History Of Soccer: The Beautiful Game: Vol. 1-7

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Product Details

Format : NTSC
Aspect Ratio : 1.78:1
Binding : DVD
EAN : 9780738926339
Product Group : DVD
Release Date : 2003-11-04
Studio : Shout! Factory
UPC : 826663042795

ASIN : B0000C238U

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Editorial Reviews

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The entire history of the world's favorite game? It's an extraordinary challenge that could go have gone horribly wrong, but History of Soccer: The Beautiful Game is a class act. It boasts top-drawer production values, including narration by Terence Stamp, access to everybody who has really mattered in the game, ever, plus loads of famous, rare, and never-seen-before footage, each volume offering a blend of narrative, action, and illuminating interviews. This is a polished product: part celebration, part commemoration, but always with a sharp investigative sense, digging around the misty-eyed, good ol' days tradition, to explore in the company of those interviewed the reality behind some of soccer's myths and legends.

The breadth of enquiry is naturally impressive, as is the narrative structure, but it's the deft handling of the subplots that really sets this apart, including: analysis of the dominant club sides such as Liverpool, Real Madrid, and Milan (volume 2); the evolution of Brazil (volume 3); the superstar casualties, like Maradona and Garrincha (volume 5); football as an agent of social control in Victorian England (volume 1); the revolution in French football that created the 1998 World Champions (volume 4); and the failure, so far, of Africa to fulfil Pele's famous World Cup prediction (volume 6). There's so little material here that isn't memorable that it's difficult to pick highlights, but action aside (and it's hard to think of an historically important game that isn't featured), an emotional Maradona exposing the "conspiracy" that fixed the 1990 World Cup final (volume 2) is an unforgettable slice of soccer culture.

History of Soccer on DVD comes complete with a heap of extras (between 33 and 54 minutes' worth per volume) including, across the set, every single goal from every World Cup Final game; extended interviews with the likes of Pele, Maradona, Zidane, and Bobby Charlton; loads of "first-ever-recorded-on-film" material including the 1907 England-Scotland game; text-only biographies of the major interviewees; extended tournament highlights of past European Championships, African Nations Cups, World Club Championships, Asian Cups, and, of course, World Cup Finals. The picture itself is presented in widescreen, and there's a Spanish-language track plus an Easter egg of additional hidden material in every volume. --Alex Hankin

Customer Reviews

great dvd (2007-08-13)

Excellent overview for new coaches. Teaches practice drills, skills and other elements of the game like the ones we teach at our soccer facility the Vaughan Sportsplex. I recommend it for new coaches and parents alike. Great resource for new coaches. Thanks. Vaughansportsplex.com

THE BEST EVER-------ALTHOUGH SOMEWHAT BIASED (2006-03-01)

This is an excellent box set to have in any genre. The documentary format has it's limits but the access and footage shown is something the vast majority of us will never be able to see anywhere else.

To hear the inside stories and political inflections done by the game's greatest players is heartwarming and at the same time endearing; this underlies our commanility as humans.

a 7- disc box set - this feels almost as though it's for the novice fan, but if you're like me, you simply want to have a digital copy of the greatest moments to happen in the greatest sport.

the only bad thing i can say about this is that there is not nearly enough focus on the truly great football nations in the world---instead focusing too much on the American, african and british perspective(not to mention India?!?!?!?)

the price was right - but if you want to see real football

JUST WATCH SOME SOUTH AMERICAN SOCCERtHE REST ARE ONLY FIGHTING AND CLAWING THEIR WAY TO LEGITIMACY

TERENCE STAMP DOES A GREAT JOB IN NARRATION - CAN'T ASK FOR BETTER

ONE DAY I'M GONNA SHARE THIS WITH MY GRANDCHILDREN

A GREAT ALL IN ALL WRAP UP OF SOCCER (2004-07-14)

This series is great but I didn't buy the dvd as I can just watch it on tape which I taped from foxtel.I have a question for all soccer(football) fans. Did soccer use to be alot more entertaining than it is now because of more defensive tatics in games these days?Please write back on Amazon so I can get your opinion, Thanks and se ya later

Worth every penny (2004-02-09)

This set is loaded with excellent documentry.Each disc has two volumes, and extras.Very well edited...Roots of how football/soccer began...History of FIFA, UEFA, and club history, Real Madrid, Arsenal, Manchester United, Celtic, Milan, etc...Tons of game action, World Cup and other competitions.Interviews of Pele, Maradona, George Best, Malidini, Zindane, Ronaldo, Paolo Rossi just to name a few.

There is no other soccer documentry that comes close.

Excellent (2003-12-08)

It is very good and gives you a good history of the sport. Soccer is the best sport in the world. Believe it or not. Ronaldo is the best soccer player alive and que Viva Las CHIVAS.

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