Olympics

OLYMPIA -The LENI RIEFENSTAHL Archival Collection

This limited edition 2-disc set features the complete original version of OLYMPIA presented for the first time on DVD.Part 1: (Festival of the Nations) -Disc 1Riefenstahl shot a documentary that celebrates the human body by combining the poetry of bodies in motion with close-ups of athletes in the heat of competition. Includes Jesse Owen's sprint races at the 1936 Olympic games and Adolf Hitler looking on in amazement as Owens wins an unprecedented four Gold Medals.Part 2: (Festival of Beauty) -Disc 2Riefenstahl captures the grace of the athletes during field hockey soccer bicycling equestrian aquatic and gymnastic events. Highlights are the Pentathlon and the Decathlon which was won by American Glenn Morris; it ends with the triumphant conclusion of the games.Special Features:Two disc limited edition containing over 5 hours of material including JUGEND DER WELT ( Youth of The World ) Official Documentary of the 1936 Winter Olympics at Garmisch-Partenkirchen DIE KAMERA FAHRT MIT ( The Camera Goes Along ) 1936 Documentary by Bavaria-Filmkunst featuring footage from Leni Rifenstahl s films OLYMPIA and TRIUMPH OF THE WILL. Deleted Scenes Biography Still Gallery German and English languages with ON/OFF English subtitles Dolby 2.0 audio Essay.System Requirements:Running Time: 204 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: DOCUMENTARIES/MISC. Rating: NR UPC: 825307915990 Manufacturer No: PH-91599

Chariots of Fire

The come-from-behind winner of the 1981 Oscar for best picture, Chariots of Fire either strikes you as either a cold exercise in mechanical manipulation or as a tale of true determination and inspiration. The heroes are an unlikely pair of young athletes who ran for Great Britain in the 1924 Paris Olympics: devout Protestant Eric Liddell (Ian Charleson), a divinity student whose running makes him feel closer to God, and Jewish Harold Abrahams (Ben Cross), a highly competitive Cambridge student who has to surmount the institutional hurdles of class prejudice and anti-Semitism. There's delicious support from Ian Holm (as Abrahams's coach) and John Gielgud and Lindsay Anderson as a couple of Cambridge fogies. Vangelis's soaring synthesized score, which seemed to be everywhere in the early 1980s, also won an Oscar. Chariots of Fire was the debut film of British television commercial director Hugh Hudson (Greystoke) and was produced by David Puttnam. --Jim Emerson

Living Landscapes: The World's Most Beautiful Places [HD DVD]

The LIVING LANDSCAPES series offers high-definition photography of the world's most beautiful places set to atmospheric surround-sound music for a relaxing armchair experience.Format: DVD HD Genre: MISCELLANEOUS/SPECIAL INTEREST UPC: 741319475652 Manufacturer No: LLWMP-HD

Do You Believe in Miracles? The Story of the 1980 U.S. Hockey Team

You don't need to know anything about hockey to be moved by this hourlong documentary about one of the greatest upsets in sports history: the United States' defeat of the vaunted Russian Olympic hockey team at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York. The film recounts the David vs. Goliath matchup between the Americans (essentially a group of college kids molded into a team by coach Herb Brooks, also the U.S. hockey coach in the 2002 Olympic games) and the Russians, professionals who had won four straight Olympic golds. The story is retold in interviews with the people who lived it, including Brooks and several of the American players, sportscaster Al Michaels (who uttered the title line as the game ended), and key Russian players. Do You Believe in Miracles? is a solid blend of sports and history that focuses on the human element in one of the great underdog victories of all time. --Marshall Fine

The Olympic Series: Golden Moments 1920-2002

One Day in September

The 1999 Academy Award®-winning documentary feature gives new insights into the 1972 Munich massacre - the murder of 11 Israeli athletes by a group of Palestinian extremists. For the first time the lone surviving member of the extremist group (who has been in hiding for 28 years) speaks about the horrible events and provides the first account from his perspective.System Requirements:Running Time 94 Mins.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DOCUMENTARIES/MISC. Rating: R UPC: 043396133181 Manufacturer No: 13318

On September 5, 1972, eight Palestinian terrorists killed two Israeli athletes and took nine others hostage at the Munich Olympic Village. The event stopped the games, gripped the world, and perhaps for the first time fully illustrated the volatile state of affairs in the Mideast to the world. Kevin Macdonald's 1999 Academy Award(r)-winning documentary painstakingly reconstructs the events, shedding light on what the world saw on television with the exasperating revelation of behind-the-scenes blunders.

This visceral, tense film uses riveting news footage to great effect, weaving in affecting interviews. Macdonald mourns the deaths of the innocent Olympic hostages and dutifully gives a voice to the Palestinian cause through interviews with Jamal al-Gashey, the only survivor of the eight terrorists, who briefly came out of hiding for the film. He earnestly but half-heartedly sketches a picture of the social and political situation that fueled the act, reserving his anger for the grossly unprepared German police force. The tragedy that erupted at the Fürstenfeldbruck air base becomes all the more upsetting in light of the incompetence and unforgivable mistakes: botched rescues, poor planning, bad intelligence, and lack of contingency plans. Even the irresponsibility of the media circus gets off lightly. It's a sobering, angering, often frustrating piece of non-fiction cinema, a thorough piece of historical research brought to life with an angry immediacy. Macdonald simply doesn't know what lessons to draw from it all. --Sean Axmaker

The First Olympics - Blood, Honor, and Glory (History Channel)

The First Olympics: Blood, Honor, and Glory includes three exciting History Channel documentaries about ancient roots of the Olympics in fact and myth. Curiously, the first two films, "The First Olympics" and "Blood and Honor at the First Olympics," are essentially the same, with slightly different narration, editing, and chapter titles. Of the two, "Blood and Honor" is a little more streamlined and is voiced by Leonard Nimoy, but the material is compelling enough to check out both works over time. Among other things, one learns that the first Olympians competed in the nude for all sports, that winning was everything and penalties for fouls and bribes were severe, and that there has been an Olympics committee--and Olympics competition every four years--since 776 B.C. "The Greek Gods" is a fine supplemental work introducing us to Zeus, in whose honor the Olympics were born, and the other divinities on Mt. Olympus. --Tom Keogh

Joel Harper's Fit Pack - Nine Short Workouts

From NYC celebrity trainer and creator of the YOU ON A DIET WORKOUT Joel Harper
9 Fat burning and muscle building workouts
170 minutes of workout time
no weights*no balls*no bands*
beginner-intermediate-advanced

From the creator of the YOU ON A DIET WORKOUT, this easy to follow workout program is perfect for all fitness levels. Whether you're a novice or want to take your workout to the next level, FIT PACK contains 9 short invigorating workouts targeted to specific body parts-chest, shoulders, legs, back, abs, buns, cardio and a combo workout for a complete and exhilarating total body conditioning.

No barbells, no dumbells, no ankle weights, no machines, no bands, no balls, and most of all, no excuses! With FIT PACK if you've got the desire to get fit and stay fit then you can shape, sculpt, and tone your body in a fast, fun and innovative way. And the best part of all is that reaching your fitness goals is as easy as popping it into your DVD player.

Olympic Century

Baby Looney Tunes, Vol. 3 - Puddly Olympics

There's no time like the present to kick off Vol. 3 as Granny decides to teach everyone how to tell time. Daffy thinks it's a waste of his time...until bad timing turns his day into a nightmare. Daffy wants Lola to be his badminton teammate because Taz doesn't know how to play. But it's Lola who discovers the true meaning of sportsmanship when she teaches Bugs and Daffy that winning isn't everything. Daffy gets into trouble as he finds Granny's wallet and decides it's "Mine!" Fortunately his obsession with possession teaches him that "finders keepers" is a game for weepers. Tweety's fear of the dark makes him a scaredy bird. So his pals put on a play to show what a big hero tiny Tweety can be! Four more endearing episodes complete this wonderful collection -- along with 4 sing-along songs to make growing up a Looney Tunesful playful time!Running Time: 88 min.System Requirements:Run Time: 44 mins Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: CHILDREN/FAMILY Rating: NR UPC: 012569838420 Manufacturer No: 83842