| | | Samuel Goldwyn Presents...
His talent made him a legend. His courage made him a hero. Gary Cooper is "nothing short of wonderful" (The Motion Picture Guide) in this moving true story of Lou Gehrig, the Hall-of-Fame ballplayer who reached the heights of stardom only to face tragedy with a dignity that inspired a nation. Nominated for eleven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, The Pride of the Yankees is a "glorious [and] inspiring" (The Hollywood Reporter) sports classic. Lou Gehrig's boyhood dreams come true when he signs on with the New York Yankees and takes the field alongside his idol, Babe Ruth. In fact, Lou considers himself the luckiest man in the world until unthinkable misfortune strikes, and he must summon all his courage to face his toughest battle yet.
"The best of all baseball biographies..." Find-A-Video
"Gary Cooper was born to play the role of Lou Gehrig." Jamie Gillies, Apollo Movie Guide
"Truly memorable..." Leonard Maltin's Movie & Video Guide
"Eloquently written, stunningly photographed, and directed with sensitivity and care..." The Motion Picture Guide
"Excellent portrait..." VideoHound's Golden Movie Retriever
Editor's Note
Gary Cooper plays Lou Gehrig, the first baseman for the Yanks who suffered from a crippling and incurable disease. Even when Gehrig was a student at Columbia University, the press had already pegged him as a top ballplayer. Soon the New York Yankees selected Gehrig for their lineup, and he became an overnight sensation on the baseball diamond. But this dedicated player--who had never missed a game once he stepped onto a Major League Baseball field--suddenly fell ill with a mysterious disease. As his body began to fail him, Gehrig had to say good-bye to the fans who idolized him and to the sport he loved so dearly. The film's final scene is a deeply moving portrait of human courage. Also not to be missed is Babe Ruth's cameo appearance as himself. Cooper's performance is outstanding, measuring up to the drama that surrounded the real-life events. THE PRIDE OF THE YANKEEES remains one of the greatest biopics ever filmed, in addition to being perhaps the best sports film of the 20th century.
Plot Summary
This acclaimed biopic, featuring a stellar performance from Gary Cooper, relates the brilliant and tragic life of baseball great Lou Gehrig.
| Features | Audio: English Dolby Digital Mono | | Interactive Menus | | Scene Selection |
| Technical Info
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Release Information
| | Studio: Fox Home Entertainment |
| Release Date: 3/18/2008 |
| Running Time: 125 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1942 | | Catalog ID: 110298 | | UPC: 00883904102984 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English | | Video: B&W |
Aspect Ratio | | Standard 1.33:1 [4:3] |
| Cast & Crew
| Awards |
Winner (1943) | | | Oscar, Daniel Mandell, Best Film Editing | |
Nominee (1943) | | | Oscar, Gary Cooper, Best Actor in a Leading Role | | | Oscar, Teresa Wright, Best Actress in a Leading Role | | | Oscar, Perry Fergusion, Howard Bristol, Best Art Direction-Interior Decoration, Black-and-White | | | Oscar, Rudolph Mate, Best Cinematography, Black-and-White | | | Oscar, Jack Cosgrove, et. al., Best Effects, Special Effects | | | Oscar, Leigh Harline, Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture | | | Oscar, Paul Gallico, Best Writing, Original Story | | | Oscar, Herman J. Mankiewicz, Jo Swerling, Best Writing, Screenplay | | | Oscar, Thomas T. Moulton, Best Sound Recording | | | Oscar, Samuel Goldwyn, Best Picture |
| Memorable Quotes| "Today, I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth."----Lou Gehrig (Gary Cooper) |
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| | Professional Reviews | Variety 9 of 10
Sam Goldwyn has produced a stirring epitaph on Lou Gehrig. For baseball and non-baseball fan alike, this sentimental, romantic saga of the NY kid who rose to the baseball heights and later met such a tragic end is well worth seeing. Clever fictionizing and underplaying of the actual sport in contrast to the more human, domestic side of the great ballplayer make the film good for all audiences...Gary Cooper makes his Gehrig look and sound believable from the screen...To the credit of the screenwriters, and Paul Gallico who wrote the original, no attempt is made to inject color into the characterization of Gehrig. He's depicted for what he was, a quiet, plodding personality who strived for and achieved perfection in his profession.
DVD Verdict 9 of 10
The film was one which Goldwyn had been at first reluctant to produce, feeling that baseball pictures were box-office poison. Niven Busch, later an important writer of westerns in the late 1940s and early 1950s, was Goldwyn's story editor at the time and he persisted with the idea of the Gehrig picture. Goldwyn was finally convinced when he screened footage of Gehrig's moving "Appreciation Day" speech at Yankee Stadium on July 4, 1939...The Pride of the Yankees is one of a handful of sports films that is really worthy of your attention. It provides a pleasing blend of baseball and love story that conveys affection for the game along with respect for a fine player and his final struggle without descending into bathos. - Barrie Maxwell
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