Formula 1 1980 Review

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Customer reviews

review by: Paul James Wheatley date: 2007-06-25 rating:
Great to finally have a review of this fantastic season
I own many of these titles from the Brunswick archives and I am mostly pleased to have them, they are the only way to see the formula one scene as it was from 1970 to 1980. In many ways I feel that formula one was better in this period for out and out racing, wheel to wheel action and before money rules and sponsors took away many of the reasons why we watched formula one in the first place, action!. These DVD's however are frustrating beyond belief as no actual real racing action is captured on them as Brunswick only use there own footage taken often from one corner on the track and it shows, painfully badly. Nothing worse than watching the drivers put on their helmets for five minutes, sit on the start line wiating for the lights, only for the picture to pause and the announcer to say "And Jones won the race" So where was the race, let me see it, please !!! While races are omitted there is also the totally dreadful der,der,der,der der, der der der der music as the results are being shown, trust me it drives you mad, it will have you screaming for the remote to turn it down. Why cant they use TV footage, by 1980 the Grand Prix programme with the great Walker/Hunt team commentating was being broadcast. Cor what I'd give to have those programmes on DVD, imagine the 78,79,80 seasons from the BBC, so come on then why not? save me from der,der der der der der and give me fleetwood mac's version ultimate Grand Prix anthem and the unmistakable Murray Walker and James Hunt. I miss those good old days!

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review by: tonyward4 date: 2004-07-19 rating:
F1 Reviews (70's) Duke
Don't bother wating for the 70's F1 reviews - the footage is quite naff in both picture quality and content. Several of the rounds were missed and there is NO use of TV footage whatsoever. The music is teeth-grindingly awful and the "extras" are......
Duke is basically taking the mickey. For the die-hard fan it's possibly (ONLY possibly mind you) worth investigating. Everybody else should stay clear to aviod disapointment


review by: hamishandkate date: 2004-05-04 rating:
More just a glimpse
I'm sure I'm not the only one to have long wondered why there has never been a review of the 1980 Formula 1 season available. So when this was released I was looking forward to a great watch with plenty of footage from "The missing year".
As it turned out this film seems to use very little of the television feed transmitted at the time and instead seems to be made up almost entirely from footage shot by one documentary crew. On the plus side there are excellent pits scenes, on the minus side there is very little race footage and in some cases rounds were missed completely, instead just the results being shown. What is illustrated is how different the highly polished sport we know now has changed in the past twentyfour years. Check those aluminium chassis and all the drivers pausing for a well-earned smoke.
The music was a little in the Bontempi Organ style and the commentator, as well as sounding exactly like Steve Coogan, sounded a little bored, although I think it is the same person that Duke Video used on a number of titles.
So all in all not quite what I and I'm sure others were expecting, but nevertheless it does bring 1980 back to us.
I look forward to all the 1970s releases with anticipation.

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