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DVD Details
- Rated: Unrated
- Closed captioning available
- Run Time: 1 hours, 48 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: March 23, 2004
- Originally Released: 1999
- Label: Universal Studios
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Featured: | Terry Funk, Jake 'The Snake' Roberts, Vince McMahon & Jesse Ventura | |
Directed by | Barry W. Blaustein | |
Edited by | Jeff Werner | |
Written by | Barry W. Blaustein | |
Composition by | Nathan Barr | |
Produced by | Barry W. Blaustein, Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, Michael Rosenberg & Barry Bloom | |
Director of Photography: | Michael Grady |
Entertainment Reviews:
A gently and genuinely observed film whose subject is a garish, artificial display of mayhem.
Variety
Rating: 3/4 --
Am engrossing watch, but it's far from the most fascinating and incisive look at its subject.
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TheMovieReport.com
Documentaries are almost always more interesting if the filmmakers fess up about their relationship to the subject, as unabashed pro-wrestling fan Barry Blaustein does in this naively made, compelling homage to the sport.
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Chicago Reader
Rating: 3/4 --
A very good film that both wrestling fans and non-wrestling fans will enjoy.
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Combustible Celluloid
...There is something moving, challenging and surprising about these men's lives...
Sight and Sound
...BEYOND THE MAT is fun for the fans who scour the Internet for the latest gossip and rumors, and perhaps even a little enlightening for non-fans...
Box Office
Rating: 4/5 --
WWF documentary is OK for older teens.
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Common Sense Media
Product Description:
Filmmaker Barry W. Blaustein takes a look at the professional wrestling game at every level, from the hopeful, perhaps deluded beginners who spend their money on wrestling schools, to the lower levels of the profession, to the pinnacle of wrestling success: national fame in the WWF. Particularly fascinating are Blaustein's examinations of Jake "The Snake" Roberts and Mick "Mankind" Foley. Roberts was once a superstar in the WWF, but evidently drugs and alcohol destroyed his career, and left him a broken and bitter man, wrestling on the outer reaches of the pro circuit. In a poignant scene, Blaustein captures a painful reunion between Roberts and his adult daughter. Foley, on the other hand, is a tremendous success in the WWF and a devoted husband and father. But the violence of his profession still threatens to tear his family apart. Blaustein makes no bones about his perspective in making his film. He's a wrestling fan. That said, the film offers an honest view of the outrageous and controversial world of professional wrestling. Though the outcomes of matches are usually predetermined making it a different kind of sport, pro wrestling is certainly a demanding and brutal way of life.
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- Sales Rank: 34,175
- UPC: 025192397622
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