Moments

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Here's a sweet video about the 2016 Olympics. The best part is MJ in the end!

Olympian and former Chicago Bulls champion Michael Jordan displays his support for Chicagos bid to host the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games in dramatic fashion.

The Olympic spirit—its alive in Chicago, Jordan declares in a surprise appearance at the end of a new film that features Olympians and Paralympics with Chicago ties.

This film was shown publicly for the first time at a news conference at Douglas Park on the citys West Side—a key Games venue in Chicagos plan—where Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley and Chicago 2016 Chairman and CEO Patrick G. Ryan gathered a crowd of civic and business leaders, as well as Olympians, Paralympians and volunteers, in anticipation of the arrival of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Evaluation Commission to Chicago.

This film, entitled Moments, is among those that will be shown to the IOCs Evaluation Commission.

Michael Jordan is a Chicago icon, but he also is a global icon, said Patrick G. Ryan, chairman and CEO of Chicago 2016, the not-for-profit organization that is seeking to bring the Games to Chicago. He is a beloved and respected figure around the world, and his name and likeness are known on every continent.

Michaels endorsement of our bid is something that we prize, Ryan said. We thank him and all the other great athletes—including those who appeared with him in the new film—who have stepped forward to support Chicago.

Jordan competed in the 1984 Games as a young athlete out of the University of North Carolina and, after joining the Bulls, as a member of the Dream Team that played in 1992 in Barcelona and won the gold.

Ive had some tremendous memories in my professional basketball career, Jordan said. But the memory of standing as a representative at the Olympics representing the United States is one of the proudest moments of my life. To step up on that podium representing your country—theres no greater honor than that.

Olympians and Paralympians who also appear in the film include:

· Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Olympian (Athletics, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996)

· Bart Conner, Olympian (Gymnastics, 1984)

· Adolph Kiefer, Olympian (Swimming, 1936)

· April Holmes, Paralympian (Athletics, 2008)

· Paul Moran, Paralympian (Sitting Volleyball, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004; Tennis, 2008)

· David Diaz, Olympian (Boxing, 1996)

· Greg Louganis, Olympian (1984, 1988)

Jordan said it was a thrill as a young athlete to compete outside the U.S. for the first time in the 1984 Games, and he enjoyed being teammates in 1992 with basketball greats he played against in the National Basketball Association. They included Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, Charles Barkley, Karl Malone and Clyde Drexler.

We always fought against one another in the course of a season, and here were spending time with each other and representing our country and trying to win, he said.

The basketball competition in Chicago 2016s plan would be held at the United Center, where a sculpture of Jordan stands today as testament to his feats on the court

The film was directed by Malik Sayeed, an accomplished African-American industry professional with RSA Films. His previous credits include work on Spike Lees The Original Kings of Comedy, as well as Eyes Wide Shut. He also was director of photography on Just Married and Frailty.

Element 79, a Chicago advertising agency, created the concept for the film and oversaw its production. Cutters and Another County, also Chicago-based firms, did post-production work.