When the Garden Was Eden (2014)

Plot: In the early 1970s, America was being torn apart by the war in Vietnam, racial unrest in the streets and distrust of the White House. But there was a happy place where men of different backgrounds showed people what could happen when you worked together: yes, Madison Square Garden. In "When the Garden Was Eden," director Michael Rapaport chronicles the glorious and glory years of the New York Knicks, when they made the NBA Finals in three out of four seasons, winning two titles. Stitched together by Red Holzman, the historically mediocre Knicks might have seemed an odd collection of characters: a forward from the rarefied air of Princeton (Bill Bradley), two players from the Jim Crow South (Willis Reed and Walt Frazier), a blue collar guy from Detroit (Dave DeBusschere), a pair of inner city guards (Earl Monroe, Dick Barnett), even a mountain man from Deer Lodge, Montana (Phil Jackson). But by embracing their differences and utilizing their strengths, they showed the NBA-and the world-what it was like to play as a team. That they did it on the stage that New York City provided made it all that much sweeter.—ESPN Films

Original Title: When the Garden Was Eden

Director: Michael Rapaport

Producer: Bill Simmons , Harvey Araton , Libby Geist , Connor Schell , John Dahl , Jason B. Bergh , Erin Leyden , Daniel Silver , Deirdre Fenton , Jenna Anthony , Andrew Billman , Jim Lefkowitz , Cole Angenendt , Emily Isacson , Brian D'Ostilio , Doug Ellin , Michael Rapaport

Type: episode

Year: 2014

Genres: Documentary, Biography, History, Sport

Cast: Bob Ryan , Bill Bradley , Willis Reed , Dave DeBusschere , Harvey Araton , Jerry Lucas , Dean Meminger , George Lois , Dick Barnett , Cazzie Russell , Red Holzman , Jack Marin , Marv Albert , Mike Breen , Howard Cosell , Walt Frazier , William Goldman , John Havlicek , Phil Jackson , Larry Merchant , Earl Monroe , Bill Russell , Jerry West , Bob Wolff

Runtimes: 76

Original Air Date: 21 Oct 2014

Rating: 6.8

Votes: 562

Year: 2014

Production Companies: ESPN Films

Producer: Bill Simmons , Harvey Araton , Libby Geist , Connor Schell , John Dahl , Jason B. Bergh , Erin Leyden , Daniel Silver , Deirdre Fenton , Jenna Anthony , Andrew Billman , Jim Lefkowitz , Cole Angenendt , Emily Isacson , Brian D'Ostilio , Doug Ellin , Michael Rapaport

Certificates: United States:TV-G

Composer: Chris Maxwell , Joel Beckerman , Phil Hernandez

Editorial Department: Erik Johnson

Sound Crew: Jeff Edrich , Ryan Carden , Raphael Gorham , Michael Andrew Snyder , G. John Garrett

Miscellaneous Crew: Dean Collins , Elsa Ramo , Marie Donoghue , Tom Picard , Louise Argianas , Larry Schwartz , Tara Sattler , Kyle Godwin , John Walsh , Heather Scheer , Callie Riotte , Maria Delgado , Michael Newman , Jay Jay Nesheim , Daniel Sassoon , Diane Morse , Jennifer Cingari , David Mayer , Vanessa Diaz , Shelley Tabor , Jennifer Thorpe , Spencer Barry , Matthew Zwetolitz , Michael Huberman , Paul Monfre , Eric Przystawski , Erick Ramirez , Jake Kaplan , Michelle Montoya

Season: 2

Episode: 22

Number of Episodes: 133

Episode of: When the Garden Was Eden