TV on DVD: 'ESPN 30 for 30,' 'Twilight Zone'
'ESPN 30 FOR 30 Series.' Now here's an awesome gift for the sports fan in your life. ESPN's widely acclaimed 30th-anniversary project boxes the first 15 of its 30 hourlong documentaries, directed by sterling filmmakers such as Barry Levinson, Albert Maysles, Bill Couturie, Steve James, Peter Berg and Dan Klores. Their films start with sports and expand into American culture, drugs, crime, race, hip-hop, money and more. Among the topics: the birth of fantasy sports, the death of basketball's Len Bias, the rise and demise of the USFL, O.J. Simpson's slow-speed chase, Reggie Miller vs. New York.
Extras. Extended interviews, deleted scenes, bloopers, directors' statements and more.
List price. $75 for 15 films on six discs, out from TeamMarketing.
OTHER OFFBEAT SETS:
'TWILIGHT ZONE' FAN FAVORITES. You can debate what's missing (say, "To Serve Man" and "Eye of the Beholder"), but what's inside this collectible tin includes "Night of the Meek," "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet," "Time Enough at Last," "The Invaders," "The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street"; $30 for 19 episodes, Image.
JOHNNY STACCATO John Cassavetes' 1960 jazz detective is a beat treat, full of funky guest stars (Red Norvo, Martin Landau), as seen on the defunct Trio cable channel; $35 for all 27 episodes, Timeless.
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