Product Details

• Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 3
• Studio: Fox Home Entertainme
• VHS Release Date: May 5, 1998
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6304179162
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #323,458 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

In January of 1999, the world's greatest basketball player announced his retirement from professional basketball, citing the lack of challenges for him from the game. No wonder. During his roughly 12-year career, Michael Jordan won six NBA championships with the Chicago Bulls, captured the MVP award several times, broke various records, and invented a kind of graceful, deeply competitive athleticism that fans had never seen before. Charles Barkley claimed he was not a role model, but Michael did, and the best of his career is well captured in this three-video set, Michael Jordan: The Ultimate Collection.

The earliest tape, Come Fly with Me, chronicles Michael's youth in North Carolina, his college years, and an early career with the Chicago Bulls. It's a fun token for fans who want to remember the squeaky-clean Michael who sported a thin layer of hair on his green head. Air Time takes us into the life of an established, more mature Michael with highlight footage, career insights from Jordan, Dream Team footage, and the Bulls first two championships. Most exciting are the highlights of the 1992 playoffs against the Knicks. Finally, Above and Beyond won't disappoint any person who appreciates the psychology of the athlete. Covering the death of Michael's father, his first retirement, and his baseball endeavors, the video focuses more narrowly on what makes Jordan tick. It lays out the mental determination and physical skill that Michael worked hard to reacquire in the mid-1990s, and which ultimately led to the Bulls' subsequent record-breaking 70-win season. For fans wanting a keepsake of the greatest innovator in the history of basketball, The Ultimate Collection won't disappoint--just as Michael never disappointed us. --Karen Karleski

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Half highlights, Half Michael Jordan as a person, May 25, 2000

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jasenao (Dothan, Alabama, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Michael Jordan - The Ultimate Collection (Come Fly with Me, Air Time, Above & Beyond) [VHS] (VHS Tape)

"Michael Jordan: The Ultimate Collection" is without a doubt one of the best, if not the best, highlight films of all time. It has 3 videos and they are all different and they tell you just about everything you want to know about the best basketball player of all time: Michael Jordan. "Michael Jordan: Come Fly With Me" is mostly a lot of spectacular highlights from his college and NBA career. It also shows him playing golf and takes you to his home. "Michael Jordan: Above & Beyond" is about MJ's retirement after winning his first 3 NBA Championships. It has real footage of his retirement speech and then MJ talks about his comeback to the NBA after 17 months off. It also has highlights from his major comeback to the NBA. Finally, "Michael Jordan: Air Time" deals mostly with Jordan's life off the court. There is some footage of highlights, but it's more of an interview film. It will make you understand Michael Jordan like you never have before.

Overall, "Michael Jordan: The Ultimate Collection" doesn't have the most highlights ever put into a collection, but if you're a Michael Jordan fan and want to learn more about him and hear his own insights about his life and the game of basketball, this collection is definitely for you.

22 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars awesome!!, July 25, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Michael Jordan - The Ultimate Collection (Come Fly with Me, Air Time, Above & Beyond) [VHS] (VHS Tape)

this is the best highlight film EVER. it showcases the greatest player that ever laced up a pair of sneakers and is so inspirational that i watch it over and over again.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If you don't have this videos , you are not a basketball fan, October 5, 2000

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Mariano N. Capalbo (Buenos Aires, Argentina) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Michael Jordan - The Ultimate Collection (Come Fly with Me, Air Time, Above & Beyond) [VHS] (VHS Tape)

If you like basketball you MUST have this video collection. The first one has the best Jordan dunks and his first years in the NBA. In the second you'll see how he made his game better and how he won his first threepeat. In the last one you can watch him when he decided to retire and then come back. Is the perfect trilogy. You can't miss it !!