Hoop Dreams - Criterion Collection

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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) Binding: DVD Brand: Team Marketing EAN: 9781559409582 Feature: Classic DVD Format: Closed-captioned Is Autographed: 0 ISBN: 1559409584 Is Memorabilia: 0 Label: Criterion Manufacturer: Criterion Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Criterion Region Code: 1 Release Date: 2005-05-10 Running Time: 170 Studio: Criterion Theatrical Release Date: 1994-10-14
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
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Editorial Reviews: Two ordinary inner-city kids dare to dream the impossible - professional basketball glory - in this epic chronicle of hope and faith. Filmed over a five-year period, Hoop Dreams follows young Arthur Agee and William Gates as they navigate the complex, competitive world of scholastic athletics while striving to overcome the intense pressures of family life and the realities of their Chicago streets. The Criterion Collection is proud to present this landmark documentary chronicling two remarkable families who challenge the American dream.
Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: Great! Comment: The movie bullets the book, it is just like the book. Its a 3 hour long documentary about 2 teen african american having the hoop dreams and going to St Josef, and eventually one gets kicked out of the private school because of financial problems and goes to public school,and the other kid gets injured big time, but that doesn't stop these african american kids from having their hoop dreams, eventually they make it to college on a scholarship off of basketball, but they really didn't make it into the NBA. It guides you through their school years fresh-senior, and tackles what every other normal teens go through. Customer Rating: Summary: A True Life Rocky Story and A Steal of a Price for Criterion. Comment: Hoop Dreams is an amazing film. Not only is it the best documentary of all time but one of the greatest movies of all time. I was amazed at how director Steve James was able to get this on film so perfectly. The story follows two inner city kids, Arthur Agee and William Gates, and their dream of making it to the NBA and out of the ghetto. The doc was filmed over five years we watch these two boys at fourteen grow to be young men and the ups and downs they go through. Viewers also get a look into the life of how kids are scouted and the harsh realities that go along with it but ultimately it's an uplifting story about overcoming your struggles and preserving. The doc is so natural that at many points I forgot it was a documentary and I was watching a movie based on a true story. Basketball was a part of my life growing up, playing on courts all around Mass, that and a love for film I was certain I'd like Hoop Dreams. Also reading over the years the high praise it received at times once you finally see a movie it could be a let down because your expectations were so high. What I found was the film exceeded any expectations I had and was so much more then just being about basketball. You don't watch a movie like Hoop Dreams you experience it. And it gets the best treatment dvds can get by Criterion, you can't go wrong. I give Hoop Dreams the highest possible recommendation. Customer Rating: Summary: Alumni Buy This Comment: Alumni of St. Joseph High School will like this because it shows the inside of the school and their teachers from the 80's. Customer Rating: Summary: Great product. Great delivery time Comment: This was a great product. The timing of the delivery was great as well. A + Customer Rating: Summary: The Best Documentary of All-Time Comment: Hoop Dreams is probably the most engrossing documentary ever made. It covers two young kids with unrealistic dreams that they will be the next Michael Jordan, or Isiah Thomas, their idols. Both can play, and play very well at that. However, being from poor families and growing up in a dangerous neighborhood, their only chances of realizing their dream is to play high school basketball out of the area. This documentary shows their lives at home, their lives at school and most of all their lives on the court. The trials and tribulations they go through to just play basketball at a place that warrants their skills is amazing. This is a must see film, I don't think it would be possible not to be intrigued by it. This product is the best documentary of any generation. More Reviews