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Mill Creek Entertainment | 2008 | 114 min | Rated PG-13 | No Release Date

Leatherheads (Blu-ray Movie)

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Movie rating

6.1
 / 10

Blu-ray rating

Users0.0 of 50.0
Reviewer2.5 of 52.5
Overall2.5 of 52.5

Overview

Leatherheads (2008)

Dodge Connolly, a charming, brash football hero, is determined to guide his team from bar brawls to packed stadiums. But after the players lose their sponsor and the entire league faces certain collapse, Dodge convinces a college football star to join his ragtag ranks. The captain hopes his latest move will help the struggling sport finally capture the country's attention. Welcome to the team Carter Rutherford, America's favorite son. A golden-boy war hero who single-handedly forced multiple German soldiers to surrender in WWI, Carter has dashing good looks and unparalleled speed on the field. This new champ is almost too good to be true, and Lexie Littleton aims to prove that's the case. A cub journalist playing in the big leagues, Lexie is a spitfire newswoman who suspects there are holes in Carter's war story. But while she digs, the two teammates start to become serious off-field rivals for her fickle affections. As the new game of pro-football becomes less like the freewheeling sport he knew and loved, Dodge must both fight to keep his guys together and to get the girl of his dreams. Finding that love and football have a surprisingly similar playbook, however, he has one maneuver he will save just for the fourth quarter.

Starring: George Clooney, Renée Zellweger, John Krasinski, Jonathan Pryce, Peter Gerety
Director: George Clooney

Comedy100%
Romance60%
Sport41%
DramaInsignificant

Specifications

  • Video

    Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
    Video resolution: 1080p
    Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
    Original aspect ratio: 1.85:1

  • Audio

    English: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1

  • Subtitles

    English SDH

  • Discs

    Blu-ray Disc
    Single disc (1 BD)

  • Playback

    Region A (B, C untested)

Review

Rating summary

Movie3.0 of 53.0
Video3.5 of 53.5
Audio4.0 of 54.0
Extras0.0 of 50.0
Overall2.5 of 52.5

Leatherheads Blu-ray Movie Review

Reviewed by Martin Liebman June 22, 2022

Mill Creek has released the 2008 History-Comedy film 'Leatherheads' to Blu-ray. At time of release, it is exclusively available from Mill Creek as part of a two-film bundle with 'The American.' Universal relesed the film to Blu-ray in 2010 and that disc contained superior video and supplementary content, all of which is absent here.


Following the First World War, football in America is big. In college, that is. Collegiate teams thrive, while the professional league finds itself floundering. The Duluth Bulldogs, led by the aging Jimmy 'Dodge' Connelly (George Clooney), are no exception. In fact, the team soon finds itself bankrupt with no way to pay for train tickets for its players or the rental fee for a field to play on, and the team disbands. Dodge, desperate to get back on the field, manages to bring aboard college football's famed player and World War One national hero, Carter "The Bullet" Rutherford (John Krasinski), a move that instantly creates an influx of cash (even the team's practices are sold out), brings the team back together, and places professional football back in the public spotlight. Meanwhile, ambitious reporter Lexie Littleton (Renée Zellweger) has been assigned to get to the truth behind Rutehrford's war heroics, stories that don't seem to add up. Of course, the three characters collide, both stars have their eye on Lexie, and whomever she chooses to get close too -- and the information she can dig up regarding Rutehrford's wartime career -- just might have a profound impact on the future of professional football.

For a full film review, please click here.


Leatherheads Blu-ray Movie, Video Quality  3.5 of 5

Leatherheads arrives on Blu-ray for the second time, and for the first time from Mill Creek, with a 1080p transfer, here encoded in MPEG-4; the 2008 Blu-ray used the antiquated VC-1 encode. This appears to compare favorably to the Universal disc, and is likely sourced from the same master, resulting in an image that is very much similar to the 2008 issue for detail and clarity. In fact, the here for that disc largely suffices here, but for this caveat: the compression on this disc is plainly inferior. The image struggles with macroblocking, rendering a number of lower light backgrounds, primarily, as messy, chunky digital artifacts. Such are not usually so severe as to distract or even detract from the experience, but the typical Mill Creek compression issues do hinder an otherwise lovely image.


Leatherheads Blu-ray Movie, Audio Quality  4.0 of 5

Mill Creek brings Leatherheads to Blu-ray with a DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 lossless soundtrack. The track is lively and full, offering very solid clarity and an exceptional sense of space. Whether old-timey score, crashes and hits on the field, or simple environmental ambience, the track is in very good shape. Dialogue is always clear and center focused. The track is not significantly different from the track of the same configuration as found on the 2008 Blu-ray. Please click here for a few additional thoughts.


Leatherheads Blu-ray Movie, Special Features and Extras  n/a of 5

Unfortunately, but not surprisingly, there are no supplements on this Mill Creek disc. The 2008 Universal presentation included an audio commentary track and a comprehensive picture-in-picture supplement that contained a slew of content. As it ships with the above-linked two-film bundle, no DVD or digital copies are included with purchase and the bundle does not ship with a slipcover.


Leatherheads Blu-ray Movie, Overall Score and Recommendation  2.5 of 5

Leatherheads is a fun movie with a lot going for it, and even though it falters from the middle of the film on, there is much to enjoy here, for football fans and non-fans alike. Much of the movie is pure comedy gold, and the romantic angle doesn't feel forced. The football segments are more for laughs than serious sports action or drama, however, and when the focus attempts to shift to the dramatic at the end of the film, albeit with a few more laugh-out-loud moments tossed in, it doesn't quite work. Leatherheads is a crowd-pleaser to be sure, featuring another fine performance from George Clooney, who is right at home in a comedy or in a serious dramatic film (Good Night, and Good Luck, for example) and is sure to win over even more fans in Leatherheads. Mill Creek's Blu-ray features good video save for the compression issues. Audio is fine. All supplements have been cut. Recommended, but be aware that, at time of writing, the superior Universal edition is still available and at a lower price, even when buying alongside The American.


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