Product Details

• Format: Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: A & E Home Video
• VHS Release Date: February 3, 2000
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000006QLE
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #334,893 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Obsession called Biltmore!, October 16, 2001

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Austin Brown (Yorktown, IN United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: America's Castles: Biltmore Estates [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This documentery is a wonderful telling of the story of Bilmore, George Washington Vanderbilt's wonderful French Château estate.
First telling a brief summery of the family's wealth, this video leaves no detail untold. Did you know Biltmore is five times the size of Central Park? or Vanderbilt was single when Bilmore was constructed? That and many other amazing facts are included in this video. Many of the 255 rooms within Biltmore, are explored in breathtakingly sweeping images, including Mr. Vanderbilt's bedroom, Mr. Vadebilt's bedroom, the Great Hall, the Winter Garden, and many other beautiful rooms.
This video shows, with exquisite detail, the construction of not only Biltmore House, and the entire estate, but also Biltmore Village, the homes that were built for the estate's workers, which is today one of the most exclusive neighborhoods in our nation!
Extesive histories of both Richard Morris Hunt, the estate's architect and Fredrick Law Olmsted, the estate's landscape designer are included.
It is quite obvoius absolutly no expense was spared with Biltmore. Also, much of Vanderbilt's collection, still in Biltmore, is featured in this video.
Included, in all their glory, are Biltmore's many gardens, still maintained by the talented staff. Particually lovely is the Walled Garden, to the north of the house, with it's enormous (nothing in Bilmore is normal size!) Conservatory, housing plants from all over the world!
Be warned, once you view this video, you will want to visit Biltmore Estate. But to visit Biltmore, to suspend onself in this world of weath, privilage, and bygone slendor, is a wonderfully magical experiance that should not be missed!
You will want to visit Biltmore if you buy this video, and if you visit Biltmore, you will want this video to relive the experiance!
It's a simply wonderful video, and an amazing home, America's Largest Home, Biltmore Estate!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Biltmore Estate, September 26, 2001

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Biltmore Estate - JW 10/2001 (Atlanta, GA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: America's Castles: Biltmore Estates [VHS] (VHS Tape)

The video provides a historical perspective of George Vanderbilt's lifestyle during the guilded age beginning with the creation of the family's wealth by his grandfather. The creation of Biltmore Estate is explored through references to the homes of his parents, his travels throughout Europe and the Vanderbilt relationships to Richard Morris Hunt and Frederick Law Olmsted.

The documentary provides a glimpse into the the treasures contained within the home. The main rooms within Biltmore, which cannot be photographed without the permission of the estate, are presented in the video. The gardens and surrounding moutains are also presented in the documentary.

The presentation does not feature all of the rooms that are available with a general admission to the estate and is limited in providing behind the scenes photography of additional rooms that may also be seen with special tour packages. The video presentation does not expose rooms that are currently not available to public viewing or the restoration processes that are constantly being provided.

The video presentation has limited footage of the gardens and greenhouse. The many gardens within the estate are well worth visiting while the greenhouse is a masterpiece within itself.

The video presentation is a glimpse into an estate that holds too many treasures to be viewed within the limited time period of approximately 50 minutes. The video presentation does provide a historical prespective for Biltmore Estate and features the major rooms of interest that are contained within the estate.