NFL Films - The Green Bay Packers - The Complete History
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Artist: Artist Not ProvidedBrand: Warner
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 172 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-11-25
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Warner Home Video
Product features:
- Number of discs: 2
- Run time: 174 min
- MPAA Rating: NRClosed Captioning: Yes
- Subtitles: English Aspect Ratio: Original Aspect Ratio - 1.33 Sound Quality: English: Dolby Surround Stereo 2.0
- Officially licensed
DVD Reviews of NFL Films - The Green Bay Packers - The Complete History
DVD Review: History of one of the NFL's founding teams & their most interesting game
Summary: 5 Stars
Being a native Texan, I am actually a Cowboy fan. However, I am married to a die-hard Packers fan and have thus come to appreciate the team's history and tradition over the years.
The disc on the history of the team was interesting, especially the very early years from the team's founding in 1919 until the arrival of Vince Lombardi in the late 1950's. Given today's corporate mentality it is interesting to note that the Packers were founded and coached by the same man - Curly Lambeau, who also played the position of halfback for the Packers during the team's early years. The history did brush over the years from the late 1960's to the early 1990's, but then these were such disheartening years for the Packers that this is understandable. The history gets more in detail again with the arrival of Holmgren and Favre in Green Bay, and continues through to the Mike Sherman years and the building of the new stadium.
Of course, the real reason to own this set is for the reconstructed version of the Ice Bowl. Fortunately, although I am old enough to barely remember the Ice Bowl, I am not old enough to be as bitter about it as my parents are, so I could watch the segment on the Ice Bowl and appreciate it for the history and for the titan struggle between two great teams that it was. Overall, there are about 40 or so minutes of the 60 minute game shown, and NFL Films has done a good job of piecing the game together so that it doesn't appear to be a patched and spliced up job. It has a real feeling of continuity about it and the video quality is quite good for such old footage. The film conveys the mood of the players and what it was like to play on a field in such conditions through interviews with the players, officials, and some of the broadcasters that were there. Apparently, each time a player fell it was like landing on jagged concrete. Whistles had to be abandoned by the officials due to the cold, and the planned halftime show was also impossible. Also, the film finally confirmed an "urban legend" that I had heard about for years. There really was someone on the sidelines that poured themselves a cup of coffee, turned around to do something else, and when they went back to their coffee it had frozen solid with the spoon in it, forming a coffee-sickle. There is also footage of the post-game show featuring interviews with various Green Bay players including Bart Starr, and also footage of the post-game interview with the legendary Lombardi.
What really impressed me watching this film is how obvious it is that the level of remuneration in the league has escalated since the Ice Bowl was played forty years ago. This really shows in how the Packers choose to celebrate after the game. The segment on the Ice Bowl closes with Lombardi celebrating with family and friends in his wood-paneled rec room - it was nothing fancier than you would find in any middle class three-bedroom two-bath home. It was truly the end of an era "when pride still mattered". I'd highly recommend this set for any Packer fan.
Description of NFL Films - The Green Bay Packers - The Complete History
This history of the Green Bay Packers explores the rich story of this proud franchise, from its founding days to becoming one of the most beloved sports teams of the new millennium. The Ice Bowl is generally regarded as the most dramatic game in NFLŪ history, and yet does not fully exist anywhere on network videotape. NFLŪ Films catalogued thousands of feet of film to piece together the game, much of it never broadcast previously.Bestsellers in DVD
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