| Description |
1 videodisc (60 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.. |
| Series |
Sports of the 20th century |
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Sports of the 20th century.
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| System Details |
DVD, Region 1, Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo, original television presentation aspect ratio, 1.33:1. |
| Performer |
Narrated by Ben Affleck ; interviewees include Glenn Ordway, Steven Wright, Michael Chiklis, Thomas Boswell, Leigh Montville, Shaun Kelly, Jeffrey Sirkman, Mike O'Malley, Matt Wilson, Denis Leary, Glenn Stout, Robert Creamer, Dan Shaughnessy, Peter Casey, Ben Mondor, Howard Bryant, Clark Booth, Ouisie Shapiro, Ben Birnbaum, Jackie MacMullen, Paul Sullivan, Sherri Giffin, Jerry Thornton, John Tobin, Scott Cordischi, Bud Collins, Jeffrey Lyons, Leigh Montville. |
| Credits |
On-line editor, Charles Marsella ; Camera, Andy Allman, Jon Hoffman, Rob Newman, Dave Zapatka ; original music, Brian Keane ; consultant, Dan Shaughnessy. |
| Note |
Originally aired as a television documentary in 2003. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: Not rated. |
| Summary |
In 1918, the Boston Red Sox won their fifth World Series, thanks in great part to the young pitching and hitting sensation Babe Ruth, the Bambino. When the team failed to make the Series after the 1919 season, Red Sox owner Harry Frazee sold the Babe to the New York Yankees. The Sox have never won a Series since [until 2004]. Told with humor in the face of heartache, the film focuses on the die-hard fans who live their entire lives lamenting the now famous "Curse." |
| Contents |
Fans of the Sox -- Selling of Babe Ruth -- Yankee rivalry -- Blaming the curse -- Coloring the Red Sox -- Great catastrophe. |
| Language |
In English or dubbed Spanish ; closed-captioned. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Ruth, Babe, 1895-1948.
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Boston Red Sox (Baseball team)
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Baseball players -- Trading of.
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Fans (Persons) -- Massachusetts -- Boston.
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Baseball players -- United States -- Biography.
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| Genre/Form |
Documentary films.
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Sports films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Roy, George.
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Stern, Steven H. (Steven Hilliard)
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Affleck, Ben, 1972-
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Wright, Steven, 1955-
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Chiklis, Michael, 1963-
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Leary, Denis.
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Stout, Glenn, 1958-
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Shaughnessy, Dan.
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HBO Sports.
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Home Box Office (Firm)
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Black Canyon Productions.
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HBO Video (Firm)
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| Note |
Title from container and disc label: Curse of the Bambino, does it exist? you be the judge |
| ISBN |
0783130384 |
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9780783130385 |
| Standard No. |
026359236525 |
| Music No. |
92365 HBO Video |
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