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10 OUT OF 10 FOR 30 FOR 30

June 12, 2014

I loved watching a lot of these documentaries when they first aired (and many times repeated) on ESPN. At first glance, some of these films may not appeal to all because they cover so many sports, but I found, even with the subjects I wasn't particularly interested in, the programs were so well made and had such human interest in them, that they became compulsive viewing. Being a baseball nut I was naturally drawn to the five baseball stories especially "Four Days in October" (a must for Red Sox fans) and "Little Big Men", a superb documentary on the Kirkland, Washington Little League team of 1982. But there are so many fine films with an amazing range of sports and sports people covered in this collection that you will never get bored with this essential set of twelve discs in a neat and attractive compact boxed set. A great file of sports history on film! Full points to ESPN for their outstanding efforts in this continuing series of documentary films.

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Christopher Paull

No Jimmy the Greek, one night in Vegas, straight outta LA on season 1 stream purchase. Otherwise I love this series.

December 8, 2017

While my rating has nothing to do with the context of the series, because I love the 30 for 30 series, it is more about what I purchased. I purchased the full season to stream through my amazon video account, and I paid for 3 entire seasons, because for some reason I couldn’t purchase the 3rd season is split into a 3rd and 4th season, and the “3rd season” can’t be bought all at once so I cherry picked through the ones I liked, yet there are a bunch of episodes from season 1 missing: the legend of jimmy the Greek, one night in Vegas, & straight outta LA. What’s up with this? I really wanted to watch The Legend of Jimmy the Greek, and was extremely upset that it was not included with my purchase of the FULL season 1 set. Can this please be rectified because I would like to own the series in its entirety. TLOJTG is also not even available for a separate stream purchase. This is extremely disheartening.

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Anthony McGill

10 OUT OF 10 FOR 30 FOR 30

June 12, 2014

Format: DVDVerified Purchase

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Plee84

Amazing series.

March 15, 2015

Format: Prime VideoVerified Purchase

Great Docuseries. I've seen almost all of them. Even the subjects that don't seem interesting at all end up being fascinating. I don't like cycling, collage basketball or tennis but I've seen numerous documentaries on each of those by 30 for 30 and I end up loving the subject they present. They manage to make anything entertaining. Like any other series there are some better then others but all worth a watch for the most part.I recommend starting with The U.

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Todd A Sharkey

Quality documentaries for the sports fan that likes more than just sports

March 15, 2013

Format: Prime VideoVerified Purchase

I have been overly impressed with the ESPN 30 for 30 documentary series since I watched The U about a year ago. The series is extremely diverse, ranging from the big 4 (football, baseball, basketball and hockey), to covering other areas such as tennis, soccer, boxing and overall human interest stories related to sports stories.

One of my favorite features of the series is the raw human emotion shared within each of the episodes. You can share in the joy, elation, sadness and heartbreak expressed by those in the stories. I have also enjoyed many of the areas that I have not previously been intested in (specifically, the story of the two Escobars since I am not a big fan of soccer) and it is bringing me a whole new perspective on the impact of these sports on many different areas of life.

Truly a wonderful series and I hope that they open up volume 2 on Amazon Prime as well.

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Robert G. Sherwood

Fab Five

May 4, 2014

Format: Prime VideoVerified Purchase

Outside of the Pistons Bad Boys documentary, this was my favorite, even without Chris Webber. That is what surprised me most is that Webber was the best player on the team, and a gregarious person but refused to participate so you wondered going in how they could do this without him. Well, Jalen Rose made that a reality.

Rose, Juwan Howard, Jimmy King and Ray Jackson offered extraordinarily candid insight and bluntly honest answers about Michigan making a fortune off them, their plain blue shirt protest, the first game Coach Steve Fisher announced Ray Jackson would start with Rose, Howard, King and Webber, their fashion impact that is felt to this day, Webber's timeout, and, the alleged payments to Webber that tainted their Final Four and back to back championship game appearances.

What was impressive is what I mentioned earlier, the candid, honest answers they gave, in particular about Webber. They showed love, immense respect, and didn't bash him, but they answered incredibly well without making him look bad, but not hiding what they knew.

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SL5181

Great Box set!!!

June 23, 2011

Format: DVDVerified Purchase

Picked up this Collector's set when Amazon had a One-day sale. The price was right but I had never heard of the ESPN Films so I decided to do some research. Came on this site and saw nothing but 5 Star reviews, checked out a few trailers and decided to bite. So far I've only watched 2 Films(Once Brothers & The Best that Never was) and if this is any indication of how the rest of the Films are going to be than I made a great purchase. Even with the stories taking place 20+ years ago, I felt that I was right there with them. That's how well these films are directed.

As for the Box Set itself, it's basically the 2 individual volumes and a hat packaged in a neat black 8x10 box. I'd be proud to display it in my shelf.

All in all, great product for any sports fan or even someone that likes watching documentaries.

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Adams Family

Amazing Stories

December 22, 2015

Format: Blu-rayVerified Purchase

This has been one of the best gifts I have ever received. I love history and I love sports and this set does an amazing job of combining and presenting those. I also like that each film is independent. That means each viewpoint is a little different. The cinematography is a little different. I think that only adds to the wealth of this collection. These stories are so gripping.

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Bart Lasky

It's a most watch for any Baseball / Red Sox fan

May 24, 2016

Format: Prime VideoVerified Purchase

If you enjoy baseball and of course follow or love the Red Sox then this is a MUST watch! It for me like reliving that incredible time in Boston and the Red Sox victory over the Evil Empire :)

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cpterp

Amazing

August 13, 2011

Format: DVDVerified Purchase

I am a HUGE sports fanatic so as soon as I had the chance to purchase the ESPN FIlms 30 for 30 set, I didn't hesitate to pull the trigger. I had watched a few of these films on TV prior to purchasing and all of them were done amazingly well. Within a lot of the films you are exposed to many previously unseen footages and untold stories (For example, the "Two Escobars" tells the story of Pablo Escobar and his connection to the rise of Colombian soccer. How ESPN got hand on some of these footages, I do not know). Even if you aren't a big sports fan, I would highly recommend this series because most of the films tells a great story. And in the end isn't that what we all want from watching films?

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