61* and When it was a Game - June 7, 2011

[SteelPen]

61* Blu-ray

In the summer of 1961, Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle took on Babe Ruth's record, the 1927 single-season 60 home run slam. It would be a summer that no one who knows baseball would forget. Mickey Mantle is a Yankee favorite, a hit with fans and sports writers alike and natural heir to his predecessors Joe DiMaggio, Lou Gehrig, and Babe Ruth. Also at bat is a yound midwesterner, Roger Maris, ahard-hitting right fielder. Maris is Mantle's opposite in almost every way. Quiet and soft-spoken, he doesn't add up to everything a sports legend should be, and finds himself losing the support of the fans. As the summer of 1961 unfolds, both find themselves approaching Babe Ruth's benchmark of 60 home runs. Facing mounting pressure from the media and the stands, they both know there's only room for one winner.

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When It Was a Game: The Complete Collection Blu-ray

These are the greats of baseball history, legends in their lifetime legends today. It's baseball as you've never seen it before the way you always imagined the way it was. When It Was A Game is composed entirely of 8 and 16 mm home movie footage taken by fans and the players themselves between 1934 and 1957.

Nice to see more Baseball on Blu!

[dcremuno]

61* was a great film. Nice to see it's coming to Blu

[maverick22]

Will make great Father's Day gifts for my Dad! Great timing!

[mpclark31]

Looking forward to the "When It Was A Game" Collection.

[Grenouille]

I'm in for both. Even my Yankee hate couldn't dampen my liking for 61.

[yojoeski]

This is all 3 volumes of When It Was A Game right?

[deadhatetheliving]

Originally Posted by Grenouille

I'm in for both. Even my Yankee hate couldn't dampen my liking for 61.

+1
Might get 1 for me and 1 for my Dad.

[Moviefan1203]

Originally Posted by dcremuno

61* was a great film. Nice to see it's coming to Blu

Well said. It is a little seen gem of a film that is vastly underrated. I cannot wait to add 61* to my Blu-ray library.

[sfmarine]

This originally aired on HBO right?

[fgomike]

Originally Posted by sfmarine

This originally aired on HBO right?

Correct.

I live in Fargo, ND which the birthplace of Roger Maris. Every year they have a golf tourny in his memory. Couple of years ago, Billy Crystal, Barry Pepper and some other cast members along with Bob Costas and had a special showing in Fargo. It was awesome.

[EVOLVIST]

61* is a brilliant film, only slightly blemished in one spot when the reflective Roger Maris is in a hotel room, and the soundtrack is some modern slow song and not a period track.

I, too, used to watch this with my father, as he remembered the famous events. I know I'l cry when I see this in blu, because my father is no longer around to see it with me.

Can't wait for the release!