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Rio Ferdinand cemented his status as the best centre-back in British football with a series of assured performances at the 2002 World Cup--prompting comparisons yet again with 1966 hero and England captain Bobby Moore, and making the record-breaking £18m that Leeds paid to swoop the young defender from West Ham look like a bit of a bargain. Despite his exalted status, and undeniable promise, you may think that the two hours-plus of Rio material on offer here is more than enough, but even for non-Leeds fans this Official Club production is a surprisingly entertaining effort.

Following his career from boyhood on the streets of Peckham, London, through the ranks at West Ham, the move to Leeds, and subsequent Champions League adventures, and his times with England (though not including the 2002 World Cup), it's typical rags-to-riches stuff. There's plenty of chat from family, friends, team-mates, players and managers past and present--with Ferdinand himself coming across as a likable, open young man--plus loads of action from all stages of his career. This aspect of the programme would have set the production team a real challenge--Ferdinand is hardly a prolific scorer, and the best purely defensive performances can't really be appreciated from clips--but they make a reasonable enough job of it, leaving you in little doubt that Rio is a very special footballer, of whom we have not seen the best yet.

On the DVD: Rio has a screen format of 4:3. There's an odd mix of extras, including text-only career stats and a gallery of still images. Also included is an "unedited" version of the face-to-face interview with Rio that forms an important part of the main programme. --Alex Hankin

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DVD Special Features:

This DVD Edition features the full unedited 'Rio' interview, set in the surroundings of his bar 'Sutra's', the Rio Stats Index and a collation of photographs from his career and his personal collection.

Plus bonus hidden extras!

Aspect Ratio 4:3
Dolby Digital Sound

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews   2 of 3 people found the following review helpful: A Great Video for all football fans., 6 Jun 2002 By A Customer Although I am not a Leeds Utd fan, I have followed West Ham Utd for years, and so I thought I would take a chance on this one Leeds title to see how Rio Ferdinand had progressed. And am I glad I did. The first thing that made me think that this was going to be a good video was when I saw the credits, it was made by the same people who made a video about Paulo Di Canio for West Ham Utd a few years ago, and that was a great video. In Rio, the subject is the man himself rather than the player, there is a lot of footage, but it acts a backdrop to the documentary. The structure of the video takes on a 'day in the life of' rio ferdinand, alhough the pace and mood of the film cuts back and forth, capturing the mood and atmosphere of the man rather than the mundane. there are loads of highlights, his mum and dad are great, his realashionship with his brother is quite moving....the footage is great. If it had any flaws, it would be the lack of european footage as well as international footage, there is some but not a huge amount, it could also have benefited from some better music and maybe cutting 10mins off the running time. all in alll though a great purchase....even if it is leeds utd!!  Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? (Report this) › See all customer reviews...		Search Customer Reviews Only search this product's reviews

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