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Hitman Hart: Wrestling With Shadows - 10th Anniversary Collector's Edition
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July 5, 2004 "Please retry" | — | 1 | $46.37 | $17.28 |
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December 8, 2009 "Please retry" | Collector's Edition | 2 |
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Format | Multiple Formats, NTSC, Color |
Contributor | Owen Hart, Vince McMahon, Paul Jay, Bret Hart |
Language | English |
Runtime | 2 hours and 44 minutes |
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THE NEW Double DVD set: BRETT THE HITMAN HART
And never before released on DVD,
THE LIFE AND DEATH OF OWEN HART....
Bret Hart, five times' champion of the World Wrestling Federation, sits in a hotel room - one day before the most important fight of his life.
Sure, it's just professional wrestling, but this match is different. It will be Bret's last in the WWF, a company for whom he's been the top guy and loyal champion for years. The owner of the company, the legendary Vince McMahon, want's him out, only months after signing an unprecedented twenty years contract. Now he want's him to lose his final match as well.
It's not just another wrestling show for Bret. This fight will determine how his character 'The Hitman', wrestling's favourite good guy for the last decade, will be remembered.
Sitting in a hotel room, one day before the match. What Bret doesn't know, is that he will be the target of the biggest double cross in the history of professional wrestling.
Over the span of one year, an award winning documentary film crew followed Bret Hart. They hoped for an unprecedented look behind the scenes of the WWF. What they got was the most dramatic story in the history of wrestling.
HITMAN HART is a story about loyalty and betrayal, money and greed, dignity and disgrace. It's about fathers and sons, fans and icons, and keeping one's integrity in a world of moral uncertainty. In a word, it's a film about being human.
Product details
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- MPAA rating : NR (Not Rated)
- Product Dimensions : 7.5 x 5.25 x 0.5 inches; 4 Ounces
- Item model number : 88699
- Director : Paul Jay
- Media Format : Multiple Formats, NTSC, Color
- Run time : 2 hours and 44 minutes
- Release date : December 8, 2009
- Actors : Bret Hart, Owen Hart, Vince McMahon
- Language : Unqualified (DTS ES 6.1)
- Studio : J-Films
- ASIN : B001NG9GZ0
- Number of discs : 2
- Best Sellers Rank: #129,798 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
- #2,304 in Sports (Movies & TV)
- #5,028 in Documentary (Movies & TV)
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The movie is about the life and career of a very well known and famous wrestler, Bret Hart. It's about his life and his struggles with the WWF. And with Mr. McMahon, of course. Though wrestling is scripted, THIS is not. You also get to see the lighter side of Bret. The family side. You also see the toll his career takes on them.
I was really in awe as I watched "Hitman Hart: Wrestling with Shadows." A very interesting documentary about the dark side of wrestling and the lives it can make....or destroy. Highly recommend this. Even if you don't like wrestling, you still might find this interesting.
In the end, Vince says "Bret screwed Bret." After seeing this, I'm not too sure about that. Don't know what to think. I really do enjoy the WWF, but it's hard to know for sure who was right. This documentary does open you mind to ideas and theories. In the end, it's really YOU who decides is telling the truth.
so I knew what to expect I say its a must see for any wrestling fan whether your a fan of the Harts or not.
Basically this dvd shows Bret hart in his last days with then wwf before he signed with wcw. His feud with HBK Shawn Michaels is legendary, but somewhere down the line between Shawn "loosing his smile" and quitting wwf before ever losing to Bret and Vince McMahon wanting to keep Bret and give the keys to Shawn, leads to the biggest screwjob in wrestling history the infamous "Montreal Screwjob".
This Dvd includes a special Life and Death of Bret Hart's younger Brother Owen Hart, and a Stunt that went horribly wrong on a sad Sunday night in Kansas.
Owen is one of the best in ring performers of our time and this short tribute will support my claim.
included are interviews with Bret and widow of Owen also the films creator.
Hall of Fame for the King OF Harts wwe its the least you could do for a man who gave his all.
Buy this you ll be glad you did.
I give it 5 stars because it pretty much shows the truth about the battle with Vince McMahon and Bret Hart.
The Owen Hart DVD was great! It was sad when his wife started talking about the last time she saw/talked to him.
But Yeah it talked about the life of the Harts and much more!
I really recommend getting this DVD for any wrestling fan!
coming out as well. This showed alot of what goes on that the fans do not see behind
the scenes.As the guys say in the back...
It is worth the money and was happy to add it to my movie collection.
I feel for the family that they lost Owen at such a young age.
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Bret Hart was and still is my hero. His rivalry with brother Owen in 1994 is still, by far, the most intimate story line the W.W.E has ever done. In different ways, both Hart brothers stirred up emotions of excitement, tension and joy at their peak. Given the subject matter in both documentaries, these two events still bare a scar on my love for wrestling.
'Wrestling with Shadows' was filmed during the Summer/Autumn of 1997. With Bret being the focus, it's centered around his relationship with his Dad, his then boss the owner of W.W.E Vince Mcmahon and the growing tension in business surrounding Bret's lucrative long term contract with the W.W.E and being tempted away towards the W.C.W for a lot more money.
What makes the documentary work and succeed is how it observes the changing attitude of the American fans from Bret's viewpoint, how Vince allows the attitude to dictate to him what style of show to present. All the while, Bret feels the urge to stay loyal to what the Hitman character would be and how he would react.
On the surface, it is about men, power, money, relationships. All at the same time playing into Shakespearean themes which does the film no harm. Especially, when it comes to the events that take place at the end of the documentary. November 9th, 1997 in Montreal is a day that will stay long in my memory. That event wraps all the themes together as if it were written for the documentary. The truth was stranger than fiction.
'The Life and Death of Owen Hart' is a somewhat tag team partner in this release. Filmed several months after Owens death in 1999, the film looks through Owens life with his wife Martha, rightfully, at the centre of the documentary. Only 50 minutes long, it still covers over his life fairly well and neat.
However, every time the documentary looks over the events on that day back in May 1999 near the end, it still gets a lump in my throat imagining what happened to Owen walking along the high catwalk and being placed out hanging above the arena.
If you are a fan of wrestling and have not seen these and would like a strong look at the W.W.E in the late 90's, i cannot suggest any better D.V.D set to buy but this.
Also included is a newly filmed interview with Bret Hart and Director Paul Jay giving their reflections on 'Wrestling With Shadows' 10 years on'.
A well presented Anniversary edition D.V.D.
This is a great behind the scenes look at WWE at the time, what happens in the lead up to a big PPV on the day at the arena with insightful interviews with Bret and his wife Julie giving their thoughts on events. Great viewing and definitely the best pro wrestling documentary out there!
The extras also include a making of the documentary feature and an interview with Paul Jay.
Disk 2 of the 2 disk special edition is a documentary called the Life and Times of Owen Hart. This covers the period following Owen’s death and has interviews with
family members including a very scathing Martha Hart!
The Life and Death of Owen Hart is an utterly thrilling documentary about the life and death of Owen Hart, who was a talented, gentle giant. The documentary opens the can of worms surrounding Owen's death and exposes Vince McMahon for the heartless jerk he is. I found myself almost crying while watching it. I felt sorry for Martha before I watched it but I felt she was being unbelievably bitter about WWE now however, having seen how heartless Vince McMahon really and truly is I don't blame her for being bitter (though I do wish she would lighten up about the Hall of Fame)