Product Details

• Format: Widescreen
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Number of discs: 6
• Studio: Warner Home Video
• Run Time: 550 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000NPNGYY
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #50,430 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

At a Montreal skating rink in 1875, the puck is dropped on a new sort of game. It's fast and punishing, and on this night hockey is transformed from genteel sport to seething spectacle. Hockey: A People's History is CBC's epic series chronicling the story of a game and the soul of a nation. Born as a game of survival against the snow and ice of a Canadian winter, hockey gave a new country it's first heroes and champions. The story of hockey is the struggle of class and gender, as working class men and women fight for their place in a rich man's game. It's the dreams of towns and their teams, where rogues and roughnecks do battle with hockey barons and bluebloods. Hockey is where Canada's cultures collide and rivalries divide. It's also a game that unites us like nothing else can. In a tale that spans two centuries, this bold new series Hockey: A People's History documents the power and passion of a game and the country that gave it life. The DVD is a 6-pak containing all 10 episodes of the series in english and in french, plus more than 200 minutes of bonus content including behind-the-scenes features; historical hockey featurettes, extended interviews with hockey greats Gretzky, Dryden, Bowman, Cherry, Wickenheiser, and with Tom Cochrane; directors' commentaries.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Ken Burns Eat Your Heart Out, December 20, 2007

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Darkness (SoCal) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hockey - A People's History Box Set (DVD)

Wow. Just. Wow. Is the only word to describe this powerhouse CBC documentary. I am so glad I found this series when I did! If you are a hockey fan and have any historical interest in the sport and/or the country of Canada itself whatSOever, then this boxed set is for you. I can't say enough positive things about it other than the series makes me wish I had grown up in Canada. Simply outstanding.

The only negative is the publishers chose to produce the DVDs in widescreen format so if you haven't spent $$$$$$$$ on a widescreen TV, then all the images will appear vertically stretched and otherwise distorted. Bad move, CBC. Widescreen televisions are not universal just yet and probably won't be unless and until CRT screens are banned. And even then it's a big question mark. Publishing any content exclusively in a single format, especially one that is not proprietary, is always short sighted and just plain dumb.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A MUST HAVE FOR ALL HOCKEY FANS!!!, January 27, 2009

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T. Hillman "DIE HARD PENGUINS FAN!!!" (PITTSBURGH, PA.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hockey - A People's History Box Set (DVD)

THIS SERIES IS 110% WORTH THE MONEY!!! I RECOMMEND IT TO ANYONE WHO LOVES HOCKEY!!! IT WILL MAKE YOU FALL IN LOVE WITH THE GAME ALL OVER AGAIN!!!

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Simply Amazing, August 6, 2007

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Dean Karakosta "Stephen Karakosta" (IL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hockey - A People's History Box Set (DVD)

Hockey A People's History is the best ever I loved it to death and watched the 6 disc series in 2 days I loved it so much I was really sad when I finished the 10 episode series. CBC did a great job of creating this series they made the set and the clothes the skates the sticks the ice the crowed and the stadiums look like the time era they were in I simply loved it and each episode followed someone like one episode they talked about the Patrick brothers and how they made the era of hockey its very cool they went from the 1800 to the 2000 they didn't miss one thing in between very good facts I did my radio Final last year and made a documentary on the history of hockey and got all the info from this it is simply amazing!!!!!!