Need a weekend Game Plan? Get The Game Plan on DVD

January 29, 2008

The Game Plan, starring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson was released from Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment on DVD Tuesday, January 22 and is well worth the DVD price to purchase this one. My kids and I enjoyed a great family weekend last weekend as we sat inside (avoiding the cold) and had a pizza and movie night. My kids range in age from 6 to 14 and this was a film that was enjoyable to all of them. Do you know how rare that is? Put this one on your must buy list!

Johnson (The Scorpion King) lends his trademark charm and formidable charisma to the role of Joe Kingman, a pro football superstar who unexpectedly finds himself caring for a precocious young girl played by Madison Pettis (“Cory in the House”). With Kyra Sedgwick (“The Closer”) as Joe’s workaholic agent and Rosalyn Sanchez (“Without a Trace”) as the little girl’s football averse dance teacher. High-living Boston Rebels quarterback Joe Kingman (Johnson) finds his world turned upside-down when seven-year-old Peyton Kelly (Pettis) shows up at his door and announces she is his child from a brief early marriage and needs a place to stay while her mother is away on business. For the next month, Joe is suddenly saddled with unfamiliar parental responsibilities like ballet class and homework, while also getting to know his daughter. As he tries to lead his team to a championship season, Joe navigates the rocky shoals between macho man and girly-girl cultures with hilarious and heartwarming results, building to an outcome he never saw coming.

BONUS FEATURES

• DRAFTING THE GAME PLAN

This behind-the-scenes featurette provides hilarious movie-making insights from director Andy Fickman as well as a look at what goes into the making of a successful action sequence. It focuses on the fine art of choreographing a realistic scene, the challenges that the actors and athletes endure and the unexpected injuries that The Rock sustained. Special attention is paid to the scene in which Joe Kingman falls victim to a career-ending hit—a scene that actually left one stuntman nearly unconscious. Plus, eight-year-old Madison Pettis, armed with her own DV camera, documents her personal experiences on the ballet set.

• ESPN’s SportsCenter DVD/Blu-ray™ Exclusive: The King in Search of a Ring

Stuart Scott of ESPN hosts a look at fictional star quarterback Joe Kingman, a man who doesn’t know the meaning of the word “share.” The Rock stays in character for interviews that fill in the blanks in Joe’s back story. The cast and crew contribute their thoughts and deleted scenes serve as “archival footage” in an entertaining “biography” of the athlete.

• ESPN’s SportsCenter: The Rock Learns To Play QB

ESPN’s Sean Salisbury interviews The Rock on how he learned to play quarterback for the movie.

• BLOOPERS WITH MARV ALBERT

Exclusive missed lines, blunders, bloopers, gags and more all set to the familiar narration of sportscaster Marv Albert.

• DELETED SCENES

An extended version of the uproarious ballet scene and much more, including optional intros by director

Andy Fickman.

• PEYTON’S MAKEOVER MADNESS

In a set-top feature, help Peyton “redecorate” Joe Kingman’s apartment with fun virtual arts and crafts.

Plus, exclusively on Blu-ray™:

• CHALK TALK

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and director Andy Fickman enliven their unique film commentary by drawing “sports booth” style graphics on the screen to highlight their filmmaking experience.

This truly is a fabulous family movie that you will enjoy! Besides, if the story doesn’t sell you just remember two words: The Rock. Enough said.

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