Product Details

• Actors: Sophia Loren, Billy Dee Williams, Hector Elizondo, Val Avery, Ron Rifkin
• Directors: Jeremy Kagan
• Writers: E. Jack Neuman, Michael Daly
• Producers: Bruce S. Pustin, Joel B. Michaels
• Format: PAL
• Region: All Regions
• Number of discs: 1
• Run Time: 150 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00005RZRC
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #411,972 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Courage" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sophia Loren, Hector Elizondo, Billy Dee Williams..., May 14, 2002

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"alamsami" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Courage [VHS] (VHS Tape)

The real life story of a woman (Sophia Loren) who risks her life by taking part in an undercover operation. Her son's life is being destroyed by his dependency on drugs. With the help of drug agent (Billy Dee Williams), they start a battle against the cruel world of cocaine & heroin.
Originally shown as a mini-series. Approximately 133 minutes.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One Woman's Crusade To Save Her Son's Life!, February 28, 2009

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Jurai's Heir "Tenchi Masaki" (Denham Springs, LA, USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Courage (DVD)

Academy Award winner Sophia Loren delivers a courageous performance as Marianna Miraldo. A mother who's son is being ravaged by his dependency on cocaine and heroin. After trying everything to get her son clean including rehab, Marianna vows to take desperate measures, and risks everything and everyone she loves in a daring undercover operation. Aided by a hotshot drug agent (Billy Dee Williams), Marianna fights her way through a death-defying battle to perhaps save another family from the brutal tragedy she must overcome.

The picture quality including the color is really good.
The movie format is in Fullscreen 1.33:1
The audio quality is crisp & clear.
The movie is in English.
Supposedly the original version is 193 minutes, but this version is cut down to 133 minutes, but in my opinion because the movie is edited for this DVD, the film moves faster which is a good thing.

Sophia Loren must see and have!.

5.0 out of 5 stars Courage and character, August 28, 2011

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This review is from: Courage [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Too simplistic? Maybe, in comparison to all of today's technology both in film making and in drug busting and business, and in spite of the lack of endless blood and gore to drive home the content. But seeing it for the first time 20 years after it was made still kept me entirely in the moment of the movie. Sophia wasn't an unrealistic beauty queen for this movie. Her character was that of a proud, intelligent and dignified mother. The casting of key characters such as Hector Elizondo was on target, and Billy D Williams brightened this family movie without ever overwhelming the contrast of the quiet determination of Sophia's role.