Product Details

• Actors: Hank Aaron, Dusty Baker, Harry Belafonte, Yogi Berra, Barry Bonds
• Directors: Michael Tollin
• Writers: Michael Tollin
• Producers: Brian Robbins, David Houle, Deborah Jones, Debra Martin Chase, Denzel Washington
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Turner Home Ent
• VHS Release Date: April 16, 1996
• Run Time: 120 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6303460070
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #168,219 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A True Warrior, August 26, 2000

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A customer "mistermaxxx" (usa) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Chasing the Dream [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Hank Aaron is a Great Human being.He took the Key that Jackie Robinson,Larry Dolby&the Negro League Pioneers had&opened it&Split it in half.He overcame so much Hatred for breaking a Record.he Paved another road after the one set before him.not that he broke Babe Ruth's number but the fact that he was a Black Man doing it caused the maddness.He is a Hero.

5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding video about the REAL home run king, October 19, 2009

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Joker (Michigan) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Chasing the Dream [VHS] (VHS Tape)

In my mind, Henry Aaron is still the all-time leader in career home runs, even though he has seven fewer than Barry Bonds. Bonds no doubt took HGH and steroids. Bonds has walked more times than any player in history, which gave him fewer good pitches to hit and took the bat out of his hands. It can be argued that if he had more chances to hit away, he would have hit maybe 850 home runs. Even if this would have played out, I still think Aaron is the all-time leader. Now about the video...

This video is a documentary on the life and baseball career of Hank Aaron. Starting from his youth when he was a child up to the present day (then 1995), there is a treasure trove of old actual footage mixed with re-enactments. The re-enactments were very well done and believable. You'll learn that Aaron grew up a Dodgers fan and idolized Jackie Robinson and was very disappointed when Bobby Thomson hit his "shot heard 'round the world" in 1951 to defeat his Dodgers. This video goes into a lot of interesting detail about Aaron's life and playing career, including his involvement in the civil rights movement in the 1960s and the aftermath of Dr. Martin Luther King's death. There are many interviews with many players he played with and against. The jist of the video, to summarize, is how Aaron overcame incredible odds to surpass Babe Ruth's all-time career home run record of 714.

At the end of the video you'll see Barry Bonds talking about how Aaron's record of 755 home runs is unreachable. But that's another story.

5.0 out of 5 stars Hard Hitting and Glorious!, August 19, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Chasing the Dream [VHS] (VHS Tape)

By "hard hitting", I'm referring not only to Hammerin' Hank's vicious home run swing, but also the vicious racism he faced as he pursued the home run king's record. This video pulls no punches. The racist letters, the kidnapping threat on his daughter, and the long lonely offseason between dingers 713 and 714. Then, he met a new ladyfriend, and was ready for the new season, and the big challenge. If you appreciate Hank Aaron for the great player, and man, he was--buy this video. It tells the whole ugly and beautiful story of a poor southern black child who worshipped Jackie Robinson, then went on to fight the same battle...and WIN BIG! Go Henry, I'm your biggest fan!