A&E Official World Series Film Collection

Product Description This magnificent DVD Collection elegantly displays the iconic moments, thrilling heroics, triumphant favorites, and breathtaking upsets across seven decades of World Series Films, plus a narrative and pictorial essay on the Fall Classic since its origin in 1903. This beautifully-packaged, digitally-preserved celebration of the Fall Classic is a timeless treasure that will become the ultimate centerpiece of any baseball fan's DVD library. Records and seasons change with time, but the legends and lore of the World Series on DVD will last forever. Fall Classic film highlights showcase extraordinary players including: Stan Musial, Jackie Robinson, Mickey Mantle, Willie Mays, Henry Aaron, Sandy Koufax, Bob Gibson, Brooks Robinson, Tom Seaver, Johnny Bench, Willie Stargell, Derek Jeter, Albert Pujols, and many more. The drama and unforgettable images of baseball are the World Series moments etched in our minds and celebrated from generation to generation. These dynamic events are preserved and commemorated in this one-of-a-kind collection. DVD FEATURES: 58-Page World Series Pictorial and Retrospective with Foreword by Bob Costas *DISC 1: 1943 Yankees, 1944 Cardinals, 1945 Tigers, 1946 Cardinals, 1947 Yankees, 1948 Indians (approx 182 min) *DISC 2 1949-53 Yankees (approx 167 min) *DISC 3 1954 Giants, 1955 Dodgers, 1956 Yankees (approx 115 min) *DISC 4 1957 Braves, 1958 Yankees, 1959 Dodgers, 1960 Pirates, 1961 Yankees (approx 182 min) *DISC 5 1962 Yankees, 1963 Dodgers, 1964 Cardinals (approx 100 min) *DISC 6 1965 Dodgers, 1966 Orioles, 1967 Cardinals, 1968 Tigers (approx 152 min) *DISC 7 1969 Mets, 1970 Orioles, 1971 Pirates (approx 116 min) *DISC 8 1972-74 A's, 1975-76 Reds (approx 170 min) *DISC 9 1977-78 Yankees, 1979 Pirates, 1980 Phillies, 1981 Dodgers (approx 166 min) *DISC 10 1982 Cardinals, 1983 Orioles, 1984 Tigers (approx 107 min) *DISC 11 1985 Royals, 1986 Mets, 1987 Twins (approx 119 min) *DISC 12 1988 Dodgers, 1989 A's, 1990 Reds (approx 177 min) *DISC 13 1991 Twins, 1992 Blue Jays (approx 139 min) *DISC 14 1993 Blue Jays, 1995 Braves (approx 132 min) *DISC 15 1996 Yankees, 1997 Marlins (approx 143 min) *DISC 16 1998-2000 Yankees (approx 186 min) *DISC 17 2001 Diamondbacks, 2002 Angels (approx 145 min) *DISC 18 2003 Marlins, 2004 Red Sox (approx 142 min) *DISC 19 2005 White Sox, 2006 Cardinals (approx 152 min) *DISC 20 2007 Red Sox, 2008 Phillies (approx 163 min) (Click for larger image) A Message from Jeff Scott, Senior Writer-- Major League Baseball Productions, someone who has worked on the World Series MLB Project for the last 20 years. There was no shortage of storylines in the first World Series film I wrote for Major League Baseball Productions. The year was 1988 and this fellow Orel Hershiser had just completed a regular season in which he threw six consecutive scoreless games - topped off by a 10 inning masterpiece that enabled him to set a new record with 59 straight scoreless innings. He threw another eight scoreless in the LCS against the Mets to extend his mark to 67 straight innings without allowing a run. Did I mention his save in Game Four of the LCS - a shutout in Game Seven of that series and still another in Game Two of the World Series against the A's (he also went 3-3 with two doubles in that game)? Of course, what most folks remember from that '88 Series was the home run a hobbling (Hobbsing?) Kirk Gibson hit to win the opener and set the stage for a Dodger championship. Whew, I thought. This script writes itself. I soon discovered that it doesn't always work that way - in fact, there have been many years when folks have said that our official World Series Film was better than the real thing. But regardless of the drama or lack thereof, it's always baseball -- and I have had the pleasure and honor to write the World Series film for more than 20 years. A little background is in order here. The first four decades of World Series films were created as archival programs designed to capture the highlights for posterity. The narration was staccato and to the point - much more play-by-play than storytelling. By the 1970s the film became a blend of archive and entertainment - more story intensive - and come the 1980s these films were offered to the public first on VHS and later DVD. With this latest evolution came a drastic change in production. What once took months to leisurely put together now had to be turned around in less than two weeks to accommodate the film's distributor. And that's how it's been since I first became a part of the process. That first script I wrote back in 1988 was banged out on an IBM Selectric Typewriter (with automatic back space white out.) I would soon move on to a Smith Corona Word Processer - the kind where you had to insert a new piece of paper into the roll for each page you wanted to print. It took close to 45 minutes to print out the 1991 classic which described how John Smoltz and Jack Morris traded darts in an unforgettabl
ASIN: B002AS45SS
VSKU: LFV.B002AS45SS.N
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Binding: Dvd
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