Product Details

• Actors: Sidney Poitier, Will Geer, Bradford Dillman, Beverly Todd, Ramon Bieri
• Directors: James Goldstone
• Writers: Ernest Kinoy
• Producers: Joel Glickman
• Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo)
• Subtitles: English, French
• Region: Region 1 encoding (US and Canada only)
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• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Studio: Sony Pictures
• DVD Release Date: January 7, 2003
• Run Time: 95 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00007CVRT
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #21,576 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Brother John" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

24 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Deep...Deep...Deeep, October 14, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Brother John [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This movie is filled with a since of righteousness and the importance of human respect. Although it is set in the termoil of the late 60's early 70's the story line is timeless. The film brings into focus, through the life of John (Sydney Poitier), a since of destiny for the human race. Truly an excellent work.

21 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My Inspiration, November 30, 2002

By 

Michael (San Diego, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Brother John [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This is simply the greatest film work ever done and greatly overlooked. It is the inspiration for one of my books and is a timeless masterpiece.

It's unbelievable how much this story is overlooked.

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "Something to really think about.", April 3, 2007

By 

Christian (Denton, TX) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Brother John (DVD)

This movie really makes you stop and think, about how you live your life and how others live theirs. Every person's life has a purpose. Each of us has to find out what that purpose is. Many don't know it, but you can live out your purpose and still enjoy life at the same time, affecting other people in the positive. This movie almost seemed to be from the mind of a pessimist, but some may say a realist. I think it reflects the moral conscious of that day. I have seen a good number of Sidney Poitier movies, and it amazes me how he can always keep that poker face in every tough seen (one calling for little to no expression when giving someone critical information). He ranks right up there with all of the leading men of Hollywood of old, great actors of back in the day.