Product Details

• Actors: Adam Hann-Byrd, Joshua Jackson, Timothy Bottoms, Barbara Williams, Olympia Dukakis
• Directors: Rob Turner
• Writers: Rodney Gibbons
• Producers: Michele White, Robert K. MacLean
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
• Rated: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Paramount
• VHS Release Date: April 18, 1995
• Run Time: 92 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6303389511
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #295,496 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An Awesome Tear-jerker., June 26, 1999

By A Customer

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

This movie was so enchanting, and so sad. Wonderful performance by Joshua Jackson. I have seen it numerous times and it still brings me to tears. The messages it sends out are very touching. If it weren't for Hackers, this would most definately be my favorite movie.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Underrated gem with brilliant performance by Jackson, August 18, 2001

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Thomas "TMG" (Burlington, VT USA) - See all my reviews

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

"Digger" is one of those movies that somehow miraculously gets made against all the odds. It is haunting, intelligent, beautifully filmed, slow-paced, and spiritual. Most contemporary audience members are likely to go to sleep while trying to view this film, if they even know that it exists. The other 5% of its audience are in for a deep experience that soaks in slowly.

It is the story of a pair of best friends, and the wisdom that the older boy shares with the younger, which changes him forever. Joshua Jackson delivers one of the finest performances by a young actor in the 90s. He plays "Billy" as if he were the reincarnation of an ancient Native American shaman (complete with an owl familiar). It is a tour de force, of the same calibre as Osment's work in "The Sixth Sense" and "A.I."

This film is for fans of Katherine Paterson's novels, "The Cure" (1995, directed by Peter Horton), and quiet, muted masterpieces that reveal themselves over time. Bonus points for the beautiful scenery of the island (Brentwood Bay, B.C.), a fine score featuring the lovely instrumental talents of Darol Anger and Bill Douglas, and the presence of the magnificent Olympia Dukakis.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Extremely Good Movie, October 30, 1999

By A Customer

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

I agree with everyone that said JOSH JACKSON was awesome. Hes the worlds best actor and im his #1 fan. Im looking foward to seeing more movies with him in it cause there automatically a 5 star movie.