NASCAR - The IMAX Experience

I'm a die-hard NASCAR fan. Been for a long time. Having said that, I'm writing this review with complete objectivity now.The movie is great to introduce NASCAR to people who are starting to have an interest but do not wish to read an encyclopedia about it. It's a 50-minute film with Kiefer Sutherland narrating. He definitely sounds like he's reading from the script that he doesn't exactly know where to put emotion or emphasis, but he gets the point across rather well.The movie is dated. Since this thing was filmed, there have been many changes to NASCAR (car design, race format, Chase format, etc) but you get a nice taste of history and very good (albeit brief) overview of how NASCAR existed and exists today. If you *really* wanted to understand NASCAR, get out that encyclopedia and watch race after race after race.My young son who is interested in NASCAR likes it and got a better idea of why daddy is glued to the TV set every Sunday (or Saturday night).The soundtrack is pretty awesome if you're really into this type of stuff. I thought the music was very appropriate for the scenes and the camera angles were quite impressive.I saw this when it came out in IMAX and it was sweet then. I understand it isn't IMAX on my TV but that doesn't detract from it.Plus it's really funny to see how young some of the drivers were back when this was filmed...like Jimmie Johnson and Ryan Newman. Even Dale Jr looks like a young pup.I recommend for people who are fans of NASCAR. I mean, if you really wanted great NASCAR films, you'd have to include this one with "3," "Days of Thunder," "Stroker Ace," "Six Pack" and even Pixar's "Cars."

The NASCAR world was one completely foreign to me a year ago. Then my son (who was then 5) got hooked on the racing scenes in the Cars movie, and suddenly he discovered NASCAR... and now all our Sunday afternoons are booked watching races.I bought this DVD for my son for his birthday a couple of weeks ago. It's really interesting and well done. I watch it having already been brought up to speed on the sport; I know nearly all the drivers, their sponsors, and their car numbers. But I imagine this documentary would be nearly as fascinating to newbies, mostly because of the IMAX treatment -- cameras putting you "right there," in this case right down on the track as cars whip by.The DVD includes a good history lesson and great explanations of how a track functions on race day. The pit crews get proper treatment, too. One criticism is that few individual races or drivers are highlighted; perhaps the filmmakers simply wanted to emphasize the "experience."I wish I had seen this on an IMAX screen!

Informative documentary.

I bought this for my young son who is really into NASCAR and racing. He loves this video and watches it frequently. I also haven't tired of watching it. It really taught me a lot about NASCAR and the camera work is amazing. I really enjoyed the narration. This would be a great gift for anybody that is a fan of NASCAR.

I bought this DVD because of hearing that it was a 3D IMAX film and hoped that Warner Bros. would have did the right thing and made both the 2D and 3D versions available on the disc. Sadly, this isn't the case. Granted, the movie is a NASCAR fans dream with lots of great historical information on the creation of the sport, an in-depth look behind-the-scenes at how the cars are made, what all goes into setting up the pits at the races, etc. and so on. Plus, some wonderful in-car and racing with the vehicles perspectives. But, without the 3D experience, the movie is just not what it could have been. There is still a LOT of room left on this DVD for the field-sequential video edition, plus other interesting extras like a making-of featurette (which is strangely missing for an IMAX disc). I'd like to know why they were left out. In short, get the movie if you are a NASCAR fan, but don't if you believe it will be in 3D like it was at the IMAX theaters.

We saw this 1st at the OMNIMAX theater. Totally blown away by this documentary. Great behind the scenes info. Pit crews, mechanics, crash testing...My only complaint is that it only comes with French or Spanish subtitles. Hopefully they've corrected it.Kid friendly.

wish id bought it my son loved it

Older video, but I really enjoyed the history involved, and the subject matter!!!

NASCAR ist nur Geil. Bootlegger erfinden Ovalrennen. 400 km/h... Wer braucht da schon F1, Indycar, Le Mans, Nürburgring 24h, Dakar,.......ach doch! Warum nicht.... schon wahnwitzig.Als Ergänzung zu empfehlen. Motorsportfans kommen absolut auf ihre Kosten!!!

Il faut comprendre l'anglais (américain) pour apprécier pleinement ce documentaire sur Nascar. La voix de Kiefer Sutherland, je suis fan.Plaisant à regarder même si on est pas fan de sport auto

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Je ne sais pas visionner ce DVD.Aucune information concernant ce DVD ne m'a été donnée.Il faut un code spécial.

You have to see this in HD, on a big screen TV.My next purchase - a sound system to hear the motors the way they should be heard!