DVD Review: ‘60 Minutes Presents Obama: All Access - Barack Obama’s Road to the White House’

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DVD Rating: 5.0/5.0

CHICAGO – The first “60 Minutes”-branded DVD from CBS Home Entertainment and Paramount Home Entertainment is the surprisingly comprehensive account of the last two years of President Barack Obama’s life, “Obama: All Access - Barack Obama’s Road to the White House,” a great DVD for political junkies, historians, news fans, and everyone in between.

The historic rise of Barack Obama from Illinois Senator to the United States’ first African-American president has been compiled with over two years of “60 Minutes” coverage due to exclusive access for one of the most revered news programs in the history of television. “60 Minutes” has defined quality in journalism for years and this inaugural release is the perfect start to what one hopes will be a fascinating and educational line of DVDs.

60 Minutes Presents Obama: All Access - Barack Obama’s Road to the White House.
Photo credit: CBS/Paramount

As Jeff Fager, executive producer of “60 Minutes” says, “This is 60 Minutes at its best. We were on top of this incredible story from the beginning and the opportunity to put it all on one DVD, plus the outtakes, is like capturing a piece of history.”

“Obama: All Access - Barack Obama’s Road to the White House” features material from six separate segments that were broadcast on “60 Minutes” and includes excerpts from Obama’s first post-election interview, which was the most watched primetime television event of the season.

The collection features a great mix of previously seen and widely known material, including some of Obama’s most memorable speeches, with previously unaired footage, including informal and intimate moments with President Obama and his family.

Along with the segments, collectors can now own more than two hours of Obama’s most memorable public addresses including the declaration of his candidacy, his groundbreaking speech on race in America from Philadelphia, his foreign policy address at the Victory Column in Berlin, his acceptance of the Democratic Party nomination, and his victory address on Election Night, and the entire Inaugural Address from just a few weeks ago.

With nearly four hours of content at a suggest retail price below $20, “60 Minutes Presents Obama: All Access - Barack Obama’s Road to the White House” is an incredible deal, a DVD that both fans of President Obama and even those who didn’t support him will recognize as being a remarkably complete look at the rise of an international leader.

By BRIAN TALLERICO Content Director HollywoodChicago.com brian@hollywoodchicago.com