History of Soccer: The Beautiful Game
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Actor: Maradona, Pele, Terence StampBrand: Team Marketing
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); Spanish (Original Language)
Format: Black & White, Box set, Color, Dolby, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 914 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-10-07
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Shout Factory
Product features:
- 7 Disc Collection
- Run Time over 15 hours
- Highest Quality Recording
DVD Reviews of History of Soccer: The Beautiful Game
DVD Review: Amazing effort, mostly amazing results
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a remarkable feat, a obvious labor of love, and if you're from England it's probably heaven on earth.
If you're not from England, you may weary a bit from the rather relentless Anglo-centric viewpoint, but hey--they put it together, they're entitled to their own focus.
As with any project as long as this, some parts fail to impress. The significant amount of time spent on the development of the game in India and on the African continent was (IMO) a little too much. Interesting to see once...but not something I'd likely share with my soccer friends. ("Hey! You've got to see this 30 minute segment on how political and sociological conditions in Ghana influenced the selection of the national team during the 1990's!")
But there is a great deal here that approaches the magnificent. It was worth half the price of the whole package just to see the interview with Maradona where he mocks (MOCKS!) Peter Shilton for the hand-of-God goal. A classic!
In fact the segment on South America (mostly Argentina and Uruguay) was flat-out excellent...followed by an entire hour devoted just to Brazil, with wonderful footage from the '56 World Cup that marked the emergence of Pele at the age of 17.
One unavoidable problem with the disc is that this "history" gets older every year. This was put together just after the 1998 WC--a debacle for the United States. When talking about developing soccer countries, the USA isn't mentioned once. Instead, we have Hugo Chavez from Mexico complaining about how "sure we're the best in North America--but so what? We never get to play anybody good!" Grrrrr.
If you buy this, here's what to expect (the good and bad):
1. Nothing but a few dismissive yawns towards the USA--appropriate in 1998, but wildly inaccurate now.
2. Everything you've ever wanted to know about the various incarnations of the English national side.
3. Wonderful analysis and history of football in South America.
4. A genuinely interesting analysis of the struggles between club teams and national teams, and how players can be caught between them.
5. Lots of interesting video of some of the first cup competitions in Europe, that follows the development of teams in Italy, Germany, the Netherlands, Czechoslovakia (as it was called at the tme) and more.
6. An objective view of the problems of hooliganism (and a commendable willingness to place the blame largely on England, where it belongs.)
7. More than you wanted to know about football in India.
8. A lengthy and more-or-less interesting history of the bureaucracy known as FIFA.
9. The sense that the folks who put this together sincerely love the game.
As you watch it all, you'll love it to.
Description of History of Soccer: The Beautiful Game
Through unparalleled footage and exclusive interviews with some of the all-time greats, History of Soccer: The Beautiful Game is the ultimate DVD box set for soccer fanatics gearing up for the World Cup, as well as an insightful overview for new converts. This 7-DVD deluxe box set travels around the globe capturing some of the most inspiring footage ever of this Beautiful Game!Bestsellers in DVD
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