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The Big Picture Quiz: Michael Jordan edition

10:18 AM PT, Aug 6 2008

Jordan2 As promised, it's time to answer the question: What is Michael Jordan's all-time favorite movie? Anyone who guessed a basketball or sports film was wrong.

Jordan's favorite movie is Ridley Scott's "Gladiator," which won the best picture Oscar for 2000. It's fitting, since Jordan always approached basketball with a warrior's mentality, believing that winning was at least as much about indomitability as about pure talent. When the Chicago Bulls were on the court in the last minutes of a key game, Jordan was like Russell Crowe's Maximus--he gave no quarter.

Better still, as this clip shows, he could also shoot free throws with his eyes closed:

Photo of Michael Jordan by Gabriel Bouys / AFP / Getty Images

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Patrick Goldstein has been a film writer for The Times’ Calendar section since 1998 and a contributing writer to the paper since 1979.

His column, “The Big Picture,” offers news and insight on the currents and underpinnings of the film industry.

He also has been a contributing writer to major publications such as Rolling Stone, Esquire, Playboy, Vogue, the Chicago Sun-Times, New York Times Sunday Magazine, and British GQ.

He received a master’s degree in English literature in 1976 and a bachelor’s degree in film studies in 1975, both from Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill.

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