Product Details

• Actors: Constantine Gregory, Anna Barkan, Max Bollinger, Todd Boyce, Stuart Bunce
• Directors: Christopher Spencer, Mark Everest
• Producers: Space Race
• Format: Import, PAL, Widescreen
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 2 (Read more about DVD formats.)
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: BBC
• Run Time: 236 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000GBK28I
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #57,581 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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United Kingdom released, PAL/Region 2.4 DVD: it WILL NOT play on standard US DVD player. You need multi-region PAL/NTSC DVD player to view it in USA/Canada: LANGUAGES: English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ), English ( Subtitles ), WIDESCREEN (1.85:1), SPECIAL FEATURES: Interactive Menu, SYNOPSIS: The true story behind one of the most exciting and exhilarating times in history. Spanning twenty years from the Second World War through to the moon landings it exposes the ruthlessness and the brilliance of the scientists involved and the extreme levels of endurance needed by those wanting to succeed over the rest. The 'race' was to create the most powerful rocket and to land astronauts on the moon. It tells of the pioneering experiments and catastrophic risks that cost untold amounts of money and ended scores of lives. This can be traced back to the rivalry between two recklessly daring scientific leaders: the charismatic ex-Nazi Wernher von Braun in the American team, and the enigmatic Soviet project leader, known mysteriously as 'The Chief Designer' ...Space Race

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Overdue in the USA, March 5, 2009

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John Dziadecki (Louisville, CO USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Space Race [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2.4 Import - United Kingdom ] (DVD)

This BBC program was broadcast in the USA by National Geographic. The four hour program, based on Deborah Cadbury's well researched "Space Race: The Epic Battle Between America and the Soviet Union for Dominion of Space", is very well done. It depicts the simultaneous efforts of the Russian/USSR Chief Designer, Sergei Pavlovich Korolev and the German/USA Rocket Scientist, Werner Von Braun, to send a man to the moon and bring him back safely.

Information about Korolev is so hard to find in the USA that I'd think this video would be welcomed here and readily available. Not so.

This DVD has been available since 2006 in the UK/PAL but not in the US/NTSC. Why is that? Do we need to depend on YouTube for everything? From what I've seen of it there, this is a top notch production. You can visit the National Geographic website for more information about the program. I emailed National Geographic as to product availability. They say it's not available. Why not?

BTW, I recommend James Harford's thoroughly researched "Korolev: How One Man Masterminded the Soviet Drive to Beat America to the Moon" highly.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Spectacular, March 17, 2010

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Shahryar Feizi - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Space Race [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2.4 Import - United Kingdom ] (DVD)

This is an amazing walk-through of the history of rocketry. I enjoyed this so much that I keep watching it over and over again. For those who expect real footage, note that maybe only 10% of the whole movie is real footage and the rest is actors playing the events of the period. For North American buyers, be careful since the DVD is European region and your DVD player might not be able to play it. Overall, accurately made and the narration is also very good.

2.0 out of 5 stars Well made but extremely skewed, September 16, 2011

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Geoffrey J Hulse - See all my reviews

This review is from: Space Race [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2.4 Import - United Kingdom ] (DVD)

This BBC produced docudrama displays its roots - the British apparently cannot get beyond the fact that Wernher von Braun was the mastermind behind the V2 program. I can't say I blame them, that's human nature, but it must be factored in by viewers who are not fully aware of the facts. After watching this program, an uninformed viewer would be left with the impression that virtually everyone working on the American program was morally, intellectually and patriotically inferior to their Russian counterparts.

Viewers will probably enjoy the drama but should take it cum grano salis.