tribune. The Players' Tribune, Inc. Archived from the original on January 19, 2018.
- ^ Wagner, Gretchen (December 19, 2017). "'Dear Basketball,' Assembled by Legendary Team of Creators, Premieres on Verizon's go90". Broadcasting & Cable. Archived from the original on June 23, 2018. Retrieved July 11, 2019.
- ^ "go90 Picks Up Kobe Bryant and Believe Entertainment's 'Dear Basketball'". thevideoink.com. Archived from the original on February 10, 2024. Retrieved August 2, 2018.
- ^ "90th Academy Award Animated Film Nominees". The Oscars 2018. Disney Enterprises, Inc. January 23, 2018. Archived from the original on January 24, 2018. Retrieved January 23, 2018.