• Title: The Heist
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• Duration: unknown
• Rating: 6,7
• Genres: Short

Summary The Heist ()

A Duke zealot recounts the night Michael Jordan's retired North Carolina jersey was seized. This is Errol Morris's second of six shorts for ESPN Films.

North Carolina basketball fans are well aware of the Jordan no. 23 jersey that hangs from the rafters of the Dean Dome. But there was a time - February 1998, to be exact - when it disappeared. In The Heist, Errol Morris gets a former Duke student to re-create the theft and subsequent discovery of the sacred object. Having cased the joint, the student and three accomplices figured out a way to snatch the jumbo jersey and escalate the traditional war of pranks between the Tar Heel and Blue Devil faithfuls. Their luck ran out, though, a few weeks later, when the jersey was recovered just before they were to reveal it at Duke's Cameron Indoor Stadium. It's a tale that illustrates the lengths to which college hoops fans will go to stick it to an arch-rival.

North Carolina basketball fans are well aware of the Jordan 23 jersey that hangs from the rafters of the Dean Dome. But there was a time--February of 1998, to be exact--when it disappeared. In The Heist, Morris gets a former Duke student to recreate the theft and subsequent discovery of the sacred object. Having cased the joint, he and three accomplices figured out a way to snatch the jumbo jersey and escalate the traditional war of pranks between the Tar Heel and Blue Devil faithfuls. Their luck ran out, though, a few weeks later when the jersey was recovered just before they were to reveal it at Duke's Cameron Indoor. Yes, it's a tale told by a crazed sports nut, but it signifies the lengths to which college hoops fans will go to stick it to an archival.

Synopsis The Heist ()