Product Details

• Actors: Liev Schreiber, Babe Ruth, Jean Shepherd
• Writers: Steven Stern
• Producers: George Roy, Rick Bernstein, Ross Greenburg, Steven Stern
• 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: Hbo Home Video
• DVD Release Date: April 2, 2002
• Run Time: 60 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00005Y6YH
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #68,934 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Babe Ruth - The Life Behind the Legend" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Considered by many to be the greatest baseball player who ever lived, he was a legend in his own time, and for all time. This is the extraordinary life of the man who changed the face of baseball.

Customer Reviews

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars BEST BABE RUTH DOCUMENTARY I'VE SEEN, June 15, 2005

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David L. Grundvig "frontiercybrarian" (Magna, Utah United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Babe Ruth - The Life Behind the Legend [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Unique, never before seen clips and stories. Very balanced and skilled in representing Ruth with his strengths and weaknesses. This vhs represents his life from reform school to death.

Indicates how he influenced America during the hard times and changed baseball forever. Despite Ruth's rough life style his talents and popularity are unprecedented and unquestioned. This was the age before good equipment (bats, gloves, etc), and strength enhancing drugs.

Very good narration and dialogue on this vhs. Highly recommend it for baseball and history fans alike. There will never be another Ruth and he's the proof and that's the truth. Look how his totality of records have stood the test of time and are the measure to which others are compared.

This is my favorite baseball documentary for the subject matter, quality, balance, nostalgia, historical setting, etc.

An hour well spent.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars You won't be dissapointed, January 27, 2002

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Patrick M. Rood (Seattle, WA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Babe Ruth - The Life Behind the Legend [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This is quite frankly the finest documentary on the life and times of Babe Ruth that I've seen. I was mesmorized from start to finish; an absolute gem and a must for any Babe Ruth fan.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars !*****!, October 5, 2003

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desertrose1294 - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Babe Ruth - The Life Behind the Legend (DVD)

For those of us who who grew up and still feel the Babe as mythical, this is great DVD coverage of the player who proved unbelievable as a human being. Coverages of games and warm ups attempt to bring the seriousness of the organized game since it was still a time when baseball was fun and fantasy. Yet the babe made it look so easy. With players still alive who played with him, a perfectly biographed story from beginning to end and garunteed to watch more than twice.