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List Price: $14.99 Our Price:
VHS Tape - 07 November, 2000
Walt Disney Video
PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Availability: This item is currently not available.
Director: Leslie Woodhead
Number of Media: 1
Features: - Closed-captioned
- Color
- NTSC
Related Areas: Documentary, Feature Film Drama, Feature Film-drama, Movie |
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| VHS Tape Description This film about Ethiopian distance runner Haile Gebrsellasie, who won gold at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics and is considered one of the greatest runners of all time, is a dramatization that often appears to be a documentary. Beautifully photographed, the footage shot in Haile's native land is often spectacular enough to make you think you're watching a National Geographic special. Haile's young life, such as a scene when his family is listening to a news report about warfare in Ethiopia and a report comes on about the 1980 Olympics, is portrayed with apparent accuracy, but not without a great deal of drama. There are many scenes of Haile running, past wildlife in the countryside or through crowded city slums, and while this gives what must be an accurate idea of him developing his athletic regimen, this is also not terribly dramatic on camera. Eventually, Haile is shown racing in Atlanta, valiantly overtaking all competition; his family back in Ethiopia is shown gathered around a television set, jubilantly watching his triumph. And while there's no denying that this is a touching and inspiring human story, the slow pace of the presentation tends to work against the inherent drama. --Robert J. McNamara |
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Please hurry up and release the DVD! Please release this great movie on DVD, and while your at it, on HD DVD as well. I look foward to replacing my VHS tape. Thanks.
Beautiful and inspiring...! This is a movie I would recommend for people who like to think about life, and how dreams and determination can help improve a person's situation... Not recommended at all for people who want adrenaline rushes, unexpected twists, violence, or sex.
I am a runner myself, and can see why some other runners who reviewed this film were disappointed in not seeing a lot more running by one of the greatest runners of all time.
However, the movie makes up for its shortcomings with great filming of ethiopian scenery, capturing the essence of how many ethiopians face life there, and all accompanied by beautiful, soothing, inspiring music.
What is a crime, is that this is not available on DVD...!!! The DVD version could actually include the whole 10,000 meter race at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, which was not televised in the USA (no US runners, I suppose?), but is widely regarded by the rest of the world as one of the most exciting races ever seen at any Olympics event...!
In any shape or form, I would love to own this on DVD. Any additional interviews, or footage of races, of course, would be extremely welcome...!
PLEASE, PLEASE, release this on DVD...!
three minutes There is not much here. You learn a little bit about how Gebrselassie became a runner, and a little bit about life in Ethiopia. But the pace of the movie is so very, very slow, you get only the most vague, broad ideas. It is disappointing to be given only a glimpse, not something more substantial -- the vast majority of the 83 minute running time is simply wasted. If you are interested in Gebrselassie's races, you will also be disappointed. There are snippets from one of his Olympic 10,000 meters races, but they probably add up to less than a minute; and there is nothing whatsoever about any of his other races.
Why, then, did I give this movie 4 stars, when it's so empty? Why not the 2 stars that most of it deserves?
Because for three minutes, during the opening credits, you actually get to see Gebrselassie run.
And it is AWESOME. |
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