A few days ago, I received an email from a representative of Dan Klores Communications, the company that was about to put out the DVD commemorating the Penguins' run through the playoffs all the way to the franchise's third Stanley Cup championship. The man told me that he'd send me a free copy of the movie if I agreed to review it on the blog, and quite frankly, I was skeptical at first because I thought it was all a scam. Of course, it was not, and the disc showed up in the mail at about 11:00 this morning. What followed was the best hour and ten minutes or so of my week.
The DVD was excellent. It takes us through the regular season rather quickly in a bit less than half the total time of the film, but it paints a good picture of everything that goes on throughout the year. It didn't cut any corners, and it didn't seem as rushed as one might think, being as it was done on such short time (less than a month).
There are several players, coaches, front office people and media members that are interviewed throughout the movie as a supplement to the narrarator, who was somewhat robotic but still tolerable to listen to. Sidney Crosby, Dan Bylsma, Ray Shero, Bill Guerin, Ruslan Fedotenko, Hal Gill, Tyler Kennedy, Mark Eaton, Max Talbot, Kris Letang, Craig Adams, Brooks Orpik, Mathieu Garon, Phil Borque, Dan Potash, and even Pierre McGuire are featured throughout.
Some interesting anecdotes are covered rather extensively, most prominently the now famous Mario Lemieux text message to the team after their disheartening Game 5 loss in the Finals.
The bonus features are solid. There's a video documenting every heroic goal throughout the playoffs, a quick montage of the best goals and saves in the league from the entire season, parade coverage, Game 7 postgame interviews, and my personal favorite, a ten minute "mic'd up" session with Bill Guerin at the team's practice between Game 6 and 7 against Detroit.
It's an absolute must-have for any serious Penguins fan who wants physical documentation all in one place of the very memorable 2008-2009 campaign.
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