Glickman
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DVD-R Details
- Rated: TV-PG
- Run Time: 1 hours, 23 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: February 4, 2014
- Originally Released: 2013
- Label: HBO Archive
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Directed by | James L. Freedman | |
Narrated by | James L. Freedman | |
Composition by | David Carbonara | |
Interviewee: | Marv Albert, Jim Brown, Bob Costas, Frank Gifford, Elliott Gould, Ross Greenberg, Jon Hamm, Marvin Hier, Larry King & Jerry Stiller | |
Produced by | James L. Freedman | |
Executive Production by | Martin Scorsese & Rick Yorn |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: 6/10 --
The documentary hews to a conventional structure, its own story chronological and in some instances, perfunctory, using archival voiceover from Glickman (who died in 2001) as well as bits of his announcing.
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PopMatters
Not many documentaries-not many, certainly, devoted to sports figures-can claim to bring their subjects to life so fully.
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Wall Street Journal
Rating: 4/5 --
Not just an affectionate portrait of a gifted athlete-turned-groundbreaking sportscaster, the film is also a fond remembrance of life in New York City from the 1930s through the '70s.
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Los Angeles Times
Rating: 3 stars --
The rousing story of Marty Glickman,who invented,in the 1940s and 1950s, the modern style of sports broadcasting.
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Arts Fuse
Rating: B --
Marty Glickman was simply being the best Marty Glickman he could be. For many he wasn't just the best Marty Glickman he was simply: the best.
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Description by OLDIES.com:
Before Marv Albert, Bob Costas and Mike Breen, there was Marty Glickman. This documentary chronicles the life and career of Glickman, a Jewish-American athlete-turned-broadcaster who pioneered many of the techniques, phrases and programming innovations that are commonplace in sports reporting today. A multi-sport athlete with blistering speed, he was a teammate of Jesse Owens on the 1936 U.S. Olympic track team, but politics and anti-Semitism robbed him of the chance to win gold in the 400-meter relay -- an event held in front of Adolf Hitler in Berlin. Returning home, Glickman was a football star at Syracuse, then found his niche in sports broadcasting -- narrating newsreels, calling pro, college and high-school games (most notably in the NFL and NBA), and shaping sports programming on numerous networks (including HBO) for over 50 years. Featuring archival footage and interviews with colleagues, friends and fans, Glickman is an illuminating portrait of a man who overcame prejudice to forge a remarkable career in sports, setting the gold standard for sports broadcasters past, present and future.
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- Sales Rank: 56,358
- UPC: 883316912560
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