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''The Fab Five'' is a 2011 ESPN Films documentary about the 1990s Michigan Wolverines men's basketball players known collectively as the Fab Five: Chris Webber, Jalen Rose, Juwan Howard, Jimmy King, and Ray Jackson. It chronicles the recruitment, glory years, notorious time-out fiasco, cultural impact and the scandal that followed these players who are described as iconic figures in the media. The film originally aired on March 13, 2011 on a national broadcast on ESPN. On its original airing, the film drew 2.7 million viewers, setting a record as the highest-rated ESPN documentary ever. The film spawned critical commentary in a broad spectrum of media outlets which include leading newspapers such as ''The New York Times'', ''The Wall Street Journal'' and ''The Washington Post''; leading periodicals such as ''Forbes''; online forums such as ''Slate''; and leading news outlets such as MSNBC. In particular, the film sparked a verbal war between Jalen Rose and Duke University's Grant Hill through the media regarding issues of race in sports and education that fueled the Duke–Michigan basketball rivalry. Coincidentally, the following week, the 2011 editions of Michigan and Duke met in the third round of the 2011 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament; Duke won, 73-71. ==Story== Previously Mitch Albom had chronicled the Fab Five in a book entitled ''Fab Five: Basketball, Trash Talk, The American Dream'', and Fox Sports had attempted to review the group. The press regarded this as the first complete recounting of the fabled group. Rose describes this film as "almost like the Bible of the Fab Five Story".〔〔 An ESPN commentator describes the five players as the greatest incoming college basketball recruiting class ever. He notes that they were presented to the world as the embodiment of what was wrong with college sports because they wore revolutionary baggy shorts and black socks and blasted hip-hop music while talking a lot of trash.〔 The film documents the "formation, rise, scandal and epilogue of the team".〔 It documents the 1991–92 and 1992–93 teams, the University of Michigan basketball scandal, and related off the court issues such as hate mail. ''Forbes'' notes that the legacy of the quintet, which includes successive appearances in the championship game of the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship, was overshadowed by the scandal, which necessitated the removal of Final Four banners and vacating of games.〔 The film is noted for presenting the inside story a group of players who the contemporary media derided as thugs and villains, while enterprise rode them as a multimillion dollar merchandising juggernaut.〔 The film chronicles a group of athletes who influenced a nation of basketball fans – some of whom became professional basketball players. It includes commentaries from former Michigan coaches Steve Fisher, Brian Dutcher, and Perry Watson, and rap icons Ice Cube and Chuck D.〔 It also extends to details such as: "Howard discussing his grandmother's death the day he signed his letter of intent, to Ray Jackson talking about being 'the fifth wheel' and considering a transfer, to Jimmy King's brutal honesty about his disdain for Christian Laettner -- in somewhat unpalatable verbiage, to Rose talking about the loitering ticket he got in the Detroit 'crack house.'"〔 The film also presented numerous other highlights of the era as well as some from the high school days of the featured players.〔 Webber was considered notable for his non-involvement in the production, while the rest of the Fab Five were credited as executive producers.〔 Rose approached ESPN Films about the project and brought the other players into the fold. His production role came through his own company, Three Tier Entertainment.〔 The film was directed by Jason Hehir and narrated by Taye Diggs.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=ESPN Films 30 for 30: The Fab Five DVD )〕 At first, only three of the freshmen started. Although they all played when the season opened on December 2, 1991 against the , they did not all play at the same time until December 7 against and did not start regularly until February 9, 1992. In that first game starting together as a regular unit, the five freshmen accounted for all the team's points in a 74–65 victory against . The film presented the opinions of upperclassmen Eric Riley and James Voskuil when they were replaced by freshmen in the starting lineup.〔 Both fought off impulses to transfer.〔 The four members of the Fab Five who participated in the film have had a tense relationship with Chris Webber, the one player who was not in the film. There was speculation that Chris Webber did not participate to avoid questions about the timeout call in the 1993 NCAA tournament title game. Webber said he initially agreed to be in the documentary but backed out after being told shooting would wrap up in a week, giving him insufficient time to prepare. Jimmy King called that assertion “a flat-out lie.”〔http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/early-lead/wp/2015/05/14/jalen-rose-chris-webber-are-having-a-fab-feud〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Fab Five (film)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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