Leatherheads (Widescreen) | 
| Director: George Clooney
Actors: George Clooney, Renee Zellweger, John Krasinski, David De Vries, Rick Forrester
Studio: Universal Studios
Category: DVD
List Price: $14.98
Buy Used: $0.95
You Save: $14.03 (94%)
New (65) Used (114) Collectible (1) from $0.95
Rating:  62 reviews
Sales Rank: 14311
Format: Ac-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Dvd, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Dubbed), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 114 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: 61101581
UPC: 025195012935
EAN: 0025195012935
ASIN: B001BL96JI
Theatrical Release Date: 2008
Release Date: September 23, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
| |
| Similar Items:
|
| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
Leatherheads is a sort of two-fisted homage, simultaneously celebrating the early, unstructured days of professional football and the screwball comedies of the 1930s and 40s. George Clooney stars as "Dodge" Connelly of the Duluth Bulldogs, a wily (if a bit long in the tooth) player whose team goes bankrupt. His solution is to lure a war hero and star of the college-football circuit, Carter "The Bullet" Rutherford (John Krasinski from the American version of The Office) to join the team and, through the sheer force of his celebrity, legitimize professional football. Little does Connelly know that Rutherford's war record is being scrutinized by reporter Lexie Littleton (Renee Zellweger) and what she uncovers may undermine the whole scheme. Leatherheads isn't seamless--at times the screwball flavor feels forced and Zellweger's performance is labored--but those few awkward elements only emphasize how zippy and fun the rest of the movie is. Clooney also directed and demonstrates some real flair with editing and letting the fringes of the story be as vital as the main plot. Krasinski, with his goofy handsomeness and a streak of Jimmy Stewart charm, shows real promise as a movie star. Though Leatherheads has plenty of broad slapstick (and most of it is pretty funny), the movie's real comic richness comes out in offhand gestures and sly revelations of character. All in all, it isn't Preston Sturges (director of classic comedies like The Lady Eve and The Palm Beach Story), but it's in his neighborhood, and that's a pretty wonderful neighborhood to be in. --Bret Fetzer
Stills from Leatherheads (Click for larger image)
Product Description
Academy Award winners George Clooney and Renee Zellweger team up in this fun-filled comedy set against the beginnings of pro football. Dodge Connelly (Clooney), captain of a struggling squad of barroom brawlers, has only one hope to save his team: recruit college superstar Carter Rutherford (John Krasinski, The Office). But when a feisty reporter (Zellweger) starts snooping around, she turns the two teammates into instant rivals and kicks off a wild competition filled with hilarious screwball antics! Critics are cheering Leatherheads as "a real winner" (Claudia Puig, USA Today).
|
| Customer Reviews: Read 57 more reviews...
 PERIOD DRAMA/COMEDY WITH A FOOTBALL FINESSE FINISH July 2, 2009
Harold Wolf (Wells, IN United States)
LEATHERHEADS gets a wide range of reviews. I have to offer the highest honors. FIVE stars for the fun in Leatherheads. It's simply a FUN flick.
Of course there is the fantastic acting by great stars, George Clooney and Renee Zellweger. Clooney also directs this picture. Both stars get two-hands-clapping for their very realistic performances. Believable people having FUN with their jobs. Clooney as a struggling football player during the beginning days of pro football, and Zellweger as a sexy reporter (in sexy period costumes) working her way to the editor's desk. A Tribune story search of a college football star, who is also a war hero, who is going pro, will be the lead to the paper's plan of blowing the lid off the truth behind the hero's war event.
Of course with 'good-lookers' like Clooney and Zellweger, romance becomes a factor as well. You'll enjoy the banter between these 2 characters. It's FUNNY. FUN! It all takes place in delightful period scenes from the 30s/40s hotels to time-dated football fields.
For action there is bar room brawls, football (without rules), and a fist duel between the football stars, both desiring the great legged girl (Zellweger, she's HOT) from Chicago. Also see "hunk" Clooney with lipstick. Something for everyone. FUN.
The funny, special play of the day, at the end of the movie is worth a star itself. And add another for all the great photos, each telling another story, in the ending credits. Be sure you don't turn off the TV till you've seen them all. Great FUN. Just a FUN DVD event for the family. PG-13 as it includes a few nasty words.
So this is one for the viewers liking comedy, &/or romance, football, action, drama, and FUN. Pop two bags of microwave popcorn and enjoy.
Being a rather late review on this movie, please leave me a helpful vote so I can find out if anyone reads this.
Better: add a comment.
Make it FUN.
Whatever June 23, 2009
D. Mikels (Skunk Holler)
It's hard to remember the last time I felt so ambivalent about a film after watching LEATHERHEADS. This George Clooney offering was such a hodge-podge of ho-hum I kept checking my watch and wondering what was happening over on the The Weather Channel. Surely something more interesting, I remember thinking. Impressive cinematography, minute attention to the looks, sounds, and vibes of 1925, and dynamic special effects bringing old sporting venues back to life were what held my interest, and kept me from hitting the channel selector.
Clooney plays an over-the-hill player/owner of a bankrupt professional football team (back during the days when football on the national sports scene was little more than an afterthought). He's a bit of a con man (like we've never seen him in that vein before). Renee Zellweger re-introduces (for the umpteenth time) the tough-talking, no-nonsense, female reporter who must use her brain and beauty to get ahead (pardon the pun) in a hopelessly misogynist world. Bring boring John Krasisnski into the mix (playing a college football superstar and "war hero"), and LEATHERHEADS becomes an uninteresting love triangle with a semi-interesting football climax. What's on TLC?
--D. Mikels, Author, Walk-On
Like the first years of pro football, this one's all over the map but always watchable May 20, 2009
Joseph P. Menta, Jr. (Philadelphia, PA USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This engaging tale of the early days of professional football has two or three strong points going for it, namely gorgeous cinematography (I'm mainly thinking of all the burnished autumnal colors that were beautifully lit) and a nice fable-like quality, not unlike Robert Redford's "The Natural". On that second point, though, I liked that the storybook quality is diluted a little with some grit and humor, so the whole mythic feel isn't laid on too thick (as it was perhaps in the Redford film). Also, the acting is very good, both the individual performances by George Clooney, Renee Zellweger, and John Krasinski, and the cute way the performances bounce off each other.
Not fatal but less successful is the story, which starts off well but then splinters off into a variety of subplots, themes, and plot points, so after a while one asks "what is this movie exactly about?" Make no mistake, we're not talking messy and incoherent, just a lack of focus. And what focus there was sometimes seemed misplaced. For example, an investigation into the truth of the Krasinski character's war record by Zellweger's reporter character took up a lot of time in the second half but didn't deliver narrative rewards or even entertaining plot developments. It was just sort of there.
Despite those shortcomings, I'd definitely recommend "Leatherheads" for at least a viewing, primarily for the reasons stated at the outset. Also, as far as modern movies are concerned, it was fun to see a film set in an underutilized era (the 1920's) about an underutilized subject (sports history). So you see things you haven't seen in the movies a thousand times before.
The DVD offers top-notch picture and sound, which more than does justice to the original film's excellent cinematography. Featurettes in the special features section are only a few minutes each, but there are a nice handful of them. Paricularly interesting were the featurettes showing where special effects were applied to create crowds, stadiums that no longer actually exist, and other visual requirements. Special effects aren't just about spaceships and monsters anymore; the most normal and mundane background scenes are now routinely created via digital wizardry.
For decent evening's entertainment, one can do worse than this DVD.
Enjoyable May 18, 2009
Alan Starr (Lawrence, MA)
Clooney tries to make a film as good as 'His Girl Friday'. 'Leatherheads' isn't as good as that classic, but it is enjoyable enough. Renee Zellweger, who I used to like, was the weak spot of the movie - she's adequate, but she's no Rosalind Russell, that's for sure. (I also thought she was the weak spot in 'Cinderella Man', an otherwise strong film.) Clooney does his typical self-deprecating role, with good comedic effect. And the film looks good, all sepia-toned and Roaring Twenties styles.
We love this movie! May 17, 2009
Hr Block Client (Utah)
My son and I have seen it at least 6 times. It just made sense to buy it!
|
|
|
