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| The Pride of the Yankees (Collector's Edition) | 
 enlarge | Actors: Ernie S. Adams, Hardie Albright, Edgar Barrier, Anita Bolster, Walter Brennan
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (73 reviews)
Sales Rank: 13418
Format: Black & White, Collector's Edition, Color, Dvd-video, Full Screen, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: DVD
Running Time: 128 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: MGMDM110298D
UPC: 883904102984
EAN: 0883904102984
ASIN: B0010YSD9A
Release Date: March 18, 2008
Theatrical Release Date: 1942
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His talent made him a legend. His courage made him a hero. Gary Cooper is nothing short of wonderful (The Motion Picture Guide) in this moving true story of Lou Gehrig, the Hall-of-Fame ballplayer who reached the heights of stardom only to face tragedy with a dignity that inspired a nation. Nominated* for eleven Academy AwardsA(r), including Best Picture, The Pride of the Yankees is a glorious [and] inspiring (The Hollywood Reporter) sports classic. LouGehrig's boyhood dreams come true when he signs on with the New York Yankees and takes the field alongside his idol, Babe Ruth. In fact, Lou considers himself 'the luckiest man in the world until unthinkable misfortune strikes, and he must summon all his courage to face his toughest battle yet.
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When people say, "They don't make them like they used to," Pride of the Yankees is just the kind of film they're wistfully remembering. Nominated for 11 Academy awards (winning one for film editing), this handsome biographical drama of baseball legend Lou Gehrig is one of the most finely crafted films ever to emerge from Hollywood. Gary Cooper, that great oak of an American actor, progresses from the awkward and naively shy rookie to the seasoned "Iron Horse" first baseman of the New York Yankees without losing his idealism or modesty. Teresa Wright captures the same slice of Americana with her mixture of girl-next-door sweetness and urban sophistication as his supportive wife, Eleanor. After he's diagnosed with a degenerative neurological disease (known today simply as Lou Gehrig's disease), Cooper delivers Gehrig's famous retirement speech from the mound of Yankee Stadium with the courage and spirit of a winner: "I consider myself to be the luckiest man on the face of the earth." One of the finest sports films ever made, Pride is about more than simply baseball: Gehrig, the hard-working, uncommonly talented son of immigrant parents, is the living embodiment of the American Dream. Walter Brennan and Dan Duryea costar as a Greek chorus of sportswriters, and real-life Yankees Bill Dickey, Mark Koenig, Bob Meusel, and Babe Ruth appear as themselves. --Sean Axmaker
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You'll be proud to introduce your kids to this film about virtue, courage, and an indomitable spirit. Like Treasure Island and Tom Sawyer, Pride should be required viewing for every family. Gary Cooper plays Lou Gehrig, the "Iron Horse" New York Yankee first baseman who became a record-setting legend in baseball. Sure, Cooper's a little long in the tooth to play a collegian, and he tries to capture Gehrig's innocence with a kind of eye-batting dopiness. But the last moments of the film, before Gehrig's final, famous farewell, transform the picture. Gehrig happens across a young man whom he had encountered years before in a children's hospital, and with this sequence, Pride becomes something more than a movie about innate talent and athleticism, or a lost era of America, it crystallizes into a film about (gulp!) human will. An absolute must. --Keith Simanton
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 NOT ANOTHER EDITION! July 21, 2008
0 out of 4 found this review helpful
How many editions are there going to be? They have special editions, ultimate, anniversary, etc. Instead of coming out with the same movie over and over again, how about putting some more classics out there. The African Queen, Cavalcade, Samson and Delilah and The Uninvited, to name just 4, still aren't on DVD yet!
 Great Classic! July 13, 2008
I first saw this film on Turner Classic Films on cable and couldn't wait to get myself a copy. Gary Cooper and Teresa Wright are dynamite. They had wonderful chemistry and did a beautiful performance! Gary Cooper was right handed so he batted right handed and they made him run to third base for the filming.
The film portraits Lou and his family true to life as well as the climax between Babe Ruth and Lou. A touching story that will make you want more. Good clean fun for the whole family to enjoy. Don't miss one of hollywood classic films!
Pride of the Yankees June 28, 2008
Great movie always enjoy a Gary Cooper movie, and I love baseball even though I am an Australian and cricket is our local game..
"Classic Sports Film: Even for Phillies & Red Sox Fans" June 20, 2008
PRIDE OF THE YANKEES was released in 1942 to both critical and commercial success. It is at once a sports movie and a romance, with both dramatic and comedic elements. The cast is absolutely wonderful, with stellar performances by Gary Cooper, Teresa Wright and Walter Brennan leading a well rounded bevy of supporting actors including Dan Duryea and Ludwig Stossel & Elsa Janssen (as Mom & Pop Gehrig). Director Sam Wood (A Night at the Opera, A Day at the Races, Our Town, Goodbye Mr. Chips, The Stratton Story, and so many others memorable films) coaxed believable performances out of a number of Yankee greats including Bill Dickey, Bob Meusel, Mark Koenig, and of course, Babe Ruth. PRIDE was nominated for a total of 11 Academy Awards in its year of release, including best picture, best actor and actress, and other various categories. It won for Film Editing (well-deserved - the pace and timing of the film are perfect).
The DVD itself is well done: the film is beautifully mastered with pristine picture and sound quality.
The real story of course, is Lou Gehrig the man, not merely the baseball player. Gary Cooper becomes Gehrig as he progresses from the naive rookie and awkward romantic to seasoned ballplayer and devoted husband. Teresa Wright, who passed away in 2005, gave a wonderful performance ranging from playful to tearful. Walter Brennan, as Gehrig's reporter/best friend, displays the remarkable range that brought him three supporting actor Oscars.
Gary Cooper's delivery of Gehrig's farewell at Yankee Stadium (after his retirement due to the disease that bears his name), while not historically accurate, still brings tears to one's eyes after repeated screenings. The ending is one of the most dramatic and fulfilling of any movie.
PRIDE OF THE YANKEES ultimately transcends the sports movie genre. It is a classic film in terms of plot and character development and paints a vivid portrait of one of the most enduring legacies in the history of baseball and twentieth-century life.
 You Know the Type June 11, 2008
0 out of 12 found this review helpful
Stodgy. Hokey. Stiff. Predictable. You know the type. This is the kind of movie that gives those cliches a bad name. And to think... 50 years before Forrest Gump we had Gary Cooper doing it up first! The dim-witted country bumpkin-type... hamming it up as a sort of cross between a alchoholically impaired Stan Laurel and a gay Lurch the Butler. It's somehow hard to believe that our 6' 3" tall leading man could be the dutiful son of two short fat Austrian-American parents! And the dialog....!! Funny! Cooper fills in for the lack of it with the corniest facial gestures and quivering lip movements this side of the silent movie days. It was like watching a severely retarded child try to thread a needle for two hours. A movie that looks like it could have been made a decade or more earlier. One star given for the appearance of the real Babe Ruth (and for seeing Walter Brennan when he was young enough to have teeth). The other....?? Because they won't let me get away from here without giving it. Absolutely one of the worst 'great' movies ever made. In my humble opinion, of course... :)
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