The Pride Of The Yankees
Traces the life of Lou Gehrig, famous baseball Hall of Fame player who played in 2130 consecutive games before falling at age 37 to ALS, a deadly nerve disease which now bears his name. Gehrig is followed from his athletic childhood in New York to his famous 'Luckiest Man' speech at his farewell day...
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| Format: | Videos DVD |
| Language: | English French Spanish |
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Beverly Hills, Calif. :
Distributed by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment,
[2008]
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| Edition: | Collector's ed. |
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| Summary: | Traces the life of Lou Gehrig, famous baseball Hall of Fame player who played in 2130 consecutive games before falling at age 37 to ALS, a deadly nerve disease which now bears his name. Gehrig is followed from his athletic childhood in New York to his famous 'Luckiest Man' speech at his farewell day in 1939. |
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| Item Description: | Title from container. Originally released as a motion picture in 1942. Special features: "The making of The pride of the Yankees" featurette; "The man behind the Iron Horse, what he left behind" featurette; "Always" the story behind the song featurette; "Lou Gehrig's Disease: the search for a cure" featurette; "Curt Schilling: legend on a legend" featurette. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (128 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Format: | DVD, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono., dual-layer, NTSC. |
| Audience: | Not rated. |
| Awards: | Academy Awards, USA, 1943: Oscar - Best Film Editing (Daniel Mandell) |
