Product Details

• Actors: Shaun White, Apolo Ohno, Johnny Weir, Lindsey Vonn
• Directors: NBC Winter Olympics
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Team Marketing
• DVD Release Date: April 13, 2010
• Run Time: 240 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 2.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0036FVPRS
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #51,323 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "2010 Winter Olympics" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

This commemorative DVD features highlights of NBC's coverage of the 2010 Winter Olympics from Vancouver, Canada. The ride begins with the opening ceremonies and sweeps you through the most exciting winter Olympics ever with behind the scenes and up close and personal stories that shaped the two week winter games. Bonus features, including behind-the-scenes footage.

Customer Reviews

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars The Olympics- More or Less, May 9, 2010

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Michael Griswold "Michael Griswold" (Rockford, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 2010 Winter Olympics (DVD)

For the Olympic fan, all the major players are here : Lindsey Vonn, Apolo Ohno, Bode Miller, Shaun White, Evan Lysacek, Hannah Teter, and other individual performances and highlights from both hockey gold medal games and the gold metal runs in bobsled among other things. There's even a condensed version of the opening and closing ceremonies Still I can't help but feeling for $24.95 there could've been something more. There are no interviews with athletes and none of those really cool packages NBC produced during the Olympics that helped the viewer familiarize themselves with Vancouver. The lack of interviews baffle me though because NBC through their actual on-air coverage and the Today Show interviewed virtually every major U.S. star. (I think they even interviewed Lindsey Vonn's mom at one point.) For $24.95, I expect to see athletes reacting after their victories or defeats. However, if your looking for something to capture the spirit and emotion of the Olympics, this might be for you at a lower price.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars "Cliff Notes" To the Vancouver Olympics, June 6, 2010

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C. Whitten - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 2010 Winter Olympics (DVD)

I cannot begin to express my deep disappointment in this DVD, and with NBC for producing it. Yes, as another reviewer mentioned, all the major players are here- for about 15 seconds each. Most of the winning performances are truncated to the last few seconds. There are few reaction shots. There are no interviews with athletes or experts. There isn't any of the special coverage shown during the games. Even the chapter page is amateurish: showing only a listing of the days whose "highlights" you can watch in that segment. This is the "Cliff Notes" version. Save your money.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Difficult to find events, and some events ignored, August 6, 2010

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John Sundahl (Beaverton, OR USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: 2010 Winter Olympics (DVD)

It is difficult to find specific events in this DVD -- partly because the Main Menu is organized by Olympics Day 1, Day 2, and so on; and partly because some events simply aren't there. Kim Yu-Na, for instance, is on the screen for only a few seconds. So don't look here for her world record-setting performances (or any other figure skating performances, come to think of it). If you know what day the event you are looking for took place, that would help. But there's still no guarantee that it would be included.

It seems that this DVD is meant for casual viewing. If you would like some sports rumbling on your TV, and you aren't particular about what, then this might be for you. It does include highlights of the opening and closing ceremonies, and of performances by Lindsay Vaugn, Shaun White, and Apollo Ohno. But they are just highlights, and you have to take them as you find them -- that is, IF you find them.