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Super Speedway
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Binding: DVD
EAN: 4028951790043
Format: NTSC
Languages: German (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1
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Editorial Review:
One of the best directors of IMAX films, Stephen Low (Titanica) has always been a race fan. After obtaining permission from CART, a governing body of Indy car racing and Newman/Haas racing (a Championship team co-owned by Paul Newman), Low found his stars for Super Speedway: the racing Andrettis, father Mario and son Michael. Mounting cameras fore and aft on the Andrettis' cars, IMAX offers a better vantage point than an ESPN camera, at a superior grade of clarity. Add to that the excellent sound and you can "feel" the bumps on the asphalt as the cars zoom in and out of corners. The large format can turn a pit stop into a dramatic 12 seconds as we see the driver's eyes dart away from his cockpit for a few brief seconds. We watch Michael Andretti on oval tracks and exciting road courses going over hills and sharp turns. There's even a spin--probably staged--from an angle we've never seen before.
Although true race conditions were impossible (the camera is just too bulky), Low sneakily edits his film to stretch the imagination. On race day, several Indy cars drove alongside the camera car hours before the main event, passing and drafting each other with crowds whizzing past them. When edited with footage of the race, it feels like the real thing. Low takes a few off-beat choices in setting up his story. The first image is the biggest chicken you've ever seen. The last shot is a '50s car (lovingly restored during the film) racing through perfect golden foliage on an autumn day. It gives his movie of modern technology a wonderful sense of nostalgia. --Doug Thomas
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Give me VHS
The documentary itself is fantastic. Just don't buy this particular disk set.
One disk is the regular Super Speedway from IMAX, but in NTSC. I took NTSC since the PAL version is out of production. When I played it on my DVD player, I was shocked to see how fuzzy 480 NTSC lines are compared to PAL's 576.
No matter, I thought, I bought the disk set for the HD version anyway. So I popped the disk in my PC thinking I can stream the WMV files through my media streamer at my home ... Read More
Rating:  - Great behind the scenes documentary
This was a great documentary about what goes on behind the scenes in racing. The WVMHD looks great on my hi resolution computer monitor. Sound, action, and narration are all superb. Would recommend to anyone interested in knowing a little more about racing. Note: this film doesn't dig to deep into the technical side of car design or the underlying technologies, it merely scratches the surface.
Rating: - Monster sound effects
Want to put your home theater to the ultimate test? This is one magnificently produced DVD. None can match it's raw viceral sounds of the Indy cars on the track. Crank it up and the sounds will go around the room as the car races thru the road course. The Andretti men are classic and weave a good story of a car found in a barn then restore it and run it again. Simply amazing photography and sound effects.
Rating: - Super encircling.
Despite the fact that Mario proves to be a bad ultralight pilot, the rest of the DVD is very immersive, apart from the sentimental touch it's tried to be passed to the viewer.
What really gets the attention is the track an tech footage.
It's worth because of that.
Rating:  - Alittle Dissappointed!
The manufacture of the DVD boasted 2-Disc set with Special I-Max features.
I ordered the package and received only on disc, re-ordered and got the same. The process took awhile (with no favorable result), but amazon took care of me, apologized, and refunded my money. Just installing a decent 7/1 system for my motorcoach, and hoping to use these disc's to test it, the disc I did receive did not impress me.
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