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Title Hoosiers [videorecording] / an Orion Pictures release ; Hemdale Film Corporation presents ; a Carter De Haven production ; produced by Carter De Haven and Angelo Pizzo ; written by Angelo Pizzo ; directed by David Anspaugh. The Jackie Robinson story / Jewel Pictures Corporation ; written by Lawrence Taylor and Arthur Mann ; produced by Mort Briskin ; directed by Alfred E. Green. The pride of the Yankees / Samuel Goldwyn Productions ; directed by Sam Wood ; screen play by Jo Swerling and Herman J. Mankiewicz. Eight men out / Orion Pictures Corporation ; a Sanford/Pillsbury production ; produced by Sarah Pillsbury and Midge Sanford ; written for the screen and directed by John Sayles.

Imprint

Beverly Hills, CA : Distributed by Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2010]

Copies

Location		Call No.	Status
GDL Grandview Library DVD		HOO	Available

Description	3 videodiscs (440 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Note	"MGM movie collection"--Container.
	"4 sports moveis"--Container.
	Hoosiers originally released as a motion picture in 1986, Jackie Robinson story in 1950, Pride of the Yankees in 1942, and Eight men out in 1988.
	Eight men out based on the book by Eliot Asinof.
Credits	Hoosiers: Director of photography, Fred Murphy ; editor, C. Timothy O'Meara ; music, Jerry Goldsmith.
	Jackie Robinson story: Music, Herschel Burke Gilbert ; director of photography, Ernest Laszlo ; editor, Arthur H. Nadel.
	Pride of the Yankees: Original story by Paul Gallico.
	Eight men out: Director of photography, Robert Richardson ; editor, John Tintori ; music, Mason Daring ; production designer, Nora Chavooshian.
Cast	Hoosiers: Gene Hackman, Barbara Hershey, Dennis Hopper, Sheb Wooley, Fern Persons.
	Jackie Robinson story: Jackie Robinson, Ruby Dee, Minor Watson, Louise Beavers.
	Pride of the Yankees: Gary Cooper, Teresa Wright, Walter Brennan, Babe Ruth, Bill Dickey, Bob Meusel, Bill Stern, Veloz and Yolanda, Ray Noble and his orchestra.
	Eight men out: John Cusack, Clifton James, Michael Lerner, Christopher Lloyd, Charlie Sheen, David Strathairn, D.B. Sweeney.
Summary	Hoosiers: A basketball coach with a checkered past becomes the new coach of the underdog high school basketball team in a 1951 sleepy Indiana farm town, using methods that infuriate the townspeople.
	Jackie Robinson story: A biographical picture about Jackie Robinson's life and role in baseball.
	Pride of the Yankees: Traces the life of Lou Gehrig, famous baseball Hall of Fame player who played in 2130 consecutive games before falling at age 37 to ALS, a deadly nerve disease which now bears his name. Gehrig is followed from his athletic childhood in New York to his famous 'Luckiest Man' speech at his farewell day in 1939.
	Eight men out: Film about the infamous 1919 Chicago White Sox scandal. The young, idealistic White Sox players who, despite being pennant winners, are treated with disdain by their penny-pinching owner/manager. Ripe for a money-making scheme, the demoralized team agrees to throw the World Series. But when they're defeated, a couple of sports writers smell a fix and a national scandal explodes.
Audience	MPAA rating (Hoosiers, Eight men out): PG. MPAA rating (Jackie Robinson story, Pride of the Yankees): Not rated.
System Details	DVD, region 1.
Language	Closed-captioned.
Subject	Robinson, Jackie, 1919-1972 -- Drama.
	Gehrig, Lou, 1903-1941 -- Drama.
	New York Yankees (Baseball team) -- Drama.
	Chicago White Sox (Baseball team) -- History -- Drama.
	World Series (Baseball) (1919) -- Drama.
	Serie Mundial (Béisbol) (1919) -- Teatro.
	Basketball -- Drama.
	Baloncesto -- Teatro.
	Indiana -- Teatro.
	African American baseball players -- Drama.
	Jugadores de beísbol -- Teatro.
	Afronorteamericanos -- Teatro.
	Baseball players -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography -- Drama.
	Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis -- Drama.
	Jugadores de beísbol -- Nueva York (Estados Unidos) -- Nueva York -- Biografía -- Teatro.
	Enfermedades incurables -- Teatro.
	Baseball -- Illinois -- Drama.
	Sports -- Corrupt practices -- Illinois -- Drama.
	Béisbol -- Illinois -- Teatro.
	Deportes -- Prácticas ilegales -- Illinois -- Teatro.
	Indiana -- Drama.
Genre/Form	Sports films.
	Sports films
	Biographical films.
	Historical films.
	Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Added Author	Hackman, Gene.
	Hershey, Barbara, 1948-
	Hopper, Dennis, 1936-2010.
	Anspaugh, David.
	Pizzo, Angelo.
	De Haven, Carter.
	Taylor, Lawrence Edmund.
	Mann, Arthur, 1901-1963.
	Green, Alfred E., 1889-1960.
	Robinson, Jackie, 1919-1972.
	Dee, Ruby.
	Watson, Minor, 1889-1965.
	Beavers, Louise, 1902-1962.
	Lane, Richard, 1900-1982.
	Shannon, Harry, 1890-1964.
	Lessy, Ben, 1902-1992.
	Spaulding, C. E.
	Wayne, Billy.
	Wood, Sam, 1883-1949.
	Swerling, Jo, 1897-1964.
	Mankiewicz, Herman J. (Herman Jacob), 1897-1953.
	Cooper, Gary, 1901-1961.
	Wright, Teresa, 1918-2005.
	Brennan, Walter, 1894-1974.
	Ruth, Babe, 1895-1948.
	Dickey, Bill, 1907-1993.
	Meusel, Robert William, 1896-1977.
	Stern, Bill, 1907-1971.
	Noble, Ray, 1903-1978.
	Gallico, Paul, 1897-1976. Lou Gehrig, pride of the Yankees.
	Pillsbury, Sarah.
	Sanford, Midge.
	Sayles, John, 1950-
	Cusack, John, 1966-
	James, Clifton, 1921-
	Lerner, Michael, 1941-
	Lloyd, Christopher, 1938-
	Sheen, Charlie.
	Strathairn, David.
	Sweeney, D. B. (Daniel Bernard), 1961-
	Asinof, Eliot, 1919-2008. Eight men out.
	Orion Pictures.
	Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.
	Jewel Pictures Corporation.
	Samuel Goldwyn, Inc.
	Veloz and Yolanda.
	Ray Noble Orchestra.
Added Title	Hoosiers ; The Jackie Robinson story ; The pride of the Yankees ; Eight men out
	Hoosiers (Motion picture)
	Jackie Robinson story (Motion picture)
	Pride of the Yankees.
	Eight men out.
Standard No.	883904233541