Product Details
- Starring: Arnold Palmer, Golf Channel
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- Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
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- Binding: VHS Tape
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- Brand: Booklegger
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- EAN: 9781890502034
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- Format: Box set, Color, NTSC
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- Is Autographed Specified
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- ISBN: 1890502030
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- Is Memorabilia Specified
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- Label: Homevision
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- Manufacturer: Homevision
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- Number of Items: 3
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- Product Group: Video
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- Publisher: Homevision
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- Release Date: 2000-06-16
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- Studio: Homevision
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- Theatrical Release Date: 1988-03-21
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- Title: Arnold Palmer - Golf's Heart and Soul (3-Tape Set)
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- UPC: 696894000334
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Product Description: The life and legend of Arnold Palmer, who conquered his sport and was one of the key figures in creating the role of a sports celebrity in the media age, is profiled in this comprehensive production by the Golf Channel. Family snapshots and home movies portray Palmer's childhood as the son of a greenskeeper in western Pennsylvania, and his love of golf is recalled by friends and competitors. Palmer's emergence upon the American golf scene is shown through film clips of his dramatic win at the 1960 Masters tournament, where a pair of birdies on the final two holes established Palmer as the nation's newest sports hero before a national television audience. He locked in his position with a victory at that year's U.S. Open, and before long, golf, Palmer, and an adoring gallery known as "Arnie's Army" became staples on American TV. Before long, a rival in the person of young Jack Nicklaus came along, and golf in the 1960s would be defined by their competition. This documentary does a very professional job in portraying Palmer's excellence on the links over many years, and it also presents a lighthearted look at how he became an American icon as an advertising pitchman, hawking everything from motor oil to Cadillacs. His philanthropic work is also highlighted, and the documentary ends on an uplifting note with Palmer's return to the golf course in 1997 following cancer surgery. The final tape in this three-tape set is entitled "Conversations with the King" and consists of Palmer discussing all aspects of his career in interviews with golfer Mark O'Meara. --Robert J. McNamara
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