Derby - The Producer's Cut

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"AMAZING" says Jerry Seltzer, the Commissioner of the great made-in-America sport: Roller Derby. "One of the Ten Best Films of the Year" - the NY TIMES. - As the television tapes of the sport's early years were ultimately erased, this very special film contains the only existing footage of the Derby stars pre-1973; the greatest players and the greatest footage of the banked track ever photographed. "DERBY IS AN IMPORTANT PICTURE FOR ITS TIMES" - VARIETY. "A GREAT MOVIE ABOUT THE ROLLER DERBY" -- SPORTS ILLUSTRATED. "DERBY IS A FASCINATING DOCUMENT" - SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE..."DERBY IS COMPARABLE TO THE BOOK 'BALL FOUR' ONLY WITH FOUR LETTER WORDS AND PHOTOGRAPHY' -- CBS NETWORK. AVAILABLE NOW - 45th Anniversary Cut -- A Roller Derby movie for Roller Derby fans of all ages, starring the legendary Charlie O'Connell soaring along with the greatest stars of Derby, with digitally enhanced sound and visuals and a new editorial focus on Mike Snell, the local boy from Dayton Ohio, who along with his family, provide a modern in into a working class world that still exists, even if some of the workers and players are gone. "…EXTRAORDINARY and illuminating sequences." SF EXAMINER The Roller Derby is the only one-man-created sport in history, as it was wholly conceived and invented in the 1930's by Leo Seltzer in Portland Or., matured in Chicago, and perfected by Leo's scion and much-loved promoter, Commissioner Jerry Seltzer, who continues to support his family business for the pleasure and and the co-mingling of all human society around a fast banked track. "Nothing compares today to the old days, even if thats a bit sentimental, except the dreams and wishes of young men ing for fame and fortune --" says William Richert. "And 80 years onward, perhaps in a world Leo Seltzer never imagined, there is still nothing like the Roller Derby."