Kobe Doin’ Work – MVP Limited Edition DVD

Written on December 6, 2009 by Marc Eastman in Movies

While not particularly a basketball fan, and certainly not much of a Kobe Bryant fan, the Spike Lee venture Kobe Doin’ Work is a fairly fascinating work. An all-access look at the life of the 2008 MVP, you get to see every part of the road to the game, and what goes on behind-the-scenes in a way rarely captured.

From the locker room to strategy meetings, this is an intense and uncensored look at not only one particular player, but the world of sports in general. It’s all captured and put together in a way that really has Spike Lee’s fingerprints all over it, and you likely won’t watch basketball in quite the same way again.

Sports fans can experience unlimited access to the intensity and immeasurable talent of 2009 NBA Finals MVP Kobe Bryant when ESPN Home Entertainment, in conjunction with Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment, present Kobe Doin’ Work, coming to DVD on November 24, 2009. Kobe Doin’ Work brings together legendary New York filmmaker Spike Lee and one of the biggest names in sports today. This ESPN Films presentation takes an unprecedented look at the NBA star and features unlimited access to Bryant before, during and after one of the season’s biggest games leading to the 2007-08 playoffs, the result being a definitive portrait of one of the sport’s greatest athletes.

Lee and cinematographer Matthew Libatique spent the day with the Los Angeles Lakers superstar. Utilizing 30 cameras and wiring Bryant for sound, Lee brings the audience onto the court with Bryant as his Lakers battle the San Antonio Spurs in a game with major playoff implications. “Kobe Doin’ Work is brilliant — Spike Lee reveals what it really takes, day in and day out, for Kobe Bryant to play basketball at such an elite level,” said Tori Stevens, Vice President, Multi-Platform Development, ESPN. “Fans will see, up close, how Kobe thinks about the game, his regimen and his work ethic.

This unique DVD offers an on-camera introduction by director Spike Lee, along with footage of Kobe Bryant during the fourth quarter, his press conference after the game, a Kobe Bryant photo montage, and an E: 60 “Behind the Scenes” feature.

Kobe Doin’ Work also features the first score ever written by Grammy® -winning musician Bruce Hornsby and the original song “Levitate.”

As a bonus to all hardcore fans, Upper Deck™ has created a special, limited edition Kobe Bryant trading card that will only be available inside the first thirty-thousand DVDs.