24x24 Wide Open with Jeff Gordon
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Actor: Jeff GordonBrand: Team Marketing
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 81 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-07-10
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Color: Multi
Studio: Lions Gate
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- Running Time: Approx. 81 minutes
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DVD Reviews of 24x24 Wide Open with Jeff Gordon
DVD Review: A few flat tires along the way keep this from getting a top five finish.
Summary: 3 Stars
Even though Jeff Gordon is my favorite driver, I found this to be too overindulgent. Oh, he's such a great guy, so wonderful...blah, blah, blah. Enough already. I get it. He's great. Now get lost, and follow Jeff around like you're supposed to! How much filler did they need anyway? How many times did they have to have such celebs as Wayne Gretzky, Troy Aikman, Jay Leno, Pat Riley, Mario Andretti, Tony Hawk and Charles Barkley talk to the camera about how fantastic Jeff is? Only Kelly Ripa's brief comments didn't seem to be overkill. Once with each of these people would be enough, instead we're forced to hear from them several times throughout this 80 minute, widescreen, feature (2 minutes are end credits). Plus why is it in mono (LPCM)? Only the ugly menu screens are in stereo. Also, so many of the outdoor scenes are badly lit and look like they were filmed in a cave--talk about low budget.
There's not much narration in this Dvd. It's mostly just Jeff and others talking, which is fine. The announcer sounds like the guy that did the "NASCAR Beyond the Wheel" shows on the Speed channel. In addition, Patrick Dempsey ("Grey's Anatomy") does a credible job of asking Jeff the typical softball questions that Larry King might ask, and we learn that Jeff likes to watch "The Price is Right". Throughout the feature, we even get to hear from Jeff's new wife, Ingrid, as well as his teammate, Jimmie Johnson and some of Jeff's crew chiefs.
Some of the things I enjoyed from the main feature, that elevated it to 3 stars, instead of just 2 or 2.5 stars were the following: the brief clip from the NASCAR Awards Banquet Dinner, where Jeff toasts Dale Earnhardt Sr. with a glass of milk; some funny clips from his appearances on "Saturday Night Live" and some footage from "Live with Regis and Kelly" (where he's co-hosting with Kelly). In addition, I liked some of the fan interviews. One guy jokingly thought that Jeff wasn't redneck enough because he "annunciated" his words too well. As well, the husband (a Dale Earnhardt Jr. fan) of one married couple, (whose wife is a Jeff Gordon fan), would intentionally fly the Gordon 24 car flag, upside down, below his right-side up, Earnhardt Jr. one. His wife points it out and the husband admits to her that it's never done by accident.
Following Jeff Gordon around turned out to be a mostly dull affair. He went fishing, cage-diving with sharks (unfortunately nobody was eaten alive), did a photo shoot, signed stuff for fans and visited his newly built, Jeff Gordon's Children's Hospital with his wife. That part was actually quite touching.
Yes, there was some actual racing footage in this feature, but it was all too brief to be of much value. Still, it was better than nothing and at least there was also some of Jeff's childhood racing footage included as well.
DVD SPECIAL FEATURES (19.5 minutes-all in widescreen):
Three Deleted scenes (15 min.): Featuring two meet-and-greets, and a look at his new Nicorette (green) car.
Outtakes (4.5 min.): Virtually useless, except for Kelly Ripa's funny answers to the following questions:
1) Who would she save if a boat containing Jeff Gordon and her agent capsized ?
2) Where will Jeff Gordon be in 5-10 years?
So, if you're a Jeff Gordon fan like myself, it's worth a rental. If you can't find it for rent, it's cheap enough to buy anyway. If you're curious about Kelly's Ripa's answers to the above questions, then I'll list them BACKWARDS (so as not to spoil them for buyers), below.
ANSWERS (Don't read them if you're going to buy this):
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Description of 24x24 Wide Open with Jeff Gordon
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