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DVD NASCAR - The IMAX Experience
Until you've seen NASCAR: The IMAX Experience, you haven't really seen NASCAR. Even without the advantage of a gigantic IMAX screen and 70-millimeter 3-D projection, this 48-minute IMAX film is a perfect primer for newcomers to the sport of stock-car racing. Like all IMAX films it's aimed at a mainstream audience (hardcore NASCAR fans won't learn anything new here), so it covers a broad spectrum of general history, technical information, and pure high-speed adrenaline, from NASCAR's origins in 1947 to the oval-track highlights of the 2003 season. While Lonesome Dove director Simon Wincer captures the action (including some amazing mid-pack and cockpit footage during actual races), Kiefer Sutherland narrates an informative survey of season-long activities, from car building and safety measures at Mooresville, North Carolina, to pit-crew practice, transportation logistics, constant danger and its effect on drivers' wives and families, and the aerodynamics of drafting. Interesting trivia (each tire costs $389!) is included along with driver profiles and a compilation of memorable race finishes, but it's the IMAX footage that makes this a thrill-a-minute DVD, perfect for anyone who's just beginning to enjoy the world's fastest (and fastest-growing) sport. --Jeff Shannon
I watched this movie on my boyfriend's home theater and I was BLOWN AWAY!
Pop this disc into a system with a good big-screen TV and surround sound system for a real impactful viewing experience. For the Nascar love and Nascar hater alike.
Really gets your blood pumping!
Great IMAX film even for someone who hates NASCAR!!
I am not a NASCAR fan, plain and simple. But I am a big advocate of IMAX films, both ones about nature and ones about 200 mph cars. This is a great flick, from narration all the way down to the filming of the pictures. The camera angles bring you into the sport and show that the sport is actually more than racing, it is actually a bit of science with the drafting, and new technology in the sport.
Bracing!
I've always said the IMAX adventure doesn't truly come to life in the theater the way it does in your living room, and "NASCAR: The IMAX Experience" is Exhibit A for my case. I nearly dived under my couch when all 15 inches of Jeff Gordon's car came hurtling at me!
Better than an all-day pit pass, Dale Earnhardt Jr.: Any Given Day offers an all-access invitation to a week in the life of NASCAR's reigning superstar. For fans of "Little E," this professionally made home movie is Jr.'s way of saying "thanks for your support" while giving those same fans an idea of how challenging fame can be when you're the heir to NASCAR royalty. Without a single mention of Dale Sr.'s fatal accident in 2001, it's clear that Jr. bears the burden of his father's racing legacy, added to the punishing demands of an exhausting public-appearance schedule, boring photo sessions and TV commercial shoots, practice and qualifying runs, and weekends devoted to pursuing the Winston (now Nextel) Cup championship. And yet, this day-by-day video journal also shows Jr.... More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Dale Earnhardt Jr. DVD Release Date: Released the 10 February 2004 Usually ships in 24 hours
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One of the best directors of IMAX films, Stephen Low (Titanica) has always been a race fan. After obtaining permission from CART, a governing body of Indy car racing and Newman/Haas racing (a Championship team co-owned by Paul Newman), Low found his stars for Super Speedway: the racing Andrettis, father Mario and son Michael. Mounting cameras fore and aft on the Andrettis' cars, IMAX offers a better vantage point than an ESPN camera, at a superior grade of clarity. Add to that the excellent sound and you can "feel" the bumps on the asphalt as the cars zoom in and out of corners. The large format can turn a pit stop into a dramatic 12 seconds as we see the driver's eyes dart away from his cockpit for a few brief seconds. We watch Michael Andretti on oval tracks and exciting... More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Paul Newman Director(s): Stephen Low DVD Release Date: Released the 18 September 2001 Usually ships in 24 hours
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I've been watching NASCAR for a few years now and have really become a fan. I never followed any one driver. Not being that familiar with racing, the only driver I knew anything about was Jeff Gordon. But in the past couple years I've really started to pay attention to the races and the drivers. One of them was Tony Stewart. The one thing I really knew of Tony was that unbelievable crash at Daytona.
Everything that had been written about him was his aggressive attitude. As I've read more about him and watched him race, what I've discovered is that aggressive attitude is an amazing passion for driving, be it stock cars, INDY cars, or midgets. This DVD points that out. I rented it last week and have already watched it three times. I will be adding this to my sports... More Info about this DVD DVD Release Date: Released the 16 December 2003 Usually ships in 24 hours
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