Legends Of Wimbledon

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Very disappointing.......2004-10-30

As a huge Borg fan I couldn't wait to get my hands on this DVD, alas it turned out to be very disappointing.

It skims over each of Borg's Wimbledon visits as a player with interviews from people such as Roger Taylor, Virginia Wade, John Barrett, Boris Becker and for some reason Annabel Croft and Tim Henman. There are interviews with Borg, his coach Lennart Bergelin and John McEnroe which provide a little more insight into the times but generally this could have been a lot better. The tennis footage itself was very limited and the quality reminded me of Vietnam war coverage, it had clearly been degraded. The extras comprised a few more very brief interviews from some of the above, some pages telling you all Borg's Wimbledon results and a few stills! Very poor.

I had expected a definitive Bjorn Borg Wimbledon story that I could one day show to my children and they would be able to feel the greatness of the player, the aura, a sense of history and the excitement of the times, something that I feel when when I watch old Beatles or Stones footage even though I wasn't there. Instead, this is a pretty sterile account of a period and a man that created previously unheard of interest and excitement on a tennis court and changed the face of tennis.

Borg brought mass appeal to the game and caused a tennis revolution in Sweden, the effects of which are still in evidence to this day. For many of us he was our Beatles and this DVD just doesn't do the subject justice. On the other hand it is cheap enough to put in your collection and not feel ripped off.

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Legends of Wimbledon: Bjorn Borg
Starring: Patrick Allen , Boris Becker , Bjorn Borg , John McEnroe , and Ilie Nastase
Manufacturer: Standing Room Only
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ASIN: B0002HODA4
Release Date: 2004-09-21

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Magnificent DVD for a magnificent season........2003-07-27

This dvd chronicles the whole season 2002/03 for heart of midlothian. It has all the games on it except the 2 from ibrox.

This dvd is a MUST buy for any Hearts fan (or a hibs fan wanting to feel depressed!)

The dvd has interviews with hearts players and management.

Games which are included in the DVD are the magnificent 5-1 destruction of hibernian (who?)and the later 2-1 victory at easter road, and the humping hearts gave to uefa cup finalists celtic which was sealed with a memorable goal from the international man of mystery AUSTIN MCANN!

but the best game by a mile which is on it is hearts 4-4 Hibs, if u wernt there or u left early U MISSED OUT!!!! hearts fall 2-0 behind to our local rivals, manage to pull it back to 2-2 THEN in the 90th minute hibs score TWICE to seal the game, BUT ALAS there is a twist in the tale as super sub graeme weir scores straight after to make it 4-3 Deep into injury time, then from nowhere he strikes again 4-4 UNBELIVABLE!!!

Buy this dvd. NOW

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