Product Details

• Actors: Sara Hammerman, Tony Maggio, Phillip A. Boland
• Directors: Sara Hammerman, Phillip A. Boland, Phillip Boland
• Format: NTSC, Color, Letterboxed
• Language: English
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Athens Entertainment
• VHS Release Date: August 1, 1997
• Run Time: 25 minutes
• ASIN: 0966026616
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #455,609 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Review

(Edgar Allan Poe's The Oval Portrait and Ambrose Bierce's An Arrest)

What a relief to find entertaining adaptations of classic short stories that engross students! Suzanne Delzio, High School Teacher, San Diego, California

I enjoyed both movies! The characters are credible and complex. A haunted mood is established which compels the viewer. Nanny Foster, Media Services Librarian, University of North Carolina at Greensboro

These are technically excellent films that have a meaningful place in high school and college literature film courses. Their length makes them ideal for screenings in regularly scheduled classes, and the films themselves provide wonderful possibilities for a perceptive discussion of film adaptations of fiction. Joe Gomez, Professor of English and Co-director of Film Studies, North Carolina State University

When I watched the films, it made me want to go read the original story! Laurie Whitcomb, Media Services Acquisitions, Pasadena Public Library, California

Both Films will inspire viewers to read works by the two authors and to look for other work by the filmmaker! Jim Clark, Director of Humanities Extension, Educational Publications Department, N.C. State University --Teacher Reviews

Review

(Edgar Allan Poe's The Oval Portrait and Ambrose Bierce's An Arrest)

Library Journal Review

The artistic, aural, and visual qualities of the video are excellent! This video will be a useful resource wherever Poe is studied! (School Library Journal Dec. 1997)

Skillfully directed and acted, this adaptation captures Poe s nuances of suspense and pain. These two films would be useful additions to American Literature collections. (Library Journal Feb. 1998)

Excellent cinematography and a gripping score. Boland s Film depicts a psychological portrait of horrific love and loss. (MC Journal July 1998) --Journal Reviews

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