Customer Reviews

Born to Be Sold & Sandcastles

5 star:		(9)
4 star:		(3)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(2)

 

 

This is without a doublt, one of the best made for tv movies ever! I remember it well from the time is aired primetime to it's late night reruns. Get the Kleenex and enjoy Jan Michael Vincent in his prime and the lovely Bonnie Bedelia ("Die Hard" "Salem's Lot") in this wonderful romantic supernatural drama. It's also good to see faces we don't see much anymore like Herschel Bernardi and Mariette Hartley. The story focuses on Vincent, who while on his way to return a large amount of money to Bernardi (money that's the only hope to save his restaurant Papa Bear's) is killed in an auto accident. Bedelia is the witness. Her brief encounter with the dying Michael leads the story to then take a supernatural twist of fate. It was wonderful to find this treasure of 70's television ... The copy I was sent wasn't the best by any means. It had occasion tracking problems and dropouts and was obviously dubbed off in EP giving the movie a washed out, soft look. There were also several areas in which the video became too "hot" causing the picture to fade in and out. I was dissapointed to say the least in the quality of the dub. However, loving the story so much I was just glad to have a copy to share with my daughter after so many years!

First released in 1972 as a made for TV movie, I have remembered it all these years later and longed to see it again. I searched and seached for it and finally found it on a DVD including another movie called Born To Be Sold. I had ordered this twice and waited 2 months both times and never received it. I finally got a copy of it and it's still as excellent as I remember it being all those years ago. Just the mood and feel of this movie with it's classical music and the oceam waves as it's background left a lasting impression in my heart. This movie is well worth seeing if you're looking for a good romance with a twist. Get out the tissues because you'll be needing them before the movie ends. It reminds me alot of Ghost and it's very possible that that's where the idea for it came from. What else can I say about this movie ? I love it... always have, always will...and if you're lucky enough to get a copy of it I'm sure you will, too.

I've been searching for this movie for nearly 30 years. It must have been a TV movie of the week or the like but I distantly remember loving it when I saw it. It's a romantic fantasy with star-du-jour Jan-Michael Vincent and newcomer Bonnie Bedelia. While I enjoyed seeing it again with my young daughter, I must comment on the extremely poor quality of the tape. It looked like a copy of a copy of a copy of a copy. The color was crummy, it was out of focus, and the sound came in waves, not just the waves in the movie, mind you. Where does this stuff come from? Anybody else out there searching for a movie to remind you of your youth, save yourself the 12.99.

When I first saw this movie I was 15 years old; I'm now 41 and I remember this love story as if I'd seen it only yesterday. Not only does it have Jan-Michael Vincent as the young hitchhiker who is killed in an accident and whose spirit and being stay here to help his friend, but the young woman he falls in love with is a young and beautiful Bonnie Bedelia (from other films such as Needful Things, Violets Are Blue). The two share a powerful love and build sandcastles on a beach. I've searched for this film for 20 years and believe me, it's worth the wait. To me, this movie is one of the best love stories I've seen and it shows the two stars when they young and to me, ALMOST at their best!! It is a must-see for anyone who cares for either of these two stars.

I couldn't say anything less than this is my single most favorite movie of all times! I have had a television copy of this picture for over ten years and it never comes on the television anymore. I've been searching for the video release and I'm so glad to have found it here at Amazon! I recommend this movie to anyone and everyone! Definately deserving of FIVE stars!!

I purchased this movie as it was a memory of an old favorite and I wanted to share it with my girls. I found the video quality of the film to be rather poor. Although it is watchable there are several bad spots, but overall the story is there.

A friend and I were discussing old 70's films and I showed her Tribes (starring Jan-Michael Vincent) and she asked if I'd seen Sandcastles (indeed, I had). She was the first person I had ever met that had seen it. We both have been looking for it for years! I haven't seen it again since the first time. But I ordered it, and can't wait for it to arrive! We both remember it as being a very sweet and touching film. Jan-Michael Vincent wasn't too bad to look at either.

I have been trying to find this movie for years. I am not one to cry at movies, but this one had me. It is a romantic movie as well as a tear jerker. I fell in love with Jan Michael Vincent in this one. He was the Brad Pitt of the 70's.

I've been looking for this film for a long time. It is a beautiful story about a young man who returns from death to help a friend. He meets a girl, and they fall in love. One of things they like to do together is build sandcastles, a symbolic representation of something beatiful that doesn't last in this world. This is a wonderful movie, and it's a shame that, like so many other early 70's fantasy movies, it fell along the wayside. I highly recommend that folks give it a try.

I saw this movie when I was a child and have never forgotten it. All through the years I have told people about it and hoped to be able to buy it one day. So far no luck.....