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Don't Look Down on Dvd - January 6, 2009

 
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 PostPosted: Wed Dec 31, 2008 12:33 pm    Post subject: Don't Look Down on Dvd - January 6, 2009 Reply with quote Back to top



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"Don't Look Down is an unprecedented compilation of the legendary snowboarder's greatest achievements and his out-of this-world moves that have helped shape action sports forever," said Tori Stevens, Vice President, Multi-Platform Development, ESPN. "To televise this amazing film one night and make it available to fans a few days following demonstrates our commitment to getting great content in the hands of sports fans as soon as possible."

The DVD includes White's runs at Winter X Games 11, the World Superpipe Championships, the Nippon Open and the US Open, his gold medal run at the 2006 Winter Olympics and his gold medal run in Skateboard Vert at X Games 13 — making White the first athlete to win gold at both the Winter and Summer X Games in 2 different events. Don't Look Down also includes exclusive bonus features of over 80 Minutes of X Games action footage including all of White's gold medal winning runs, deleted scenes, 3 music video highlight reels, ESPN The Magazine Shaun White cover gallery and much more.


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Don't Look Down, directed by Willie Ebersol, will premiere on ESPN 2 on January 2, 2009 at 12AM ET. ESPN will release a series of new Don't Look Down webisodes exclusively on ESPN.com/DLD weekly beginning January 12. The film will also be made available on iTunes, Xbox and ESPN Video-on-Demand platforms on January 12. The film has been submitted to the 2009 X-Dance Film Festival in Park City, Utah.


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 PostPosted: Thu Jan 01, 2009 12:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote Back to top

Details about DVD from Amazon.com:

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Format: Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
Language: English
Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)

Number of discs: 1
Rating:
Studio: ESPN
DVD Release Date: January 6, 2009
Run Time: 90 minutes


According to this DVD is encoded to Region 1 - US and Canada and may not work on DVD players in other countries.

So I guess it wouldn't work on my player.
 
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 PostPosted: Thu Jan 01, 2009 2:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote Back to top

maja.k wrote:
Details about DVD from Amazon.com:

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Format: Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
Language: English
Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)

Number of discs: 1
Rating:
Studio: ESPN
DVD Release Date: January 6, 2009
Run Time: 90 minutes


According to this DVD is encoded to Region 1 - US and Canada and may not work on DVD players in other countries.

So I guess it wouldn't work on my player.


but it would play on your laptop, wouldn't it?
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 PostPosted: Thu Jan 01, 2009 5:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote Back to top

I don't know why they do things by different codes. All media should be done with one universal code, especially if you expect someone will be a worldwide star. Very Happy
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 PostPosted: Thu Jan 08, 2009 7:17 am    Post subject: Reply with quote Back to top

What's on the dvd (from ESPN)

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Don't Look Down on DVD

ESPN Home Entertainment, in conjunction with Genius Products, LLC, takes fans on a journey around the globe with Shaun White — from his 2006 Olympic victory in Torino, Italy to the superpipe of Alts Bandai, Japan and the black tops of Rwanda, with the documentary Don't Look Down, coming to DVD on January 6, 2009 for $24.95 SRP. The DVD offers never-before-seen footage of White, showing fans how the multi-sport phenom prepares for competition, copes with pressure and the struggle it takes to stay at the top of his game.

"Don't Look Down is an unprecedented compilation of the legendary snowboarder's greatest achievements and his out-of this-world moves that have helped shape action sports forever," said Tori Stevens, Vice President, Multi-Platform Development, ESPN. "To televise this amazing film one night and make it available to fans a few days following demonstrates our commitment to getting great content in the hands of sports fans as soon as possible."

The DVD includes White's runs at Winter X Games 11, the World Superpipe Championships, the Nippon Open and the US Open, his gold medal run at the 2006 Winter Olympics and his gold medal run in Skateboard Vert at X Games 13  making White the first athlete to win gold at both the Winter and Summer X Games in 2 different events. Don't Look Down also includes exclusive bonus features of over 80 Minutes of X Games action footage including all of White's gold medal winning runs, deleted scenes, 3 music video highlight reels, ESPN The Magazine Shaun White cover gallery and much more.

Shaun White will look to defend his record 12 Winter X medals at Winter X Games 13, the premier winter action sports event in the world. It will be held on January 22-25, 2009 from Aspen, Colorado and will air live on ESPN and ABC.

Don't Look Down, directed by Willie Ebersol, will premiere on ESPN 2 on January 2, 2009 at 12AM ET. ESPN will release a series of new Don't Look Down webisodes exclusively on ESPN.com/DLD weekly beginning January 12. The film will also be made available on iTunes, Xbox and ESPN Video-on-Demand platforms on January 12. The film has been submitted to the 2009 X-Dance Film Festival in Park City, Utah.

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Travel around the globe with Shaun White from the superpipe of Alts Bandai, Japan to the black tops of Rwanda and witness how this multi-sport phenom preps for competition, copes with pressure and rises above the rest to be the best. Complete with Shaun's runs at Winter X Games 11, the World Superpipe Championships, the Nippon Open and his Gold medal run at the 2006 Winter Olympics, Don't Look Down takes you behind the scenes and into the life of the Olympic superstar as he struggles to stay on top after his undefeated season and completes his quest to capture Skateboard Vert gold.

X Games Gold Medal Runs
Men's Snowboard Slopestyle
Winter X Games 7
Winter X Games 8
Winter X Games 9
Winter X Games 10
Men's Snowboard SuperPipe
Winter X Games 7
Winter X Games 10
Winter X Games 12
Skateboard Vert
X Games 13
X Games Features
Being a Kid
Skate vs. Snow
Rock Star
Coming back from Injury
The 4-Peat
Competing vs. Antti Autti
Competitive in Everything
Execution 1080
2 Sport Athlete
 
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 PostPosted: Thu Jan 08, 2009 9:14 am    Post subject: Reply with quote Back to top

No mention of the music score though. That's a shame.
 
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 PostPosted: Thu Jan 08, 2009 9:18 am    Post subject: Reply with quote Back to top

shreck wrote:
No mention of the music score though. That's a shame.
The score is listed in other articles. I've split this thread and included additional news under the new thread. Read on!
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