Product Details

• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 2
• Studio: 20th Century Fox
• VHS Release Date: April 7, 1998
• Run Time: 100 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6304872704
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #155,656 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Customer Reviews

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26 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good video set with a few drawbacks, February 1, 2001

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Sk8Fan (Washington State) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 1998 Winter Olympics Figure Skating Gift Set [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I enjoy all Olympic coverage and this was no different. On the competition tape, the complete programs of Michelle Kwan and Tara Lipinski are a good enough reason alone to buy this set. But there was a noticeable lack in the Ladies coverage by not showing Chen Lu's gorgeous "Butterfly Lovers" - her bronze medal-winning LP - after she overcame enormous odds just to appear in these Olympic Games. The Ladies coverage was disappointing and very USA-centric - none of the Ladies competitors from outside of the US were even mentioned much less shown.

Also, since the majority of the programs on this tape are edited, the video comes across as rushed and choppy. What's there has been done well but seeing so many brief, edited clips of programs will leave the dedicated skating fan disappointed and wanting more.

Overall the tape quality is great, very crisp and clear. And it will definitely bring the excitement of the games back to you! They've done as well as can be expected when fitting over 20 hours of televised Olympic skating coverage into 80 minutes.

The exhibition tape is much better than the competition tape. All of the performances shown are uncut and it's extremely fun to watch. This is definitely the better tape in the set!

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Slow motion--forget about it!, August 16, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: 1998 Olympic Skating Exhibition Highlights (DVD)

Attention skaters: if you're buying this DVD because you think you'll be able to examine complex moves beautifully executed in slow motion, forget it! This DVD is encoded so that that "operation is prohibited." You can pause it, but that's it. (And no, it's not my DVD player; I have 2 players, both of which can go slow motion through other DVDs, but not with this one.)

Moreover, I found the extra features that do exist, like the on-screen bios, more of an annoyance than an asset. More skating, less talk & fluff, if you please!

That said, it might be worth buying for heartthrob Philippe Candeloro's swashbuckler routine.<P...

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars An interesting competition, an average video production., December 26, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: 1998 Olympic Skating Exhibition Highlights (DVD)

We are big skating fans in our house, and we were glued to the TV for these '98 Olympic competitions, but this dvd production does not do it justice. The multi-angle feature is good, the picture and sound are naturally first rate, but the amount of content (lots of things are clipped or not shown at all) and the strange fact that one cannot observe the content in slow-motion nor pause the picture (! for a sports production? ) drops this dvd from being as good as it could have been. If the main performances are all you want, and the drawbacks do not put you off, you may genuinely enjoy this dvd. I expected a lot more.