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| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| DIRECTOR: | Sam Wood |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 05 March, 1943 |
| MANUFACTURER: | MGM (Video & DVD) |
| MPAA RATING: | NR (Not Rated) |
| FEATURES: | Black & White, Closed-captioned, Dolby, Dubbed, Subtitled, NTSC |
| TYPE: | Drama, Feature Film-drama, Movie |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 027616879059 |
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Customer Reviews of The Pride of the Yankees
The "Iron Horse" - Lou Gehrig This is the story of Lou Gehrig, the New York Yankees' first baseman during the 1920's and 1930's. Gehrig was an All-Star throughout those years, often playing with injuries. He played 2,130 consecutive games before he pulled himself out of a game. <
>The baseball is the thing here, otherwise a somewhat mushy - though, at times, amusing romance between stars Gary Cooper as Gehrig and Teresa Wright as his future wife.
The Pride of the Yankees
Potent inspiration for a country newly at war, the film still holds up. The magnetic Cooper was never better, and we even get a glimpse of Babe Ruth playing himself in this picture. A sentimental chestnut that never grow stale, reflecting a time when heroes were real.
The story of a great man on the field as well as off the field!
This review is for the DVD released by MGM in 2002.
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>The Pride of the Yankees is the story of baseball Hall of Famer Lou Gehrig. His nickname was the "Iron Horse" which he earned for playing 2,130 consecutive games for the New York Yankees from the mid 1920's to the late 1930's. That was a major league record for many years until Cal Ripken Jr. broke it 1995. Of course Lou Gehrig will also be remembered as a courageous man who died from Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, sometimes also referred to as "Lou Gehrig's Disease".
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>The movie stars Gary Cooper as Lou Gehrig. The movie is a gem and has essentially four facets to it. One area of lengthy coverage was his relationship with his domineering German mother (played by Elsa Janssen). A second subplot is courting and marrying his wife (played by Teresa Wright). The third subject of lengthy coverage was his great baseball career and the final facet of the film was Gehrig facing his mortality at a relatively early age. Of course these four areas overlap into each other throughout the movie. From a personal viewpoint, I would have liked to have seen a lot more about his baseball career and less of his love life. (I'm sure this was done intentionally to get women to into the theaters.) The movie is sugarcoated and squeaky clean and very corny at times, but personally I'd rather watch a movie like this than films like the Babe Ruth or Ty Cobb movies that were made in the 1990's where they exposed all of the dirty laundry in their private lives.
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>Pride of the Yankees is a classic, especially with the unforgettable "I consider myself the luckiest guy on the face of the earth" speech at Yankee Stadium. Another wonderful treat is to see Babe Ruth play himself in the movie and there are also a few brief scenes with another Yankee great: Bill Dickey. Another nice feature were the shots of the various American League ball barks Gehrig played in. It was also great to see some shots of the old grandstands of Yankee Stadium before it was renovated in the mid-`70s. Overall, this a movie the whole family, from 6 to 96, can enjoy.
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>The DVD picture quality is outstanding. The black and white transfer is impeccable. I don't recall seeing the slightest flaw throughout the entire movie and the sharpness is excellent. The sound is fine too. The DVD lacked bonus features which is a shame for a movie that has been so highly acclaimed for so many generations. There was a lot of about his baseball career that wasn't covered in the movie, but could have been covered in a documentary by sportswriters and sports historians. The movie itself had some interesting stories regarding how it was filmed. I had once read an article regarding how they filmed Cooper playing Gehrig. Since Cooper was right handed and Gehrig was left handed, they would film Cooper running to third base from home instead of from home to first after getting a hit and then reverse the negative.
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>Movie: A
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>DVD Quality: A+