Description: O.J.: MADE IN AMERICA (BLU-RAY & DVD 2016) BRAND NEW - MINI SERIES - DOCUMENTARY - BIOGRAPHY - CRIME - HISTORY - SPORTS PRODUCT INFORMATION PROVIDED BELOW - Product Description Note: Disc 1 - 3 are DVDs and Disc 4,5 are Blu-ray and will only work on a Blu-ray player The contents in disc 1 and 2 in dvd and 4 and 5 in blu ray are same,both have mini series on them. (From Manufacturer) O.J.: Made in America is an essential examination of the rise and fall of Orenthal James Simpson, and parallels between his incredible story with that of race in America. This critically-acclaimed documentary series reveals how he first became a football star, why America fell in love with him off the field, what happened in the trial for his ex-wife s murder, and finally, why he is now sitting in jail for another crime 20 years later. His is a story that divided America like few things before or since, and it is perhaps the defining cultural tale of twentieth-century America. Key Selling Points: ESPN Films First 30 for 30 Miniseries High-End Collectible Packaging Universal Critical Acclaim O.J.: Made in AmericaTelevision release poster From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia O.J.: Made in America is a 2016 American documentary, produced and directed by Ezra Edelman for ESPN Films and their 30 for 30 series. It was released as a five-part miniseries and in theatrical format. O.J.: Made in America premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 22, 2016, and was theatrically released in New York City and Los Angeles in May 2016 by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. It debuted on ABC on June 11, 2016, and aired on ESPN. The documentary explores race and celebrity through the life of O. J. Simpson, from his emerging football career at the University of Southern California, and his celebrity and popularity within American culture, to his trial for the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Lyle Goldman, and subsequent acquittal, and how he was convicted and imprisoned for the Las Vegas robbery 13 years later. The documentary received critical acclaim and won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature at the 89th Academy Awards. It was the longest film in the 30 for 30 catalogue and longest film to ever receive an Oscar nomination and win[5] (surpassing War and Peace).[6] The documentary became the last of its type to be nominated and win an Oscar after a new Academy rule barred any "multi-part or limited series" from being eligible for the documentary categories. Edelman received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for Nonfiction Programming for his work on this project. The series also received a Peabody Award for its work. Premise Through interviews, news footage, and archival audio and video, O.J.: Made in America traces the life and career of O. J. Simpson, starting with his arrival at the University of Southern California as an emerging football superstar and ending with his incarceration in 2007 for robbery. Throughout the documentary, Simpson's life – the football success, television & acting career, relationship with Nicole Brown, the domestic abuse, Nicole and Ron Goldman's murder, the trial – runs parallel to the larger narrative of the city of Los Angeles, which serves as host to mounting racial tensions, and a volatile relationship between the city's police department and the African-American community. Footage from the Watts riots was used as well as the entire Rodney King video, which most news outlets and documentaries only used in parts. Both of these events are used to set up and explain what happened during the Simpson murder trial. Television critic James Poniewozik described the director's technique in his New York Times review: "Ezra Edelman pulls back, way back, like a news chopper over a freeway chase. Before you hear about the trial, the documentary says, you need to hear all the stories – the stories of race, celebrity, sports, America – that it's a part of." Production Development of a documentary based on Simpson for ESPN Films began in 2007, eventually leading to the hiring of Brett Morgen to create the film, June 17, 1994, also part of the 30 for 30 series.Released in June 2010, June 17, 1994 used solely archive footage from several sporting events that occurred on June 17, 1994, to chronicle the events of the police chase of O. J. Simpson. ESPN Films executive producer Connor Schell said, "If you are going to do O. J. Simpson, you are going to cover June 1994 to Oct. 1995 – it is unavoidable. But if you are interested in things that came before it and after it, then it has to be longer than the traditional two-hour form." This led to a meeting between Schell and director Ezra Edelman in February 2014, where Schell expressed interest in creating a five-hour documentary on Simpson. Edelman initially declined, as he felt "there was nothing left to say about him". Edelman eventually agreed to the project, realizing that Simpson's trial did not have to be the focus, or if he was innocent or guilty, rather, Edelman "could use that canvas to tell a deeper story about race in America, about the city of Los Angeles, the relationship between the black community and the police, and who O. J. was and his rise to celebrity. That's the story I wanted to tell." Throughout the 18-month process from conception to completion, Edelman conducted 72 interviews for the documentary, "including key players from the prosecution (Marcia Clark, Gil Garcetti and Bill Hodgman), Simpson's defense team (F. Lee Bailey, Carl E. Douglas and Barry Scheck), childhood friends of Simpson (Joe Bell and Calvin Tennyson), relatives of Simpson (cousin Dwight Tucker), fellow football players (Jim Brown and Earl Edwards), jurors from the criminal trial (Carrie Bess and Yolanda Crawford), former LAPD detectives involved in the case (Mark Fuhrman and Tom Lange) and African-American civil rights activists (Dr. Harry Edwards, Danny Bakewell and Cecil Murray)", and people who could speak on behalf of Ron Goldman (his father Fred Goldman) and Nicole Brown Simpson (her sister Tanya Brown, her friends David LeBon and Robin Greer, and her boyfriend Keith Zlomsowitch). Also interviewed were people connected to Simpson such as his agent Mike Gilbert along with Tom Riccio and Bruce Fromong, who were each involved parties of the 2008 robbery. Edelman also reached out to Simpson through a letter, which was never answered; he had also hoped to include Simpson's first wife, Marguerite L. Whitley, who could not be contacted, and former L.A. County district attorney Christopher Darden, who declined participation. Despite envisioning the project as a five-hour documentary, the final film was screened to ESPN Films executives at 7.5 hours in length, to which Schell said they would figure out the programming end, as they were "going to give Ezra the time he needs to tell this story". The initial plan was to break the film into three parts – "everything leading up to the murder and then the trial and then everything after the trial" – before a five-part format was settled on. In January 2016, ESPN Films announced O.J.: Made in America for part of their 30 for 30 series. Ishmael Reed was interviewed by director Ezra Edelman for O.J.: Made in America, however his interview wasn't used in the documentary. Reed was critical of the documentary in an article he wrote for the magazine CounterPunch. He stated, “In the series, other prosecutors yammered on and on about theories that were disproven in court. A detective who might have planted evidence was allowed to take up time. In order to make the case that the decision in the criminal trial was based on black grievances about the LAPD, or Mark Fuhrman, they used a black juror whose opinion fit this marketable line instead of jurors who voted on the basis of evidence that had been tampered with. The late Philip Vannatter never explained why he carried a vial of the victim’s blood to O.J.’s estate.” Release O.J.: Made in America premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 22, 2016, with one intermission, and was also screened at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 23, 2016,[14] and the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival in Toronto on April 29 and 30. The documentary had a theatrical run with two intermissions at Cinema Village in New York City and the Laemmle Theatre in Santa Monica, California from May 20–26, 2016. The first part debuted on television on June 11, 2016, on ABC, followed by parts two through five airing on ESPN on June 14, 15, 17 and 18, respectively. The entire documentary was made available on WatchESPN on June 14, 2016, after the airing of the second part. In subsequent airings of the fourth part, graphic crime scene photos were blurred by ESPN, to allow the re-airings to occur "at various times." The images were not blurred in the original airing or in the version available "on demand to viewers online or via cable VOD services." Reception and legacy On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 100%, based on 53 reviews, with an average rating of 9.27/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "O.J.; Made in America paints a balanced and thorough portrait of the American dream juxtaposed with tragedy and executed with power and skill." On Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating to reviews, the film has a score of 96 out of 100, based on 21 critics, indicating "universal acclaim" Kenneth Turan and Mary McNamara of the Los Angeles Times both praised O.J.: Made in America, with Turan stating, the film "is an exceptional 7 1/2-hour documentary, so perceptive, empathetic and compelling you want it never to end", with McNamara adding, "Historically meticulous, thematically compelling and deeply human, O.J.: Made in America is a masterwork of scholarship, journalism and cinematic art." Sports Illustrated's Richard Deitsch called the film "the best 30 for 30 documentary [ESPN] has ever produced. It is thrilling and uncompromising filmmaking... and it will make you look at the most famous murder case in United States history with fresh eyes and under a larger prism."[9] Brian Tallerico, writing for RogerEbert.com, awarded the film four stars out of four, stating, "Even in this era of 'Peak TV', it's rare to see something as essential and momentous as ESPN's OJ: Made in America... Ezra Edelman's stunningly ambitious, eight-hour documentary is a masterpiece, a refined piece of investigative journalism that places the subject it illuminates into the broader context of the end of the 20th century... I would have watched it for another eight hours... It's that good." Daniel Feinberg of The Hollywood Reporter said, "O.J.: Made in America is a provocative, intelligent and thorough documentary that tears along at an impressive clip given its length, with tragedy around every corner. The first miniseries to air under the ESPN Films and 30 for 30 banners, it also instantly takes its place among the banner's best efforts" while Hank Stuever for The Washington Post called it "nothing short of a towering achievement". Variety's Brian Lowry added, "even in the annals of ESPN's 30 for 30 docs, [Ezra Edelman has created] what feels like a master opus – one that deals with the nexus of race, celebrity and sports, and the strange juxtaposition of a figure who prided himself on transcending color, yet ultimately relied upon it when charged with the murder of his ex-wife, Nicole, and Ronald Goldman." A. O. Scott of The New York Times felt the film "has the grandeur and authority of the best long-form nonfiction. If it were a book, it could sit on the shelf alongside The Executioner's Song by Norman Mailer and the great biographical works of Robert Caro. It's very much a film, though, a feat of tireless research, dogged interviewing and skillful editing." However, Scott felt a "significant blind spot" for the film was its "predominance of male voices among the interview subjects, and the narrowness of the film's discussion of domestic violence... [T]he film, which so persuasively treats law enforcement racism as a systemic problem, can't figure out how to treat violence against women with the same kind of rigor or nuance", adding that "O. J. Simpson is viewed as a symbol" while "Nicole Brown Simpson's fate, in contrast, is treated as an individual tragedy, and there seems to be no political vocabulary available to the filmmakers to understand what happened to her. The deep links between misogyny and American sports culture remain unexamined."StorylineIt is the defining cultural tale of modern America - a saga of race, celebrity, media, violence, and the criminal justice system. And two decades after its unforgettable climax, it continues to fascinate, polarize, and even, yes, develop new chapters. Now, the producers of ESPN's award-winning "30 for 30" have made it the subject of their first documentary-event and most ambitious project yet. From Peabody and Emmy-award winning director Ezra Edelman, it's "O.J.: Made in America," a 10-hour multi-part production coming summer of 2016. To most observers, it's a story that began the night Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman were brutally murdered outside her Brentwood apartment. But as "O.J." lays bare, to truly grasp the significance of what happened not just that night, but the epic chronicle to follow, one has to travel back to a much different, much earlier origin point, at not the end, but the beginning of the 20th century, when African-Americans began migrating to California en masse, in desperate, collective hope of a better life, trying desperately - and fruitlessly - to outrun the racism that had defined their lives. And among the thousands who came west from the south were the grandparents of Orenthal James Simpson. The tale is familiar from there. In the mid-1960's, Simpson rose to instant fame as an unstoppable running back for the USC Trojans, and later, not just a record-setting Hall of Famer in the NFL, but a crossover, charismatic superstar with a singular foothold in the celebrity landscape. In retirement, O.J. remained as popular as any active athlete - a broadcaster, pitch-man, and actor. But he stood alone for another reason as well. Living in the shadows of everything from the Civil Rights Movement to the Rodney King riots and so much in between, in a country forever divided by racial lines and a city with a horrific legacy of institutionalized police racism, O.J. Simpson managed always to find a way to transcend the color of his skin. That is, until everything changed on that June night of 1994. "O.J." revisits - and redefines - it all. The domestic abuse. The police investigation. The white Bronco chase. The trial of the century. The motive, the blood, the glove. The verdict. The aftermath. Drawing upon more than seventy interviews- from longtime friends and colleagues of Simpson to the recognizable protagonists of the murder investigation to observers and commentators with distinct connections to the story - the docu-event is an engrossing, compelling, and unforgettable look at a tantalizing saga. Because at the end of what seems like a search for the real truth about O.J. Simpson, what's revealed just as powerfully is a collection of indelible, unshakeable, and haunting truths about America, and about ourselves. —ESPN Films TriviaDirector Ezra Edelman struggled on the decision to include the forensic photos of the bodies of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman, but ultimately decided to edit them in to remind the audience that the trial was meant to be about a horrific double homicide instead of the discussion about race and corrupt law enforcement that it ultimately progressed into. Product details MPAA rating : NR (Not Rated) Director : Espn Media Format : NTSC, Color, Widescreen, DVD+Blu-ray, Full Screen Run time : 7 hours and 43 minutes Release date : July 19, 2016 Actors : O.J. Simpson Studio : Team Marketing Number of discs : 5O. J. SimpsonSimpson in 1990BornOrenthal James Simpson July 9, 1947 San Francisco, California, U.S.DiedApril 10, 2024 (aged 76) Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.Other namesThe JuiceAlma materUniversity of Southern CaliforniaOccupationsProfessional football playeractorsports broadcasterspokesmanKnown forFootball careermurder trialrobbery caseCriminal charges Armed robberykidnapping (2007) Criminal penalty33 years' imprisonment9 years without parole (2008)Criminal status Acquitted (1995)Convicted (2008)Paroled (2017)Discharged from parole (2021) Spouses Marguerite Whitley (m. 1967; div. 1979) Nicole Brown (m. 1985; div. 1992) Children5 American football careerNo. 32Position:Running backPersonal informationHeight:6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)Weight:212 lb (96 kg)Career informationHigh school:Galileo (San Francisco, California)College:CCSF (1965–1966)USC (1967–1968)NFL draft:1969 / round: 1 / pick: 1Career history Buffalo Bills (1969–1977)San Francisco 49ers (1978–1979) Career highlights and awards NFL Most Valuable Player (1973)NFL Offensive Player of the Year (1973)5× First-team All-Pro (1972–1976)5× Pro Bowl (1972–1976)AFL All-Star (1969)Bert Bell Award (1973)AP Athlete of the Year (1973)3× UPI AFC Offensive Player of the Year (1972, 1973, 1975)4× NFL rushing yards leader (1972, 1973, 1975, 1976)2× NFL rushing touchdowns leader (1973, 1975)NFL scoring leader (1975)NFL 1970s All-Decade TeamNFL 75th Anniversary All-Time TeamNFL 100th Anniversary All-Time TeamBuffalo Bills Wall of FameNational champion (1967)Heisman Trophy (1968)Maxwell Award (1968)2× Walter Camp Award (1967, 1968)2× UPI Player of the Year (1967, 1968)SN Player of the Year (1968)Chic Harley Award (1968)2× Unanimous All-American (1967, 1968)Pop Warner Trophy (1968)2× First-team All-Pac-8 (1967, 1968)USC Trojans No. 32 retiredNJCAA All-American (1966) Career NFL statisticsRushing yards:11,236Rushing average:4.7Rushing touchdowns:61Receptions:203Receiving yards:2,142Receiving touchdowns:14Stats at Pro Football ReferencePro Football Hall of FameCollege Football Hall of FameSignature O.J. Simpson (1947–2024), NFL star, defendant in trial of the century By Linnea Crowther April 11, 2024 O.J. Simpson was an NFL star of the 1970s’ Buffalo Bills who went on to an acting career before becoming embroiled in one of the most notorious trials of the 20th century, accused of murdering his ex-wife. Died: April 10, 2024 Details of death: Died at his home in Las Vegas of prostate cancer at the age of 76. O.J. Simpson’s legacy In the past 30 years, Simpson has been known best for the infamous images of his televised 1994 murder trial: the low-speed police chase as he rode in his white Ford Bronco, the leather glove presented as evidence, the strong public reactions to his verdict of “not guilty.” That trial was for the murders of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ron Goldman, on the night of June 12, 1994. America watched the trial compulsively, with opinions sharply divided on the question of his guilt. When the verdict was delivered on October 3, 1995, some celebrated his acquittal, while others believed justice had been miscarried. Yet before 1994, Simpson’s public image was quite different. He was a beloved football player – one of the NFL’s all-time great running backs – and his movie career was as well-known to the average American as his TV commercials for Hertz rental cars. Simpson was a college football standout at the University of Southern California, who helped lead the Trojans to the 1967 NCAA championship. He was the number-one pick in the 1969 NFL draft, chosen by the Buffalo Bills and signing an unprecedentedly large contract with the team. That contract proved worth it: Simpson became one of the dominant football players of the 1970s. He broke a record to become the first player to rush more than 2,000 yards. He was the NFL’s MVP in 1973, led the AFC in rushing for four years and in both rushing and scoring in 1975, and he was a first team All-Pro for five consecutive years from 1972 through 1976. After his 1979 retirement from the NFL – he had played two seasons for the San Francisco 49ers first – he was inducted to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1985, his first year of eligibility. Simpson had begun his acting career while still in the NFL, appearing in the smash hit TV miniseries “Roots” and in such movies as “The Klansman” and “The Towering Inferno.” He continued that career upon his retirement, most notably starring as Detective Nordberg in the three installments of “The Naked Gun” series in the 1980s and ‘90s. He also starred in a popular series of Hertz commercials, and he pitched other products, including Pioneer Chicken and Honey Baked Ham. Simpson’s acting career came to an end in 1994 as his murder trial captivated America. He remained in the news on and off after his acquittal, including in coverage of the 1996 civil trial that found him liable for the wrongful deaths and battery of Brown Simpson and Goldman. He was subsequently ordered to pay more than $33 million in damages. He was back in the news upon the 2007 publication of the book “If I Did It,” in which Simpson and his ghostwriter, Pablo Fenjves, detailed how the murders might have happened. That same year, he was arrested for armed robbery after taking sports memorabilia that he claimed belonged to him. He was found guilty, and he served almost nine years in prison before being paroled in 2017. THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO LOOK AT MY LISTING ~ PLEASE CHECK OUT MY OTHER ITEMS.SHIPPING WILL BE MEDIA MAIL SO PLEASE ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO RECEIVE. THE "ESTIMATED" ARRIVAL TIMES ARE SOMETIMES TAKING LONGER THAN EXPECTED. 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Video Format: NTSC
Music Artist: Gary Lionelli
Case Type: DVD
Rating: NR
Director: Ezra Edelman
Sub-Genre: Investigation, infamy, spousal abuse, brutality, murder trial, sports hero, rise and fall, biographical documentary, tv mini series, scene of the crime
Studio: Team Marketing
Edition: Unrated Edition
Aspect Ratio: 16:9
Type: MOVIE: SPORTS - BIOGRAPHY - DOCUMENTARY - CRIME
Format: BLU-RAY & DVD
Region Code: DVD: 1 (US, Canada...), Blu-ray: A (Americas, Southeast Asia...)
Language: English
Release Year: 2016
Producer: John Dahl, Libby Geist, Connor Schell, Ezra Edelman, Deirdre Fenton, Nina Krstic, Erin Leyden, Tamara Rosenberg, Caroline Waterlow
Actor: Willie Brown, Harry Edwards, John McKay, Harry Alfred Khasigian, Steve Lehmer, Jeffrey Toobin, Danny Bakewell, Walter Mosley, Dwight Tucker, David Gascon, Bernard Parks, Jim Newton, Carl Douglas, Mark Ridley Thomas, Joe Saltzman, Joe Bell, Jim Brown, Robert Lipsyte, O.J. Simpson, A.C. Cowlings, Robert Kardashian, Nicole Brown Simpson, Mark Fuhrman, Marcia Clark, Fred Goldman
Features: Full Screen, Widescreen
Genre: Biography, Crime, Documentary, History, Mystery / Suspense, Psychological, Special Interest, Special Interest-Documentary, Sports, Sports-Football, Thriller, Thriller & Mystery, Tragedy, TV Crime, TV Drama, TV Mini-Series
Run Time: 7 HOURS 43 MINUTES
Movie/TV Title: Espn O.J.: Made In America
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Season: N/A
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