Product Details

• Actors: Stephen Furst
• Directors: Stephen Furst, Menachem Binetski, Richard Compton, Kevin G. Cremin, Mario DiLeo
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Warner Home Video
• VHS Release Date: May 25, 1999
• Run Time: 89 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (30 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 0790741008
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #529,636 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

From the back cover

INTO TOMORROW. Cleared for final approach: the end of the Babylon 5 series. OBJECTS AT REST--Parting is bittersweet sorrow: Sheridan (Bruce Boxleitner) and Delenn (Mira Furlan) journey to Minbar, the new base of the Interstellar Alliance. But the era of peace is not without singular acts of betrayal. Lennier (Bill Mumy) falls prey to his feelings for Delenn. And Mollari (Peter Jurasik), unable to resist the alien power controlling him, presents a gift that may in time unleash forces of doom. SLEEPING IN LIGHT--The end was prophesied, inevitable. Yet there's time enough for Sheridan to meet with friends who helped create the future...and for one last visit to the now--abandoned way station that became a symbol for peace: Babylon 5.

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I did not cry watching Titanic - but I did so watching SiL., January 26, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Babylon 5 - Season 5 - Objects at Rest/Sleeping in Light [VHS] (VHS Tape)

There has never been a series like Babylon 5 - and probably there will never be another, as long as I live. I was deeply affected by the story and the characters. A story of light and dark, joy and pain, love and hate - all in a scifi series. Not a small wonder, rather a great one, I think. Four seasons of B 5 were great. The fifth was a mess, with some exceptions. Perhaps it is of symbolic value that the last episode was produced at the end of season 4 but broadcast at the end of season 5. One thinks of a time long lost and forgotten, of dreams long gone watching Sleeping in Light. It's wonderful, and it hurts. I did not cry when I watched Titanic. I did not cry watching E.T. But I cried at the parting of Sheridan and the fiery demise of the space station. It was sad, but in a strangely positive way I cannot describe. It was a feeling that I was on my own now but that I grew stronger out of it. In fact, Sleeping in Light has't got a proper story. But it works. It changed me deeply.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Devastating, February 26, 2001

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"blanca007" (Atlanta/Decatur, Georgia United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Babylon 5 - Season 5 - Objects at Rest/Sleeping in Light [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Okay, how about this for a reccomendation? I have seen most of the Babylon 5 series eight or nine times through, at least. I have only seen Sleeping in Light four times since it first aired over two years ago. Why? Because in this episode JMS creates a devastatingly moving portrait of Sheridan's final days that is just spectacular and my not watching it is a result of being that deeply affected by it. I showed this to a friend who never saw the show, she loved it. It reaches out to anyone who has ever lost a loved one and especially to the fans who knew this day was coming and never wanted to see it, but could not turn away. Series finales are usually not this powerful or tie up everything so well, but JMS performs this task excellently.

Not to mention you will never look at the sunrise the same way again.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sleeping in Light is one of televisions finest hours., September 19, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Babylon 5 - Season 5 - Objects at Rest/Sleeping in Light [VHS] (VHS Tape)

While Objects at Rest was a very good episode, Sleeping in Light was beautiful, and sad, and the music was perfect. I bought this on Laserdisc, and bought the CD too. It doesn't get any better than this. Listening to the CD in the car, I can see the scenes, and it still affects me. Sleeping in Light is *that* powerful, and stays with you. Babylon 5 was an incredible story!