The Real: Rucker Park Legends
by Bahmekka
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Actor: Hawthorne Wingo, Herman 'Helicopter' Knowlings, Julius Erving, Robert Garcia (VIII), Ron ArtestDirector: Bahmekka
Brand: Image Entertainment
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 1.0
Format: Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 77 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-08-22
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Image Entertainment
Movie Reviews of The Real: Rucker Park Legends
Movie Review: Don't expect Highlights!
Summary: 2 Stars
As a straight forward, no frills documentary offering historical insight into the importance of Rucker Park and its namesake, I give this title 5 stars. However, this video is virtually devoid of highlights. If you are interested in hearing stories of how great these players were (without video proof), this is the video for you. I expected to see video footage. I didn't see one "helicopter" move, Ron Artest is shown talking to one of the legends (after he hangs up his cell phone), and Julius Erving is only shown in an interview, not in action. Again, if you are interested in hearing the recalled oral history of the park, you will simply adore this DVD. If you want some footage interlaced with the proclatmations of how great a player was, skip this title! Moreover, this title should not be in the category of sports documentary - it should STRICTLLY be listed as oral history. I once knew a guy who could jump from the free throw line, do 3 360's and dunk the ball with his elbow - believe it - although I can't seem to make this computer upload the video proof!
Summary of The Real: Rucker Park Legends
More than five decades ago, a New York City Parks employee named Holcombe Rucker encouraged Harlem kids to stay in school with a basketball tournament and league that would develop into an international phenomenon. Upon his death, two of his pupils continued his work by drawing from the league's Pro Division to start the famous "Each One Teach One" program, pairing up basketball's greats with disadvantaged youth. The innovative idea attracted such legends as Wilt Chamberlin, Julius "Dr. J" Erving, Kareem Abdul-Jabaar and streetball heroes such as Earl "The Goat" Manigault and Joe "The Destroyer" Hammond. Rucker Park's reputation quickly grew, becoming a virtual training ground for the NBA, influencing the playing style of the game and transforming Hip-Hop culture. Told by the legends themselves, this is The Real: the incredible true story behind Rucker Park from its unpolished beginnings through its heyday in the '60s and '70s to its more commercial present-day. But most of all, it's an amazing tale of how one man's dream and his pupils' gratitude explosively transformed an ordinary neighborhood basketball court into the world's most famous streetball arena.Documentary DVD Video
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