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Captains Courageous

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Captains Courageous DVD

Captain Courageous is updated version of a story by Rudyard Kipling"Captains courageous." (Kipling dollar library for young moderns). In the movie, staring Robert Urich as a fishing boat's captain, and Kenny Vodas as a young, spoiled rich boy who falls overboard from a cruise liner and is rescued by a fishing boat and is required to work if he wants to eat is a great story about growing up.


Highly recommended for any family who has a young teenage boy that is not use to minding his manners, respecting his elders, and doing chores as a responsibility.

Warning has a "tear-jerking" ending.

Gunner March, 2008

What a great gift the DVD's and the books made to our two grandsons (age 8 & 9). The movies were shared with their parents & siblings. The books are being read as "bedtime stories" now and enjoyed by all.
A very appropriate selection for school age children...and children of all ages!

I bought this movie after we read the original book by Kipling. What a horrible disappointment.

I don't know why Hollywood feels the need to "rewrite" a classic. Kipling is a proven author and they can do nothing to improve the story line! In fact they ruined it! Don't waste your time or money!

This remake of the original 1937 black and white Captains Courageous movie that starred Spencer Tracy is very good and I think Robert Urich was great and really played his part well and I also liked the rest of the cast, especially the child actor who played his son and the child actor who played Harvey. And this movie has inspired me to read the classic book that both movies are based on!

I read the book "Captains Courageous" by Rudyard Kipling (great book, excellent message, very difficult language) with my children. Knowing they missed much of the story, we watched this movie to fill in the blanks for them.

What a waste! We were disappointed in many ways. They changed the story terribly! In the book Harvey is not an orphan, his best friend doesn't die, and the captain is an excellent role model, not some ultra-distant and sometimes emotionally outraged man. It was horrible! We all agreed that the storyline was far better as originally written. It wasn't a case of a few minor details being changed, the entire virtue of the story was diminished. Why? Why? Why?

Looks like there is a 1937 version we'll have to try. Back then I'm sure it was okay to teach life lessons about working hard, growing up, and appreciating family without needing to write them out of the storyline or making it really cheesy in the process.

This is a great movie; a classic. What can I say, once you've seen the movie, you've seen it. Usually I can watch some of my favorite movies over and over. This is good to loan out to friends who hasn't seen the movie.

We have two different versions of 'Captains Courageous' movie and each one is unique. My husband likes old western, comedy and old action flicks, whereas I prefer movies that are based on non-fiction, historical, comedy, musicals, classics and chic flicks. I have to admit we both loved this movie. The acting and the story line were very well done. We have enjoyed both version. Comparing this one to the other, this one stood up equally.

I purchased this DVD after viewing the show on TV. The primary lesson I believe it teaches children is treasured items do not have to cost alot. A very important lesson in these days and times.

I had very low expectaions for this film from the outset, and I was not disappointed. Kipling's classic is one of my favourite books, and the Fleming movie as well (but I have a few issues with that too). I don't get why every version of this film has to have people getting killed or maimed. This is the third version of this film, and each remake has been a step down from the one before. Sure, the best is the 1937 version...at least there's real fishing, and great sailing. The 1977 version had lots of potential, but it fell short in so many ways...this version didn't even try. I think Robert Urich could have made a very good Disko Troop (why Matt in this film?) if only he had been given a script and director/producer who had a clue about what Kipling was writing about. Instead he was dealt an appalling waste of ink and paper by some overpaid hack (if he was paid a nickel it was too much) and the whole show is a complete shambles. Even the poor "We're Here" is a lousy performer, she is obviously a yacht, and so far from an american vessel, to say nothing of a fishing schooner as to give me the screaming heebie jeebies. It is hard to convey the desolation of the Grand Banks when you can see mountains in the background. I have no experience in movie making, but I am sure I could make a much better film than this one...anyone who wants to fund the project can find out. I'll even write the script....it can't be worse than this. This film is a Hallmark of Shame production.

I sorry to say that the orignal is larger than life . this remake is terrible