Product Details

• Actors: Brian Boitano, Midori Ito, Tonya Harding, Christopher Bowman, Debi Thomas
• Format: Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: View Video
• VHS Release Date: April 15, 1996
• Run Time: 54 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6303931154
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #90,872 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Library Journal- Bette-Lee Fox

FUN, LIGHT ENTERTAINMENT…viewer feels like a member of the audience. The music is wonderful, the skating is outstanding…a great deal.

Product Description

In a breathtaking exhibition of athletic and artistic virtuosity Katarina Witt, Brian Boitano, Tonya Harding, Gordeeva & Grinkov, Victor Petrenko and a dazzling constellation of figure skating superstars, perform an extraordinary selection of free skating routines from the Tour of Olympic and World Figure Skating Champions. Uninhibited by competitive scoring, the best-of-the-best are free to execute some of the most daring, innovative and technically awesome moves possible on ice!

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Customer Reviews

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19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Routines from the 1980's, February 5, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Figure Skating Superstars [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I didn't like most of the routines on this tape, but if you like Tonya Harding, Midori Ito, Tiffany Chin, Brian Boitano, Christopher Bowman and so on, you might enjoy it better than I did. There were a few good pairs routines by Dmitrev and his old partner, for example, but nothing here that brings down the house.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Both Good and Bad, but the Good Outweighs the Bad...., July 30, 2001

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"sk8fan71" (Florida) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Figure Skating Superstars [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I totally and completely agree with the assessments on the quality of the video chosen for this tape -- it's grainy at times and in some parts of it there is an odd video border framing around the skaters. So, why 4 stars instead of 1 or 2? Well, it's because of the actual programs you get to see. You get to see Christopher Bowman skate an amazing, artistic, brilliantly placed exhibition program. Midori Ito skates a light and sweet show number that shows just a hint of the technical brilliance people would see months later at her history making win at 1989 Worlds. And Tonya Harding's 80s hairstyle in this video alone make it worth the price. :)

If you became a fan of skating in the pre Tonya and Nancy days, back when figures were still in competition and The Battle of the Brians was a topic of discussion for weeks afterward, even with your non skating fan friends, this video is a great walk down memory lane, despite the poor quality.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars This video should be titled...., February 3, 2001

By A Customer

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This review is from: Figure Skating Superstars [VHS] (VHS Tape)

"We Pirated a Few Exhibitions from the 80's and Passed it off as a Video" They basically pasted together some exhibitions from competitions and the Champions on Ice tour and sold it as a video. It's like finding an old tape in the attic with some mediocre skating on it. If you're into nostalgia for the 80's though, you might enjoy this tape. However, its definitley over-priced.