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The groundbreaking sports documentary - life with the Lions Down Under. This programme provides the most intimate, blow-by-blow account of life on tour ever seen over three incredible hours of footage. Plus extras.
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English
Region 2
Interactive Menus
Scene Selection
Speeches
Social Activities
Funniest Moments
Willie John McBride Speech
Final Analysis
Region 2
Interactive Menus
Scene Selection
Speeches
Social Activities
Funniest Moments
Willie John McBride Speech
Final Analysis
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Although this DVD has some fantastic rugby on it and it was a great tour, there is no behind the scenes footage or player cams, etc. It is just match highlights. For all the other stuff you want lions up close and personal.
12 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Having been as impressed as I was with "Living with Lions" I thought that the internal battles and politics of the 2001 tour would culminate in a fantastic documentary. I had also read the articles written by Matt Dawson and Austin Healey and was fascinated in what might turn up...
Unfortunately I was deeply disappointed by the main documentary. It became very obvious very quickly that the senior members of the party were not interested in being filmed - probably because of the huge rifts forming in the group - and that certain members of the group, namely Austin Healey, were happy to completely hog the camera and spoil what could, ultimately, have been a far more revealing insight into what really happened.
The 2001 Lions were, unquestionably, man for man better than the Australians and it would be a very stupid or very patriotic person that would say otherwise. I was looking forward to the psychology of a team lead by a coach that just wasn’t liked – I mean, how could they lose? - and all I got was Austin Healey behaving like a fool on screen. He wasn’t even a major player on the tour so why use so much footage of him? Possibly just to pad the main programme out to the required length? This was obviously going to be the last Lions tour for some of the modern day greats – Herculean men like Keith Wood and Martin Johnson. Austin Healey? – Give me a break.
The beauty of “Living with Lions” was that the original documentary had been such a masterpiece of television making.
So why not one star? Well there is a great deal of other footage included with the original programme and some of it easily justifies the money. And, at the end of the day, this was an historic event in many more ways than one with some truly classic moments in it.
A shame – this package really could have been up there.
Oh, and Austin Healey is in it.
14 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
A truly extraordinary DVD. This DVD is over 3 hours long and shows all the behind-the-scnes footage of this infamous Lions tour of Australia. This includes extended highlights of the three tests and the other matches on the tour and the repercussions of the fallout from Matt Dawson's article. It also has the lighter moments of training, Austin healy's antics and the boys at leisure. It includes the team talks from Graham Henry, Martin Johnson and Keith Wood, and the joy and pain of the players as they beat Australia only to lose the series.
I absoluely loved this. Perfect for showing all the rugby and all the politics behind it. You get to be a fly-on-the-wall to discussions between Henry and Lineham on who to pick and who to leave out; the players' responses to team selections and strategy and excerpts from the boys training and pre-and post-match responses.
Though this tour was now almost 2 years ago, i only bought it recently and found it not only a fascinating reminder of the tour. It was also very funny and provides an amazing insight into the psyche of some of the current crop. This includes Martin Johnson's extraordinary impact as team leader on the other members of the team (he really is an enduring inspiration to them)and the total inability of the training staff to get jonny wilkinson off the pitch from practicing his kicking.
I would recommend this to anyone without hesitation.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
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I am absolutely thrilled to have purchased this DVD it was that good. It really was brilliant. A must have for any british isles rugby fan.
Published 2 months ago by Noahsway
Inspirational stuff!
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Terrible editing makes for a frustrating viewing.
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GRRRRREAT!!!!
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Published on 27 Dec 2005 by Don Domineco The Don
Brilliant insight
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Published on 16 Jan 2005 by J. W. MORGAN
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