SPORTS NIGHT was the brainchild of Aaron Sorkin (A FEW GOOD MEN) and ran on ABC from 1998 until 2000 as a critically acclaimed look behind the scenes at a very SPORTSCENTER-like show from which the series takes its name. Peter Krause and Josh Charles star as Casey McCall and Dan Rydell, the show's anchors, with Rydell being the series's focal point as a young and slightly idealistic sports journalist who has an endearing way of standing up for the dignity of his profession. A behind-the-scenes look at the production of a television show, SPORTS NIGHT is not at all about sports, but about the show's frantic, often quirky characters who often have to wrestle with tough moral and ethical questions about journalism as well as the occasional turkey thawing on the hot lights above the anchor desk.
DVD Features:
NTSC
Boxed Set
8-Disc Set
Full Frame 1.33
Audio:
Dolby Digital 2.0 - English
Additional Release Material:
Audio Commentary - 8 Cast & Crew Commentaries
Behind The Scenes - INSIDE THE LOCKER ROOM
Deleted Scenes
Gag Reels
Highlights - 1. FACE-OFF - Real Life/Character Comparisons
2. LOOING BACK - Conversation With Aaron Sorkin and Thomas
Schlamme
Interview - 1. Aaron Sorkin, Creator
2. Josh Charles, Actor; Robert Guillaume, Actor; Felicity Huffman, Actor;
Peter Krause, Actor; Joshua Malina, Actor
Outtakes
Distributor Notes: Debuting on ABC in 1998, Sports Night was an innovative half-hour program about a team of smart and likeable people who put on a daily live sports cable newscast, much like ESPN's SportsCenter. This team is funny, disciplined, capable and fast-thinking?a group of consummate professionals, but in their personal lives . . . not so much. There they operate in apparent chaos, communicating every uncensored thought and feeling through a libretto of witty and honest chatter over the hum of the separate-but-integrated live show-within-the-show.
Source: Universal Music & Video Distribution / Shout! Factory
Creator
Aaron Sorkin: Screenwriter, A FEW GOOD MEN
Review 1:
"...[With] a magnificent cast made even more magnificent by Robert Guillaume, who delivers powerful performances..."
Source: Entertainment Weekly
p.89 11/08/2002
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