Product Details

• Format: Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Westlake Entertainme
• VHS Release Date: April 2, 2002
• Run Time: 80 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0000639LV
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #141,871 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Customer Reviews

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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great skating, but.., April 23, 2002

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Michael T. Rognlien (Palo Alto, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The 2002 Olympic Winter Games - Figure Skating Competition [VHS] (VHS Tape)

.. with the many hours of footage, and the availability of the DVD platform, NBC could have done a lot better.

As with all figure skating events, the commentary gets a bit annoying. You can tell that the commentators (Scott Hamilton et al) REALLY wanted Michelle Kwan to win the gold, and their bias is a bit annoying, if heartfelt. All of the short programs for all events were shown in bits and pieces, rather than in full form. In previous CBS-produced videos (92, 94, and 98) the short programs for most of the medalists were shown in their entirety, at least the American skaters.

Buy the combination competition/exhibition package for a better deal, both in terms of price and content.

Note to NBC - WHERE IS THE DVD?

11 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not worth the money, May 8, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: The 2002 Olympic Winter Games - Figure Skating Competition [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Please don't buy this product. I made the mistake of purchasing it, hoping to view Shen and Zhao's long program.

NBC's bias was enough to keep me from viewing the tape more than once. The American pairs team (Ina/Zimmerman), who placed FIFTH, were incorporated into the video. However, Shen and Zhao of China, who were awarded the BRONZE medals, were not included. Only brief comments were made about their programs and certain maneuvers which were a few seconds in length were shown.

It does not bother me that Ina and Zimmerman were shown. If they had included Shen and Zhao's long program and the American pair IN ADDITION to the medalists, that would have been fine with me. I was upset because the Americans were included INSTEAD of the Chinese team. As an Asian immigrant, I find this particularly offensive. Please don't waste your money.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I love it!, March 1, 2003

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Katie A. Fowkes (Arlington, MA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The 2002 Olympic Winter Games - Figure Skating Competition [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I watch this video once a week! I love so many of the programs: Jealousie (Sale and Pelletier-Short Program), Love Story (Sale and Pelletier-Long Program), Timothy Goebel-Long Program, The Man in the Iron Mask (Alexei Yagudin-Long Program), and Sarah Hughes-Long Program. The movies also gives good information on the pairs' controversey and the rivelry between Alexei Yagudin (men's gold medalist) and Yevgeny Plushenko (men's silver medalist).