Bye Bye Barry

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Bye Bye Barry Trailer HD - Plot synopsis: BYE BYE BARRY is the long-awaited, feature-length documentary that reveals, in intimate detail, the unprecedented journey of Detroit Lions running back, Barry Sanders. One of the giants of American Football, Sanders displayed a style and flair that has never been replicated. But at the peak of his game, Sanders did the unthinkable. At age 31, he walked away from the game, never to return. Twenty-four years after the decision to retire from the NFL, BYE BYE BARRY tackles one of the greatest mysteries in sports history: Why did he retire when he did?



directed by Paul Monusky, Micaela Powers, and Angela Torma

release date November 21, 2023 (on Amazon Prime Video)
Transcript
00:00 We'll never see somebody like Barry Sanders again.
00:03 It was lightning from the first snap that he took.
00:07 Because of that, Detroiters were just all in.
00:10 Barry! Barry! Barry!
00:13 For this second, he's here.
00:17 And then a thousand one, he's not here anymore.
00:20 He's over there, and you're tackling air.
00:23 Normal joints don't move the way Barry Sanders' joints move.
00:27 I'm sorry!
00:28 How do you juke people, get to the end zone, and just give the ball to the ref?
00:33 He's so humble, and it's real.
00:35 He just wanted to play football.
00:37 This guy did something special every single Sunday.
00:41 He gave Detroit a sense of hope that the city desperately needed.
00:45 It's a privilege to be one of the players that will help restore the roar.
00:48 Dianne Sanders, Detroit's best!
00:50 We had the greatest running back that ever played the game.
00:53 But then, something happened.
00:56 A shocking announcement has thousands of fans feeling flustered.
01:00 Barry Sanders will retire, not with a press conference, but with a statement.
01:04 He sends a fax.
01:05 Fax machine?
01:06 Everybody's trying to figure out why.
01:08 What the F are you doing?
01:11 Was Barry frustrated playing for a losing team?
01:14 Is this a bargaining ploy?
01:16 My dad was opinionated.
01:17 It was tough to experience that.
01:19 He would tell Barry, "He'll never be better than Jim Brown."
01:21 He was affected by guys who got hurt.
01:23 All his teammates suffer serious injuries.
01:26 Nobody walks away at the peak of their powers like this.
01:31 There has to be something else.
01:34 Marker.
01:35 [music]
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