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Jim Thorpe: All American | 
 enlarge | Director: Michael Curtiz
Actors: Burt Lancaster, Charles Bickford, Steve Cochran, Phyllis Thaxter, Dick Wesson
Studio: Warner Home Video
Category: DVD
List Price: $19.98
Buy New: $10.74
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Avg. Customer Rating:  14 reviews
Sales Rank: 21088
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, Dvd-video, Subtitled, Ntsc
Languages: English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 105
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: 117750
UPC: 085391177500
EAN: 0085391177500
ASIN: B00005JNGO
Theatrical Release Date: August 24, 1951
Release Date: October 23, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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This reverential, well-crafted 1951 biopic starring the hulky Burt Lancaster as Native American Olympian Thorpe is hardly the definitive word on one of our greatest track stars, but it does remind us how unfair and demeaning it once was for athletes of color. Concentrating on Thorpe's track and football victories (he also excelled at boxing, swimming, and golf), director Michael Curtiz and screenwriters Douglas Morrow and Everett Freeman (working from Thorpe's autobiography) chart their hero's rise from reservation poverty to Carlisle College track star to 1912 Olympic decathlon/pentathlon winner. Thorpe was stripped of his medals when it was learned that he had taken a few bucks as a football player. Lancaster is even better at playing Thorpe in the depths of drunkenness and despair than in his jock heyday. Charles Bickford is Pop Warner, the legendary coach who encouraged Thorpe to go for the gold, and Phyllis Thaxter appears as the athlete's supportive wife. Thorpe, who served as technical adviser, died two years after this film was released. Thirty years later, the International Olympic Committee overturned the earlier ruling and returned Thorpe's medals to his family. "What does it mean now?" a bitter Lancaster was quoted as saying at the time. --Glenn Lovell
Description
The stirring life story of the American Indian who overcame personal and professional struggles to become one of the nation's greatest athletes. Burt Lancaster stars. Year: 1951 Director: Michael Curtiz Starring: Burt Lancaster, Charles Bickford, Steve Cochran
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 best sport movies September 15, 2008
seen the movie in the theater best sport movie i ve seen purchased this one for my sons birthday i know he will enjoy it
 Wonderful Book June 30, 2008
The Jim Thorpe dvd is quite wonderful because it seems to be produced factually, i.e., without too much undue embellishment (that is, not too much "Hollywood") but simply a vivid portrayal of Jim Thorpe's life and accomplishments. Another quality it has has to do with its subject matter: Jim Thorpe as a Native American, a heroic role model. Excellent treatment of the subject!
Simon J. Ortiz
jim thorpe all american February 8, 2008
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I Wish They Still Made Films Like This One Again. January 18, 2008
This is a true gem of a film and one of Hollywood's finest attempts at telling a life's story. For me it ranks right up there with Sergeant York. "Jim Thorpe, All American," has the perfect balance of thoughtful screenplay and direction, superb musical score by one of Hollywood's alltime best, and some of the best actors of its day. I wish more films today were made like this film.
JIM THORPE ALL AMERICAN November 6, 2007
Jim thorpe-all american released in 1951 is one of the best of the bios. great performances of burt lancaster,charles bickford and phyllis thaxter,the story of jim thorpe an indian from oklahoma began his rise to fame in all professional sports to his downfall much a do to predjudice to him and to himself as an alcoholic.The greatest athlete in the world was stripped of his gold medals from the 1912 olympics due to him playing some professional sports for cash during his time off from college.This film does not do justice to tell the full story of thorpe in 105 minutes,but this movie does give us a glance of what thorpe went through during his life.Burt lancaster does an outstanding job of thorpe's portrayal of a man trying to cope with life and its predjudice.This warner release is a nice copy the picture is clear and the sound is vibrant.Jim thorpe all american is an outstanding gem of a movie about a man who is definetley the greatest athlete in the world.....
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