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Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 9786302344882 Format: Black & White, NTSC ISBN: 6302344883 Label: Warner Home Video Languages: Manufacturer: Warner Home Video Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Warner Home Video Release Date: April 01, 1992 Running Time: 107 minutes Studio: Warner Home Video Theatrical Release Date: August 24, 1951 Editorial Review: Amazon.com: This reverential, well-crafted 1951 biopic starring the hulky Burt Lancaster as Native American Olympian Thorpe is hardly the definitive word on one of our greatest track stars, but it does remind us how unfair and demeaning it once was for athletes of color. Concentrating on Thorpe's track and football victories (he also excelled at boxing, swimming, and golf), director Michael Curtiz and screenwriters Douglas Morrow and Everett Freeman (working from Thorpe's autobiography) chart their hero's rise from reservation poverty to Carlisle College track star to 1912 Olympic decathlon/pentathlon winner. Thorpe was stripped of his medals when it was learned that he had taken a few bucks as a football player. Lancaster is even better at playing Thorpe in the depths of drunkenness and despair than in his jock heyday. Charles Bickford is Pop Warner, the legendary coach who encouraged Thorpe to go for the gold, and Phyllis Thaxter appears as the athlete's supportive wife. Thorpe, who served as technical adviser, died two years after this film was released. Thirty years later, the International Olympic Committee overturned the earlier ruling and returned Thorpe's medals to his family. "What does it mean now?" a bitter Lancaster was quoted as saying at the time. --Glenn Lovell Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Forgotten Athlete Whether to rate this 4 or 5 stars is a little difficult. The story is easily 5 stars. There may have been some room for improvement in the production by today's standards. But, the movie tells the story and tells it well nonetheless. It is an important movie more than simply a good movie since it keeps the story of a truly great athlete alive. There may be a tendency for some to rate this lower simply because of the sadness of the story. And I feel comments on casting white actors to play native ... Read More Rating: - best sport moviesseen the movie in the theater best sport movie i ve seen purchased this one for my sons birthday i know he will enjoy it Rating:  - Wonderful BookThe Jim Thorpe dvd is quite wonderful because it seems to be produced factually, i.e., without too much undue embellishment (that is, not too much "Hollywood") but simply a vivid portrayal of Jim Thorpe's life and accomplishments. Another quality it has has to do with its subject matter: Jim Thorpe as a Native American, a heroic role model. Excellent treatment of the subject! Simon J. Ortiz Rating: - jim thorpe all americanI WAS VERY HAPPY TO RECEIVE MY DVD AND THE QUALITY AND SERVICE WAS FIRST CLASS AND I HAVE TOLD MY FRIENDS ABOUT YOUR MARVELOUS SERVICE AND PRODUCT KIND REGARDS RICHARD WOODINGS. Rating: - I Wish They Still Made Films Like This One Again.This is a true gem of a film and one of Hollywood's finest attempts at telling a life's story. For me it ranks right up there with Sergeant York. "Jim Thorpe, All American," has the perfect balance of thoughtful screenplay and direction, superb musical score by one of Hollywood's alltime best, and some of the best actors of its day. I wish more films today were made like this film. |
