| The Ultimate Sports Gift Set | 
 enlarge | Directors: Alfred E. Green, Andre De Toth, David Anspaugh, Jason Miller, Jim Jacobs
Actors: Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Robert De Niro, Cathy Moriarty, Joe Pesci
Studio: MGM
Category: DVD
List Price: $249.70
Buy Used: $84.99
You Save: $164.71 (66%)
Avg. Customer Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 139429
Format: Ntsc
Language: English (Unknown)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Number Of Items: 15
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.8
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 7.6 x 5.4
UPC: 027616078513
EAN: 0027616078513
ASIN: B000NSGUKS
Theatrical Release Date: June 15, 1979
Release Date: April 10, 2007
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Combines two other sports movie giftsets plus 8 additional films March 16, 2007
8 out of 9 found this review helpful
This bundle combines two very good sports giftsets:
The Grand Slam Giftset -(Bull Durham/Pride of the Yankees/Eight Men Out/Jackie Robinson Story)
Sports Giftset - (Bull Durham / Hoosiers / Raging Bull / Rocky )
This total of seven movies are five star films, and if your interests are mainly baseball, or you prefer the finest films from several sports, you might be better off getting just one of these two giftsets. However, this Ultimate Sports Giftset also has several good films not included in these other two giftsets, such as the more watchable sequels in the Rocky series - Rocky II and Rocky III, along with That Championship Season, and Diggstown, which is an unusual vehicle for James Woods and Lou Gossett Jr. that did end up working well for both of them. Also included is a rarely seen documentary film from 1970 entitled "AKA Cassius Clay", which has Ali talking about his career with his usual verbal wit along with some great footage of Ali's early career fights.
Finally, there are three films in the turkey category that get slipped into the total package. "Monkey on My Back" is a 1957 film that was supposed to be about fighter Barney Ross. The movie is bad, but the accuracy must have been even worse, because Ross sued the producers of this film over the content and won. "Body and Soul" is not the classic version starring John Garfield. Instead this is the poor 1998 pseudo-remake. There's plenty of bad acting to go around in this movie, and even the good actors seem to think they're all performing in different films. Worst of the pack is the 2002 version of Rollerball. Like many of the 23-year-olds that make today's films, the producers of this remake of the 1975 classic just don't get that the original was great because of its portrayal of futuristic society, not because of violent action scenes. Weighing the good with the bad, this set is probably worth purchasing for the 12 good films in the bunch.
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