Product Details

• Format: Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Westlake Entertainme
• VHS Release Date: April 2, 2002
• Run Time: 60 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0000639LW
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #146,078 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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6 of 6 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 Exhibition [VHS] (VHS Tape)

.. as previously stated, the feeling of the video is edited and the performances cut off at the end, missing the sometimes loud and lengthy ovations from the crowd.

Fortunately, most of the performances in the exhibition are included in their entirety. Michelle Kwan's performance to Eva Cassidy's haunting remake of Sting's "Fields of Gold" is probably the most beatiful and emotional skating performance I've ever seen, and it's included here. Hearing Scott Hamilton's voice breaking as he's reacting to the performance was heartfelt and probably representative of most skating fans.

But there is much more here - the amazing Russian male skaters (Plushenko and Yagudin) and the pairs (Canada vs. Russia), Timothy Goebel etc. Lots of great skating and heartfelt performances.. if only the judges would get with the times and let the skaters use lyric-inclusive music in competition, skating's appeal would increase tenfold.

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good for what it shows, April 19, 2002

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

Physical quality of tape and sound is excellent. Disappointed in that more exhibitions not shown. Didn't feel "Olympic atmosphere" - no fan reaction shown especially something like Michelle's Fields of Gold performance terriffic but warmth of crowd ignored. If you recorded these live off TV probably have more of Olympic feel. Commercially, I guess it is the only one you're going to be able to buy. NBC paid big bucks for the monopoly so we're stuck with their production -- ain't "free" markets great!?

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Editing Weakens Great Video, May 17, 2002

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

Yes, the editing of the 2002 olympic figure skating exhibition weakens the tape considerably. It's not just that the ends of exhibitions are edited out; so are the beginnings, when the skater first skates out in front of the audience. This, too, is part of what gives the viewer the feeling of the olympics.