Product Details

• Actors: Kevin MacCarthy, Jamie Lynn Hines, Massachusetts people of Fall River
• Directors: Kevin MacCarthy, Massachusetts people of Fall River
• Format: Black & White, Color, NTSC
• Number of tapes: 1
• VHS Release Date: October 10, 1999
• Run Time: 47 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00002SSLL
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #226,652 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars fine case overview, January 10, 2000

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dummy taylor (new york, usa) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Case Reopened: The Zodiac with Lawrence Block [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Despite the horrible acting of a terribly misplaced Lawrence Block as the host(he has the onscreen presence of a corpse), this is a fine overview of the Zodiac case. Both newcomers to the case and those familiar with it will be fascinated by this informative video. I myself happen to be one of those Zodiac-case "buffs", and I truly enjoyed the tape, especially the news footage from the Zodiac era. I particularly enjoyed seeing clips of an interview with main suspect Arthur Leigh Allen. I lent the tape to a fellow true-crime buff who had no knowledge of the case at all and she came away with her curiosity piqued. Needless to say, she is planning on purchasing Robert Graysmith's excellent book "ZODIAC". Buy and enjoy!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Zodiac Video very informative., January 31, 2000

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Thomas Amo (California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Case Reopened: The Zodiac with Lawrence Block [VHS] (VHS Tape)

The zodiac case reopened, is a very well done documentry, although Lawrence Block, should hire someone else to do the tags to each segement, his bland non emotional comments leave you saying, get this guy out of here and let's get back to the program. Being a child during the time Zodiac was at the height of his reign of terror, I can remember the school taking extra percautions with all of us, I remember them talking about it in a very sensored fashioned, only telling us go straight home and do not talk to strangers etc. This video left me wanting more. I have read Robert Graysmith's chilling book and wished that the video could have delivered more on that level, however I enjoyed the old film footage and was impressed with how each of the re-enactments were staged. I was surprised how one segemnt was left out, where Zodiac took a young mother and her child on a ride, where she was taunted and told she would be killed, luckily she escaped! All in all, a beginner on the case will definatley catch the Zodiac bug from seeing this video.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Superb, especially in comparison with Graysmith's book, December 4, 2000

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This review is from: Case Reopened: The Zodiac with Lawrence Block [VHS] (VHS Tape)

An excellent overview of the case, free of all those notorious errors, misinterpretation and fact-bending that makes Graysmith's book on the subject so bad. Highly recommended, and probably the best introduction to the case anyone could hope for. One of numerous reasons why it's so good is the fact that it concentrates on the best suspect ever named, L.K., rather than the obviously innocent but highly publicised (only because of Robert Graysmith's naming him) A.L.A.