Cat. No. DVDS 1161: THE ESSENCE OF THE GAME. AFL AFVD459.

WIDESCREEN 16:9 FULL FRAME. ASPECT RATIO. DOLBY DIGITAL 2.0.
FORMAT: PAL             REGION: ALL
COLOUR                     RUNNING TIME: 90 MINS.

REVIEW:  Channel Seven and former AFL Player and football filmmaker Rob Dickson, present an amazing all access look into our unique Australian game,

Hosted and narrated by Nathan Buckley, the ESSENCE OF THE GAME were allowed into dressing rooms during the entire 2008 season to take a behind-the-scenes look at what makes football clubs tick, including Hawthorn and Geelong Cats on Grand Final day. The program also celebrates the breadth of the game in everything from kids to international teams and what footy means to them.

Commissioned by the AFL and Seven to capture the “essence of football” this documentary tracks a range of football stories from the elite to the grassroots including.

* Exclusive access to the inner sanctum of many AFL clubs and coaches from last season.
* Unprecedented access to several coaches through last year’s finals series and their    strategies including Alastair Clarkson’s three-quarter time Grand Final address.
* Vision of Hawthorn’s celebration with premiership cup in the middle of the MCG at     8pm on Grand Final night.
* Jonathan Brown miked up during the Hall of Fame match.
* West Coast Eagles draft pick Nick Naitanui.
* Stories from community and country football.
* Peace football team with players from Palestine and Israel.
* Tiwi Island football.

* Private school football system.

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