The Heist (2015)

• 76%
• 2015
• Documentary
• Errol Morris

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.