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Apple Original Films Releases Stephen Curry Film on July 21.
The remarkable coming-of-age story is about one of the most influential, dynamic, and unexpected players in the history of basketball: Stephen Curry. This feature documentary — blending intimate cinéma vérité, archival footage and on-camera interviews — documents Curry’s rise from an undersized college player at a tiny backwater Division I college to a four-time NBA champion, building one of the most dominant sports dynasties in the world.
“Stephen Curry: Underrated” will premiere on Apple TV+ on July 21, 2023.
The remarkable coming-of-age story is about one of the most influential, dynamic, and unexpected players in the history of basketball: Stephen Curry.
This feature documentary — blending intimate cinéma vérité, archival footage and on-camera interviews — documents Curry’s rise from an undersized college player at a tiny backwater Division I college to a four-time NBA champion, building one of the most dominant sports dynasties in the world.
The film draws its name from Curry’s college experience and early years in the NBA. In the authorized trailer of the film, footage and photos of him at Davidson College show a boyish Curry, at 150 pounds, swamped by his outsize uniform.
Sportscasters openly scoffed. “Steph Curry: Do not rely on him to run your team,” one warned. “He looks like a little kid,” another said.
In a voiceover, Curry asks himself, “How did I get here? I was an undersized, scrawny kid just trying to figure out how to make it.”
More footage shows him under pressure at a game, plotting his next move and another grinning at advice from a toddler.
In relaying how overwhelmed he had felt, he said “the feeling of being underrated is part of the drive that keeps [him] going.”
The film is produced by Peter Nicks, Ryan Coogler, Erick Peyton, Sean Havey, Ben Cotner and Marissa Torres Ericson. Emily Osborne, Sev Ohanian and Zinzi Coogler are executive producers.
The film features (in order of appearance): Reggie Miller, Stephen Curry, Dell Curry, Bob McKillop, Kevin Durant, Jason Richards, Sonya Curry, Brandon Payne, Shonn Brown, Matt Matheny Candy Adams, Lexus Safford, Mercedes Safford, Ryan Curry, Dr. Gayle Kaufman, Canon Curry, Riley Curry, Ayesha Curry, Andrew Lovedale, Jim Fox, Thomas Sander, Michael Kruse, Lauren Biggers and Steve Rossiter.
The film is rated PG-13 for brief strong language.
Story courtesy Apple+ films media relations division.
