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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The best of F1 from the BBC's best commentator,
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This review is from: Murray Walker's Fantastic Moments [VHS] (VHS Tape)
The voice that has launched a thousand "Murrayisms" in Great Britain takes the viewer on an unforgettable ride from 1976 through 1997 for the drama and excitement of over 20 years of Formula One motor racing. Included is footage ranging from the fabulous duel between Gilles Villeneuve and René Arnoux at the '79 French Grand Prix to Senna's 1993 opening lap magic in the rain at Donnington Park. Walker has seen them all, and this personal memoir is a video ode to the best F1 moments of the modern, TV era of Grand Prix racing.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
I interrupt myself to bring you this....,
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This review is from: Murray Walker's Fantastic Moments [VHS] (VHS Tape)
Murray Walker was and forever will be The Voice, the voice of Formula One. When the BBC's and later ITV's best loved commentator retired at the US grand prix in Indianapolis this year, he left millions of fans around the world sad to see him go. This video is great as a personal selection of his favorite moments in grand prix racing between 1976 and 1997. Unforgotten his many "Murrayisms" ("there's nothing wrong with the car, except it's on fire"), his inspired collaboration and friendship in the commentator booth with the late James Hunt, his coverage of Our Man Nige's long and painful climb to the championship crown and of course the many fantastic (or:"aaaaabsolutely aaamaaazing!!" as Murray would say) rivalries that have made the sport precious: Villeneuve and Arnoux, Senna and Prost, and of course Michael Schumacher and Damon Hill.The footage is well-edited and the commentary as entertaining as ever.
2.0 out of 5 stars
Not all that fantastic,
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This review is from: Murray Walker's Fantastic Moments [VHS] (VHS Tape)
While I enjoyed watching this video (bought used as VHS), I don't think it is a great compilation of highlights from the annals of F1. For starters, I think Murray starts off too late, when F1 was already on the decline. "Decline", you might ask? "F1 is now bigger than ever before", you might add ... Well, not in the minds of a band of fanatical race minds that lived through the days when F1 was really a sport, when tracks were actual race circuits (think old Nurburgring, Spa, Monza, Reims, Jarama, Montjuic, Silverstone, to mention but a few), when cars had individual characters (iconic Loti, Ferraris, Brabham, etc.), and when drivers were friends. Overly romantic? Not really ... you can't have "fantastic moments" and exclude the likes of Clark, (Graham) Hill, McLaren, Hulme, Stewart, Rindt, Peterson, Fittipaldi; all of whom Murray had actually witnessed racing. This video seems rather confusing; a tribute of sorts to Murray's close friend and colleague, James Hunt; but through Walker's biased pro-Brit presentation (Mansell and Damon Hill ad nauseam), much is lost. Brief mentions of Villeneuve and Pironi rekindled my interest and the highlight on this whole video is the classic dual between Rene Arnoux and Gilles Villeneuve at Dijon in 1979. If anything, this product is worth owning for only that reason; but as a whole, it was a little too late to save this video. Over the years, Murray Walker contributed much to the enjoyment of F1; but this video DNQ, unfortunately.
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