Product Details

• Actors: Billy Zane, Paris Jefferson, Keith Carradine, Jackson Raine, Khoa Do
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Polygram USA Video
• DVD Release Date: March 19, 2002
• Run Time: 89 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00005V9I3
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #167,615 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "The Diamond of Jeru" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Customer Reviews

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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Jealousy, Greed, Jungle adventure and not-stop action!, March 20, 2002

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G.T. Wizard (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Diamond of Jeru (DVD)

Having read a little about Louis L'Amour and his early adventures as a merchant seaman at his web site (louislamour.com), I can see some of his own life in this story! From the absolute KING of the Western comes an exciting, jungle action adventure flick that combines Indiana Jones with Casa Blanca, Tarzan, and Romancing the Stone. Zane is the perfect down-on-his-luck adventurer, trapped by his bad luck, empty pockets and a haunting secret past. Carradine brings just enough stiff-upper-lipped genious to his role to make you love - hate - love - hate the guy. And Paris Jefferson is a sophisticated sensous Gwenevere whose romantic notions get the better of her. Yet when the chips are down, she turns out to be the stongest of them all! I thoroughly enjoyed this movie and recommend to everyone. And if you want to talk to the writer (and Louis L'AMour's son) Beau L'Amour, visit the discussion forum at louislamour.com He has been very active with comments on the making of this movie!

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars No surprises, but serviceable adventure yarn, August 4, 2003

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R.L. Holly "piper909" (Austin, TX USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The Diamond of Jeru [VHS] (VHS Tape)

There isn't much to say about this typical story of greed, intrigue, and jungle adventure -- this one takes place in the wilds of Borneo, for a change, and is set in 1955 although a lot of the film feels as if it's taking place in the 1930s. There's a sort of pre-WWII colonialism mentality about it that is jarring, and very little evidence of the modern world apart from some references to atomic bombs. Even the clothes, hairstyles, and mannerisms seem dated, archaic. Oh, well. The plot centers around a quest for a fabulous diamond and the romantic triangle (or is it?) between the married swells in pursuit (the oddly dyspeptic Carradine and an elegant Paris Jefferson) and their hard-scrabble guide (Billy Zane, good as usual in another cartoon role). There's a lot of running around in uncomfortable-looking surroundings, Zane doing a Bogart impression, and nasty natives of the sort normally encountered in vintage Tarzan movies. Very retro, but all in good fun, and the underappreciated Paris Jefferson -- best known perhaps as a radiant Athena in the "Xena" TV series -- steals every scene she's in, the perfect cool Britishwoman under fire. Who wouldn't steal a diamond for her?

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1.0 out of 5 stars Diamond in the Rough, November 25, 2011

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Slamdunk - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The Diamond of Jeru (DVD)

The video was evidently recorded in an European format that is not compatible with most US DVD/BLURAY players so I haven't been able to view th movie yet but I have researched the problem & think I may be able to reset my BLURAY player to accept all formats - just haven't gotten around to trying it yet. Would have been good to have a warning on the selling site that the DVD wasn't compatible with US players.