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The Secret Life of NFL Films

By Alan Siegel / December 18, 2013

http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/66002320

On Dec. 13, 1981, at Candlestick Park in San Francisco, the idea for the strangest project in NFL Films history was born. The 49ers were playing the Oilers that afternoon, and cameraman Phil Tuckett was on the sideline capturing the action. Early in the first half, he noticed someone following him. After a while, Tuckett turned to the burly stranger and said, "Hi, do I know you?"

"No," the man responded. "But we're huge fans of NFL Films." His name was Pat Morrow, and he was Journey's tour manager. Before shows, he told Tuckett, the Bay Area-based band watched NFL Films' epic highlight videos. Now the group wanted to star in one of its own. "What we want to do is make a film just like one of your highlight films of a team headed for the Super Bowl," explained Morrow, who was in town for the band's two-night stint at the Cow Palace. "But it would be Journey headed toward a concert of their lives."

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Once again, thanks for an interesting article. I've watched it several times, and thought it was great to see things from a roadies perspective. Wonder where they all are now?

I watched the Frontiers And Beyond VHS tape a thousand times in the past, but it's been at least ten years since I last watched it. I wish they'd release it on DVD!

Journey/Survivor wrote:I watched the Frontiers And Beyond VHS tape a thousand times in the past, but it's been at least ten years since I last watched it. I wish they'd release it on DVD!

Cough, cough, Youtube, cough.

inaweofschon wrote:

Journey/Survivor wrote:I watched the Frontiers And Beyond VHS tape a thousand times in the past, but it's been at least ten years since I last watched it. I wish they'd release it on DVD!

Cough, cough, Youtube, cough.

I know.


I have the VHS tape, and I could watch it on Youtube, but I'd still be very happy to have it on DVD.

It was released and sold on DVD by the band in the late 90s/early 00s. Only official release.

StyxCollector wrote:It was released and sold on DVD by the band in the late 90s/early 00s. Only official release.

True. The only way you could buy it was through their website. I also heard that it was very, very poor quality. It seems it was essentially dubbed from VHS to DVD. No type of remastering or anything. So, if you have a decent VHS of it, you could make a digital copy yourself and have as good of a copy.

Monker wrote:

StyxCollector wrote:It was released and sold on DVD by the band in the late 90s/early 00s. Only official release.

True. The only way you could buy it was through their website. I also heard that it was very, very poor quality. It seems it was essentially dubbed from VHS to DVD. No type of remastering or anything. So, if you have a decent VHS of it, you could make a digital copy yourself and have as good of a copy.

That's what it is...a VHS on a DVD. I'm glad I have it, though.

I wonder if the unedited concert footage still survives. I assume it was done on film as well, so it could be the only HD-ready film footage of Journey in existence?

I have a dvd copy of F&B, several in fact, through fan trading when I first jumped on the J-fanwagon back in ‘05. Don’t know if it came from the official release or conversion copies from VHS, but the picture is pristine. Also, a fellow (long-distance) fan telling me he remembered renting the title from the Documentaries shelf at Blockbusters in the early 2000’s. I guess they did, at one time, put F&B out on dvd for retail sales.

rented it in 1985 ish
was initially disappointed as i was hoping for a live concert or band interviews.
i was 15 and did not want a roadie documentary.
grew to love it and glad they made this.

watched it on youtube months ago. i thought that the girl in the faithfully segment that was crying (she was on someone's shoulders) was featured in this documentary but was not shown on the re release.