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WRIGLEY FIELD: Beyond the Ivy | 
| Director: David Levenson
Actor: Narrator: William Petersen
Studio: Bougainville Productions
Buy New: $22.95
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Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 82779
Format: Color, Dvd-video, Full Screen, Special Edition, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 137
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
UPC: 820218482821
EAN: 0820218482821
ASIN: B0001NXL34
Theatrical Release Date: 2001
Release Date: January 1, 2004
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| Customer Reviews: Read 3 more reviews...
 Cubbies deserve more June 23, 2006
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
If you are a Cubs fan you will be disappointed because you love anything about the Cubs but this DVD is slow and boring. Giving a so-so look at the ball park, a less than steller history of the Cubs, and no real salute to the fans makes you very annoyed. The only good part was the walk through of a day at the park and the narrator. If you are looking for a good 'past 100 years in Cubs baseball" don't buy this-but if you buy everything that relates to the Cubs you might as well get it. It is a slow boring documentary with moments of tolerence. Keep shopping.
 Not for a Cub fan, or anyone wanting the Wrigley Field experience April 5, 2006
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
Bad. I kept looking at the clock hoping that the DVD was almost over. A few inside chuckles IF you know Wrigleyville. No insight. Do these producers understand how much the Cub fans dislike Woo-Woo. More to Wrigley Field than the scalpers and ball hawks. Spend the money on an afternoon at Wrigley Field.
 Intelligent and funny! March 10, 2006
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
I saw this film in a small theatre in Chicago a few years ago, and was delighted to find it available on DVD. I bought it wondering if it would be as enjoyable on home viewing without the aid of a full theatre crowd, and was not disappointed!
What still comes through for me is the filmmakers passionate immersion in the crazy Wrigley neighborhood culture and the various individuals they chose to spotlight. My favorite is the ticket scalper. It's rare to find such an in-depth (and hilarious) look at this hidden aspect of baseball. I could have watched him for another half hour!
Living in the Phoenix area, I've read about all the changes going on at Wrigley this year, which makes me twice as glad that I bought the DVD. It's a thoughtful document of the way it is - and the way it was.
I love Wrigley Field, but this documentary is just bad... January 7, 2006
3 out of 6 found this review helpful
I was really looking forward to popping this into my DVD player and witnessing an in-depth look at Wrigley Field and the fans that make it tick. Unfortunately, we don't get to see much of the inner-workings of Wrigley, and the obssessive fans that we do see leave a lot to be desired. I don't argue with the inclusion of any of the fans in the documentary, as they are all interesting and are what make up an integral part of Wrigley Field and Cubdom. However, the few fans and people that are included are milked for every minute of screentime and dialogue that they can give, and that comes off as extremely boring. The director should have cut down the extraneous bits, gotten to the point, and included more people and more interesting people. I would have loved to have seen a little bit about the locker rooms, and the people who make them run, or the field maintenance crew, or something about clubhouse manager Yosh Kawano. Instead, we are left with an extra hour of unnecessary and boring video footage, several borderline-exploitative interviews of fans at the end of their wits, and poorly produced and scripted "dramatized" scenes by undramatized people. As well, the documentary seems to have very little to do with the teams that have actually played at the ballpark, presumably because the producers didn't have any official licensing from the MLBPA or the NFL (yes, the Bears did also play at Wrigley Field). There seems to be no cohesive theme to glue and tie the documentary together. It just meanders around, seemingly endlessly, as a bunch of video some guy took and decided to throw together to make a "film".
Another big beef I have with this DVD is the super amateurish production values. The budget for this production was extremely low, and it is painfully obvious and not cleverly hidden. Handheld cameras, excessive usage of strange and unappealing camera angles, very poor audio processing, terrible video editing, and cornball scripting and acted scenes left a very bad taste in my mouth. It was hard for me to sit through this DVD. I did sit through it because I love the Cubs and I love Wrigley Field. But at the end of the documentary I felt extremely let down. I'm still looking for a great documentary about the Cubs and/or Wrigley Field with high productions values like NFL Films knows how to put out.
 Out Of The Park December 14, 2004
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
A wacky in depth look at what makes Cubs park and its neighborhood tick! Smartly written, nicely shot, and frequently laugh out loud funny. Cub fan & TV star William Peterson narrates the film like he's lived it. I recommend this highly and consider it a must have for every baseball fans library.
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