Knute Rockne, All American [dvd videorecording] /
Material type:
FilmPublisher number: 79118 | Warner Home Video80807 | Warner Home Video (set)Language: English Original language: English Publication details: Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video : Turner Entertainment Co., �2006.Description: 1 videodisc (98 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 inContent type: - two-dimensional moving image
- video
- videodisc
- 1419828363
- 9781419828362
- 791.43/72 22
- PN1995.9.S67 K5884 2006
- Executive producer, Hal B. Wallis ; associate producer, Robert Fellows ; director of photography, Tony Gaudio ; film editor, Ralph Dawson ; art director, Robert Haas ; sound by Charles Lang ; gowns by Milo Anderson ; special effects by Byron Haskin and Rex Wimpy ; orchestral arrangements by Ray Heindorf ; musical director, Leo F. Forbstein.
- Named to the National Film Registry in 1997 by the Library of Congress.
| Item type | Current library | Home library | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Video Loan | Spirit Lake Library DVD Video | Coeur d'Alene Library | Video - DVD | DVD KNUTE.R (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Checked out | 05/30/2024 | 50610021102954 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Knute Rockne-All American was Pat O'Brien's finest hour: thanks to intensive rehearsals and numerous makeup applications, he so closely resembled the title character that, in the words of Rockne's widow, "I almost expected him to make love with me". The life of the legendary Notre Dame football coach is recounted from his childhood, when young Rockne (played by Johnny Sheffield) startles his Norwegian-immigrant parents by announcing at the dinner table that he's just been introduced to "the most wonderful game of the world." As an adult, Rockne works his way through Indiana's Notre Dame university, under the watchful and benevolent eye of Father Callahan (Donald Crisp) A brilliant student, Rockne is urged by Father Nieuwland (Albert Basserman) to become a chemist, or at the very least remain a chemistry teacher. Newly married to Bonnie Skilles (Gale Page), Rockne at first sticks to academics, but the call of the gridiron is too loud for him to ignore, and before long he has built his reputation as the winningest college football coach in America. One of his most significant contributions to the game is the invention of the tactical shift, inspired by the precision choreography of a team of nightclub dancers! Among the players nurtured by Rockne are the immortal Four Horsemen-Miller (William Marshall), Stuhlreder (Harry Lukats), Laydon (Kane Richmond) and Crowley (William Byrne), and of course the tragic George Gipp, superbly enacted by Ronald Reagan. His career continues unabated until his death in a plane crash in 1931. The screenplay of Knute Rockne-All American tends to be all highlights and little story, with several of the more dramatic passages telegraphed well in advance (just before her husband's death, Bonnie Rockne comments forebodingly "It's gotten cold all of a sudden"). Still, the film remains one of the best and most inspirational sports biographies ever made, with a heart-wrenching conclusion guaranteed to moisten the eyes of even the most jaundiced viewer. Ironically, the film's most famous scene, George Gipp's deathbed admonition to "Win one for the Gipper", was for many years excised from all TV prints due to a legal entanglement stemming from an earlier radio dramatization of Rockne's life; fortunately, this and several related scenes were restored to the film in the early 1990s. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Based upon the private papers of Mrs. Rockne, and the reports of Rockne's intimate associates and friends.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1940.
Special features: "Teddy, the rough rider" Oscar-winning historical short; "Porky's baseball broadcast" classic cartoon; Lux Radio Theater Broadcast, Dec. 2, 1940 with O'Brien and Reagan; Theatrical trailer.
Executive producer, Hal B. Wallis ; associate producer, Robert Fellows ; director of photography, Tony Gaudio ; film editor, Ralph Dawson ; art director, Robert Haas ; sound by Charles Lang ; gowns by Milo Anderson ; special effects by Byron Haskin and Rex Wimpy ; orchestral arrangements by Ray Heindorf ; musical director, Leo F. Forbstein.
Pat O'Brien, Gale Page, Ronald Reagan, Donald Crisp, Albert Basserman, John Litel, Henry O'Neill, Owen Davis, Jr., John Qualen, Dorothy Tree, John Sheffield, Nick Lukats, Kane Richmond, William Marshall, William Byrne, Howard Jones, Glenn "Pop" Warner, Alonzo Stagg, William "Bill" Spaulding, Moreau Choir of Notre Dame.
"I've decided to take up coaching as my life work," Knute Rockne says. Coach he does, revolutionizing football with his strategies, winning close to 90 percent of his games, and helping establish the University of Notre Dame's Fighting Irish as a gridiron powerhouse, but victories alone do not mean success to Rockne. He wants to shape his players into responsible and honorable men.
Not rated by MPAA.
DVD; region 1, NTSC; full screen (1.33:1) presentation preserving the aspect ratio of its original theatrical exhibition; Dolby Digital mono.; dual-layer.
In English with optional English, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.
Named to the National Film Registry in 1997 by the Library of Congress.
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