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The Last Play at Shea on DVD

G-Fafif Feb 12 2011 09:42 AM

Outstanding documentary giving the ol' ballpark and its longtime team-in-residence the love it and they deserve (plus some music*) now available for home viewing. Reasonably priced at Amazon. Highly and objectively** recommended. *Quite awesome, too, but if your tastes don't run that way, don't be put off -- well worth it for the Sheaness and Metsness. **I provided some historical research and make a ten-second on-camera/audio appearance, but don't be put off by that either.

themetfairy Feb 12 2011 11:25 AM Re: The Last Play at Shea on DVD

I have my copy, thanks to cooby :)

metsguyinmichigan Feb 12 2011 01:59 PM Re: The Last Play at Shea on DVD

Mine arrived last night! Sweetness!

metsguyinmichigan Feb 13 2011 12:12 PM Re: The Last Play at Shea on DVD

Just watched it!! I thought it was going to be a concert movie, but it's pretty much concurrent bios of the Mets and Billy Joel -- with a surprise highlight coming around the 1:06.00 mark! Magnificent. I got all weepy throughout the whole show. Loved the Pete Flynn stuff, loved the McCartney arrival, got weepy again at the footage of Shea coming down, and the Piazza post-Sept. 11 homer and Mookie and Tom. Very Metly, very Long Island, very New York. I could show this to my friends here and they wouldn't get a moment of it. But they get all weepy over Bob Seger and Grand Funk, so I guess we're even. Wonderful.

G-Fafif Feb 13 2011 12:23 PM Re: The Last Play at Shea on DVD

Pure concert DVD coming out March 8 (sans that swell surprise).

metsguyinmichigan Feb 13 2011 12:29 PM Re: The Last Play at Shea on DVD

G-Fafif wrote: Pure concert DVD coming out March 8 (sans that swell surprise). Awesome!!! Wonder if there will be an audio release as well.

bmfc1 Feb 13 2011 12:45 PM Re: The Last Play at Shea on DVD

BMFC1 raves: "It's a great documentary--any Mets fan will love it!"

G-Fafif Feb 13 2011 12:56 PM Re: The Last Play at Shea on DVD

Pure concert DVD coming out March 8 (sans that swell surprise). Awesome!!! Wonder if there will be an audio release as well. Wonder no more: There will be.

metirish Nov 12 2011 08:29 PM Re: The Last Play at Shea on DVD

Now showing on Showtime 2 and several times over the next ten days.

themetfairy Nov 12 2011 08:58 PM Re: The Last Play at Shea on DVD

It's on my DVR now, for viewing on demand whenever I want to see it!

metirish Nov 12 2011 09:07 PM Re: The Last Play at Shea on DVD

themetfairy wrote: It's on my DVR now, for viewing on demand whenever I want to see it! mine too, God but Shea looked splendid.

themetfairy Nov 12 2011 09:10 PM Re: The Last Play at Shea on DVD

I was at the penultimate concert (the one with Tony Bennett). The energy that night was simply incredible.

TransMonk Nov 19 2011 03:55 PM Re: The Last Play at Shea on DVD

I thought if they would have taken out all of the Billy Joel stuff, it would have been a great short documentary of Shea. No offense to Joel fans. I enjoyed it more than I thought I would. Mostly because there was much more about the stadium and much less concert footage than I thought there would be. I missed above that Greg was in it and was happy to see him.

metirish Nov 21 2011 10:42 AM Re: The Last Play at Shea on DVD

I enjoyed it very much, especially liked that Pete Flynn was recognized, laughed at Piazza's Irish accent but wonder what will Pete do now that he is fully retired from the Mets.(he is right?) I was surprised I think that Howie wasn't in there(his voice was IIRC). No sign of the Wilpon's, nice, hard not to like Joel's enthusiasm, very cool to see our own Greg representing.