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3 - The Dale Earnhardt Story (2 Disc Collector's Edition)
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Product Features:
- Classic DVD
- Exclusive interviews, highlights, and behind the scenes coverage
- DVD's main menu allow you to jump directly to the action
- Presented in full-screen digital video
ASIN: B000FVR1TM
Release Date: 2004-12-14 |
Product Description
Biographical story of Dale Earnhardt, Sr. starts with his young life and growing up with his father, Ralph, who raced for a living, but initially wanted more for his son. When Dale quits high school to start driving full time, his father aids him and shows a reluctant pride when he is initially successful. Armed with many of his father's philosophies, Dale pushed himself to be the best. His aggressive track mannerisms earned himself fans and detractors. Fellow racer Neil Bonnett was one of those long time friends and whose death deeply affected Dale. Darrell Waltrip clearly was a detractor and the two men's rivalry is clearly depicted. Off the track, Dale's determination to make it impacts two marriages. Third wife Theresa was closer to racing and met Dale when he had started his rise into the Winston Cup circuit. The story also looks at his relationship with his children, particularly son Kerry from his first marriage and whom he did not see again after age 5 until Kerry in his late teens showed up to meet his father again. Similar to his own father, Dale drove Dale Jr. to be the best, including temporarily sending him to military school when his grades slipped, but like his father, Dale Jr. only wanted to race. Contains mild profanity.
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Despite a limited TV budget and a tight 20-day shooting schedule, ESPN's 3 pays honorable tribute to NASCAR's greatest hero. Barry Pepper (the ace marksman in Saving Private Ryan) is perfectly cast as Dale Earnhardt, who rose from humble beginnings as a cotton-mill worker to legendary status as "the Intimidator," whose aggressive racing style was frequently controversial. While basing its drama on Earnhardt's relationship with his stern father Ralph (himself a fearless dirt-track champion), Robert Eisele's teleplay struggles with trackside clichés while functioning as both intimate portrait and highlight reel of pivotal races from Earnhardt's career. As directed by Russell Mulcahy (Highlander), the film succeeds as a blue-collar drama about a man driven by destiny--and ominous fate--who embodied the best (and sometimes the worst) of NASCAR culture, popularizing the sport like no driver before or since. All of the essential bases are covered, and the superb supporting cast includes Elizabeth Mitchell as Earnhardt's third wife, Teresa, J.K. Simmons (J. Jonah Jameson from the Spider-Man films) as Ralph Earnhardt, and newcomer Marshall McGee as Dale Earnhardt Jr. Titled after Earnhardt's black #3 Goodwrench Chevy, 3 is a conventional TV biopic, but it's essential viewing for those who loved--or even hated--the man who died too young, at age 49, on the final lap at Daytona in 2001.
Bonus features in this two-disc set are abundant and excellent, including an in-depth "making of" featurette, a definitive ESPN documentary on Earnhardt's life and career (featuring a virtual who's-who of NASCAR superstars), a generous archive of Earnhardt interviews, and extensive highlights from four historic races, including Earnhardt's controversial contact with Terry Labonte to win the 1999 Bush 500 at Bristol, and the Earnhardts' (Sr. and Jr.) 1st- and 2nd-place wins at IROC round 3 that same year. All in all, this is DVD heaven for NASCAR fans. --Jeff Shannon
Customer Reviews:
A well done movie plus great extras.......2007-07-23
I am a new fan to NASCAR, so I really wasn't too up on the life of The Intimidator. Hence, I bought this movie. This was a good movie. I learned a lot about the man, the myth and the legend. From what people tell me it was pretty accurate. The actors were highly believeable, which was important for me, and the movie was not cheesy. It was a solid movie. I am glad I got it and I will certainly watch it again and again. The bonus features were cool as well. Interviews, documentaries, race clips and highlights--it has it all! I was really pleased with this product and learned a lot about Dale Earnahardt.
Very good acting and DVD Extras, but had an unsatisfying ending that left me feeling cheated........2007-07-14
The movie had me hooked right from the beginning, as it followed three generations of Earnhardts; Ralph Earnhardt (Dale's dad), Dale himself, and Dale Jr. The film only briefly focused on Dale Earnhardt's other children (mostly Kerry). In addition, Teresa Earnhardt was wonderfully played by Elizabeth Mitchell (she played Juliet in the "Lost" tv series), and has been in several feature films as well.
Even though I'm more of a Jeff Gordon fan, I thought this was a well-acted, well-paced, and above average made-for-tv movie (ESPN). Most of the acting was of feature film quality. As well, most of the actors looked so much like their real-life counterparts, that it added tremendously to my enjoyment of it. The guy who played Dale Jr. was one of the real life racing instructors at the track that the actor's were training at. He had never acted before, but was hired because he looked and sounded so much like Dale Jr. Only the actor who played Darrell Waltrip was poor, and also looked nothing like him.
Unfortunately, the ending was far too abrupt and short, and wasted almost all of the tension the movie had built up. It left me feeling cold and cheated. It's too bad they didn't cut out about five minutes from the movie, so that they could have added scenes that took place AFTER Dale's final race. I wanted to see the emotional reactions from the characters I had just spent ninety minutes with, so that the senseless loss would be more gut-wrenching and therefore more satisfying overall.
DVD Special Features (Extras):
Disc #1: Has two featurettes on it, both of which are above average as well. The making of the movie featurette was 35 minutes in length and wasn't just a puff piece like most making-of extras often are. It even showed some of the actors looping their dialogue-it was short, but was still better explained than I've seen it done anywhere else.
There was also a 43 minute extra, which featured interviews with several stars and racing people, including the real Dale Earnhardt and Dale Jr. It's really a shame that this featurette had more teary eyes and emotional impact than the ending of the actual movie. The movie would have been so much more satisfying if some of that emotion had been included at the end. After you watch the movie make sure you watch this EXTRA. I was much more satisfied after watching it and I know you will be too.
Disc #2: Has a total of five different interviews, from the years: 1991, 1997 and 1998. Most are just with Dale Earnhardt, but some include his son, Dale Jr. They total 59 minutes in length and are quite good.
Also included, are two ESPN Tv shows that Dale Earnhardt appeared on. They are: "2 Minute Drill" (21 minutes in length), and "Ultimate Outdoors with Wayne Pearson" (18 minutes in length). In "2 minute Drill", Dale just asks the contestants Nascar related questions, and in "Ultimate Outdoors...", we watch Dale hunt a deer. I found it creepy watching him wait for, and then shoot the deer. I knew he hunted, but I just didn't think he would like it so much. Very disturbing, even though they never showed the bullet entering each deer.
Finally, there is actual (edited) ESPN race footage (in full screen) from four different races. However, they DIDN'T include Dale's only Daytona 500 win, or his 7th Nascar Winston Cup Championship clinching race. Very odd.
Instead, the four included races are as follows:
1) 1993- Atlanta (Hooter's 500): Last race of the 1993 season where Dale clinches his 6th Championship. (45 minutes)
2) 1995- Sear's Point (Sonoma, Calif.)(Save Mart Supermarkets 300): Dale wins his first Nascar Winston Cup road race- with some nice roof-cam (etc.) shots. (28 minutes)
3) 1999- Bristol (Goody's Headache Powder 500; and NO, it's NOT the Busch 500, like the Dvd menu says): Night race battle between Dale Earnhardt and Terry Labonte. (14 minutes)
4)1999- IROC race-Round 3 from Michigan: 23rd running of the International Race Of Champions; featuring equal cars all painted in different colors. Dale was driving the blue car. Dale Jr. and Jeff Gordon were also in the race, along with 9 other drivers (not all from Nascar). Great finish.
So, I'd give the movie 3 and a half stars on it's own (even with the disappointing ending), and the DVD extras push it up to 4 stars overall.
My Review.......2007-03-08
wow, this movie is truly amazing- it follows Dale Earnhardt Sr from childhood untill death. When the DVD arrived it was in EXCELLENT condition! I would recomend Amazon to anyone that asks me about them.
A Nice Surprise.......2007-01-18
I was ready to be disappointed ~ I couldn't imagine anyone pulling off Dale Earnhardt ~ But Barry Pepper did (and that is coming from a Die-Hard Earnhardt fan!) I didn't learn anything new about Dale but was entertained by a great story and some very good acting. The Movie alone was worth the purchase price but the Bonus Features are so amazing I was floored! They don't just show some clips here and there ~ there is lap after lap racing footage that could be an entire DVD itself. This would be a great gift for any racing enthusiast!
great movie/ highway robbery price.......2006-08-01
I liked the movie but the price they are wanting for this is crazy. Everywhere else wants 20 and under for this and they want 30 somthing for it crazy. Some places are selling it for 13 brand new
Amazon.com
Despite a limited TV budget and a tight 20-day shooting schedule, ESPN's 3 pays honorable tribute to NASCAR's greatest hero. Barry Pepper (the ace marksman in Saving Private Ryan) is perfectly cast as Dale Earnhardt, who rose from humble beginnings as a cotton-mill worker to legendary status as "the Intimidator," whose aggressive racing style was frequently controversial. While basing its drama on Earnhardt's relationship with his stern father Ralph (himself a fearless dirt-track champion), Robert Eisele's teleplay struggles with trackside clichés while functioning as both intimate portrait and highlight reel of pivotal races from Earnhardt's career. As directed by Russell Mulcahy (Highlander), the film succeeds as a blue-collar drama about a man driven by destiny--and ominous fate--who embodied the best (and sometimes the worst) of NASCAR culture, popularizing the sport like no driver before or since. All of the essential bases are covered, and the superb supporting cast includes Elizabeth Mitchell as Earnhardt's third wife, Teresa, J.K. Simmons (J. Jonah Jameson from the Spider-Man films) as Ralph Earnhardt, and newcomer Marshall McGee as Dale Earnhardt Jr. Titled after Earnhardt's black #3 Goodwrench Chevy, 3 is a conventional TV biopic, but it's essential viewing for those who loved--or even hated--the man who died too young, at age 49, on the final lap at Daytona in 2001.
Bonus features in this two-disc set are abundant and excellent, including an in-depth "making of" featurette, a definitive ESPN documentary on Earnhardt's life and career (featuring a virtual who's-who of NASCAR superstars), a generous archive of Earnhardt interviews, and extensive highlights from four historic races, including Earnhardt's controversial contact with Terry Labonte to win the 1999 Bush 500 at Bristol, and the Earnhardts' (Sr. and Jr.) 1st- and 2nd-place wins at IROC round 3 that same year. All in all, this is DVD heaven for NASCAR fans. --Jeff Shannon
Description
Golden Globe(R) and Emmy(R) nominee Barry Pepper stars as the greatest NASCAR driver of all time in the ESPN original Movie 3: THE DALE EARNHARDT STORY. Growing up in the shadow of his father, Ralph, Dale Earnhardt was driven to prove that his dreams of professional racing could become a reality. But when his own son, Dale Jr., wanted to follow in his footsteps, Dale reacted in the same way as his stubborn old man -- until a moving realization helped both him and his son fulfill their destinies on the track. From his humble beginnings to the triumph and tragedy of his career, this true-life story provides a thrilling look at the man who was called "The Intimidator" by rivals and friends alike. Packed with hours of exclusive bonus footage and interviews from the ESPN archives, this 2-disc special edition DVD is the ultimate account of racing's legendary hero.
Customer Reviews:
A well done movie plus great extras.......2007-07-23
I am a new fan to NASCAR, so I really wasn't too up on the life of The Intimidator. Hence, I bought this movie. This was a good movie. I learned a lot about the man, the myth and the legend. From what people tell me it was pretty accurate. The actors were highly believeable, which was important for me, and the movie was not cheesy. It was a solid movie. I am glad I got it and I will certainly watch it again and again. The bonus features were cool as well. Interviews, documentaries, race clips and highlights--it has it all! I was really pleased with this product and learned a lot about Dale Earnahardt.
Very good acting and DVD Extras, but had an unsatisfying ending that left me feeling cheated........2007-07-14
The movie had me hooked right from the beginning, as it followed three generations of Earnhardts; Ralph Earnhardt (Dale's dad), Dale himself, and Dale Jr. The film only briefly focused on Dale Earnhardt's other children (mostly Kerry). In addition, Teresa Earnhardt was wonderfully played by Elizabeth Mitchell (she played Juliet in the "Lost" tv series), and has been in several feature films as well.
Even though I'm more of a Jeff Gordon fan, I thought this was a well-acted, well-paced, and above average made-for-tv movie (ESPN). Most of the acting was of feature film quality. As well, most of the actors looked so much like their real-life counterparts, that it added tremendously to my enjoyment of it. The guy who played Dale Jr. was one of the real life racing instructors at the track that the actor's were training at. He had never acted before, but was hired because he looked and sounded so much like Dale Jr. Only the actor who played Darrell Waltrip was poor, and also looked nothing like him.
Unfortunately, the ending was far too abrupt and short, and wasted almost all of the tension the movie had built up. It left me feeling cold and cheated. It's too bad they didn't cut out about five minutes from the movie, so that they could have added scenes that took place AFTER Dale's final race. I wanted to see the emotional reactions from the characters I had just spent ninety minutes with, so that the senseless loss would be more gut-wrenching and therefore more satisfying overall.
DVD Special Features (Extras):
Disc #1: Has two featurettes on it, both of which are above average as well. The making of the movie featurette was 35 minutes in length and wasn't just a puff piece like most making-of extras often are. It even showed some of the actors looping their dialogue-it was short, but was still better explained than I've seen it done anywhere else.
There was also a 43 minute extra, which featured interviews with several stars and racing people, including the real Dale Earnhardt and Dale Jr. It's really a shame that this featurette had more teary eyes and emotional impact than the ending of the actual movie. The movie would have been so much more satisfying if some of that emotion had been included at the end. After you watch the movie make sure you watch this EXTRA. I was much more satisfied after watching it and I know you will be too.
Disc #2: Has a total of five different interviews, from the years: 1991, 1997 and 1998. Most are just with Dale Earnhardt, but some include his son, Dale Jr. They total 59 minutes in length and are quite good.
Also included, are two ESPN Tv shows that Dale Earnhardt appeared on. They are: "2 Minute Drill" (21 minutes in length), and "Ultimate Outdoors with Wayne Pearson" (18 minutes in length). In "2 minute Drill", Dale just asks the contestants Nascar related questions, and in "Ultimate Outdoors...", we watch Dale hunt a deer. I found it creepy watching him wait for, and then shoot the deer. I knew he hunted, but I just didn't think he would like it so much. Very disturbing, even though they never showed the bullet entering each deer.
Finally, there is actual (edited) ESPN race footage (in full screen) from four different races. However, they DIDN'T include Dale's only Daytona 500 win, or his 7th Nascar Winston Cup Championship clinching race. Very odd.
Instead, the four included races are as follows:
1) 1993- Atlanta (Hooter's 500): Last race of the 1993 season where Dale clinches his 6th Championship. (45 minutes)
2) 1995- Sear's Point (Sonoma, Calif.)(Save Mart Supermarkets 300): Dale wins his first Nascar Winston Cup road race- with some nice roof-cam (etc.) shots. (28 minutes)
3) 1999- Bristol (Goody's Headache Powder 500; and NO, it's NOT the Busch 500, like the Dvd menu says): Night race battle between Dale Earnhardt and Terry Labonte. (14 minutes)
4)1999- IROC race-Round 3 from Michigan: 23rd running of the International Race Of Champions; featuring equal cars all painted in different colors. Dale was driving the blue car. Dale Jr. and Jeff Gordon were also in the race, along with 9 other drivers (not all from Nascar). Great finish.
So, I'd give the movie 3 and a half stars on it's own (even with the disappointing ending), and the DVD extras push it up to 4 stars overall.
My Review.......2007-03-08
wow, this movie is truly amazing- it follows Dale Earnhardt Sr from childhood untill death. When the DVD arrived it was in EXCELLENT condition! I would recomend Amazon to anyone that asks me about them.
A Nice Surprise.......2007-01-18
I was ready to be disappointed ~ I couldn't imagine anyone pulling off Dale Earnhardt ~ But Barry Pepper did (and that is coming from a Die-Hard Earnhardt fan!) I didn't learn anything new about Dale but was entertained by a great story and some very good acting. The Movie alone was worth the purchase price but the Bonus Features are so amazing I was floored! They don't just show some clips here and there ~ there is lap after lap racing footage that could be an entire DVD itself. This would be a great gift for any racing enthusiast!
great movie/ highway robbery price.......2006-08-01
I liked the movie but the price they are wanting for this is crazy. Everywhere else wants 20 and under for this and they want 30 somthing for it crazy. Some places are selling it for 13 brand new
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