|
|
DVD : Glory Road [Blu-ray]In association with Amazon.com![: Glory Road [Blu-ray]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51btdZYNZxL._SL160_.jpg) List Price: $34.99 Amazon.com's Price: $19.99 You Save: $15.00 (43%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
This item ships for FREE with Super Saver Shipping.
Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) Binding: Blu-ray Brand: Disney EAN: 0786936723779 Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Subtitled, Widescreen Label: Walt Disney Video Manufacturer: Walt Disney Video Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Walt Disney Video Region Code: 1 Release Date: October 17, 2006 Running Time: 118 minutes Studio: Walt Disney Video Theatrical Release Date: 2006 Sales Rank: 30766 MPN: DISBR53385 Related Items:
Editorial Review: Description: The thrilling, inspirational true story of the team that changed college basketball and American sports forever comes to life like never before in Blu-ray's revolutionary high definition format. Josh Lucas stars as Don Haskins, the future Hall of Fame coach who challenged convention in a turbulent time of social and political change. Witness the nonstop, high-flying action in astonishing 1080p, and experience the roar of the crowd in stunning 5.1 48 kHz, 24-bit uncompressed audio. See, hear, and feel the excitement with Blu-ray high definition. Amazon.com: One of the greatest basketball games in NCAA history is immortalized in Glory Road, an engaging sports movie that dramatizes a pivotal milestone in the racial integration of college athletics. While it may not be as rousing as similar movies like Hoosiers or Friday Night Lights, this fact-based drama gains depth and substance from the groundbreaking achievement of Don Haskins (well-played by Josh Lucas), who coached the 1965-66 team from Texas Western University to the NCAA championship, using the first-ever all-black lineup in the championship game and forever changing the rules of college basketball. Texas Western's underdog season is followed from anxious start to glorious finish, as Haskins recruits many of his black star players from the North, including Bobby Joe Hill (Derek Luke) and Willie Cager (Damaine Radcliff), and this typically wholesome Disney film doesn't flinch from the harsh realities of racial tension (including player beatings and vandalized motel rooms) that Texas Western's black players had to struggle against as their victories began to draw national attention. Jon Voight (under heavy makeup) makes a memorable cameo appearance as legendary Kentucky coach Adolph Rupp, whose favored all-white team was no match for Texas Western, and Haskins' unforgettable achievement is celebrated in an end-credits sequence that demonstrates the positive ripple-effect of his color-blind coaching. Glory Road relies a bit too heavily on sports-movie clichés, but its shortcomings are easily overlooked in favor of its greater historical significance. --Jeff Shannon Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Educational, even if inaccurateI must admit that I don't know much about the actual Texas Western team this movie portrays. I understand that the story has compressed some facts in the name of dramatic license. Frankly, I am OK with that. If they had depicted the story along the real timelines, etc. the criticism would have been that the plot moved too slowly. I think the essence of the story is true if not all of the facts. And it is true that the story line follows the typical Disney formula. I'm OK with that as well. ... Read More Rating:  - Great MovieI'm so happy that most of America now treats all Americans equal most of time. The 60's were a sad, scary time. The movie was superb! Rating:  - Unfair to whites...I think most reasonable Americans will say that they are not racist and deplore it. This is different then saying you agree with cultural values that certain races have proposed to adopt for themselves. Glory Road is a fine story, no disagreement, but like all racial movies, it lacks honesty, and fair dealing. Truth be told, racism is not an issue today for blacks, period. It was then. This story does a fine job of telling it, and making it halfway interesting. But, there is always more to a story ... Read More Rating: - quite disappointedThe movie was way too similar to Remember the Titans and they're portrayal of coach Rupp was disturbing. I agree with one of the previous posts that they changed a lot just to make the movie more appealing. The movie made it seem as if black players were a whole new thing when coach Haskins introduced this team when in reality there were many black players. But i digress since these faults were already discussed in another post. Had Remember the Titans not been released, i may rate this movie higher, ... Read More Rating: - Excellent!!!!This is one of the best movies I've seen. It brought out the issue of race back in the 60s without being graphic. Very well done. Browse for similar items by category:
|
||