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Long before Rocky Balboa went the distance, there was the original Rock--as in Knute Rockne. His story, a classic 1940 biopic, combines vintage gridiron action with heart-tugging sentiment. Yup, this is the film with the famous halftime pep talk and Ronald Reagan's "win just one for the Gipper" deathbed plea. Yeah, it's corny. But so what. Lloyd Bacon, one of Hollywood's ablest craftsmen (42nd Street), directed with just the right scrappy disregard for genre conventions. Reagan, in his third best vehicle (behind King's Row and The Killers), plays George Gipp, the Fighting Irish's first All- American, who died of pneum
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Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Release date: 15 August 2006
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 0012569791183 UPC: 012569791183
Release date: 15 August 2006
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 0012569791183 UPC: 012569791183
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