Product Details

• Actors: Erik Knudsen, Brittany Murphy, Jason Priestley, Margot Kidder, Helen Shaver
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Paramount
• VHS Release Date: January 29, 2002
• Run Time: 105 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000056HQR
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #121,117 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Customer Reviews

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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent and Timely, May 13, 2003

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Mark D. Snyder (McClure, PA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Common Ground [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Unforunately, this video is still very relavent today. Contrary to Mr. Diamond's comments - LGBTQ youth are still beaten and murdered today and are four times more likely than their straight peers to commit suicide (Mass. Youth Behavior 2000). I was harassed severely in high school and had to transfer due to physical threats. To say that youth today do not know what it was like is just plain wrong. As an active member of several queer youth organizations trust me, we know and we are grateful. But we have our own issues that maybe you are ignoring Mr. Diamond.

This movie is moving, and hey, JTT IS HOT!

Mark Snyder
20 yrs old.

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Why not on DVD!!!, April 22, 2005

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NoahBody "noahbody" (San Jose, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Common Ground [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Come on folks VHS is DEAD.

DVD please

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Truthful; eye-opening; great acting, July 27, 2001

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Rogue Elf (CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Common Ground [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Common Ground is a compilation of 3 vignettes in a small town in Connecticut that represents small town U.S.A. The Showtime movie accurately depicts this and more. We see how homosexuality is viewed in 1954, 1970 and 2000. We see people who are forced to leave their home because they are being shunned and refused a job because of their gayness. My favorite story was the second one which starred Steven Weber and Jonathan Taylor-Thomas. I could identify with both characters because I too swam in high school and now I am a teacher. The fear that is displayed by Weber as a closeted teacher is very realistic and the treatment of the young gayTaylor-Thomas character was also true to the time period if not true today.

I highly recommend this film to anyone who is confused about their sexuality, have friends who are confused or family members who do not accept your sexuality. We are all truly living on common ground.