Product Details

• Actors: Justine Shapiro
• Directors: Ian Cross
• Format: 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: 555 Productions
• DVD Release Date: May 1, 2004
• Run Time: 60 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0002BSHFC
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #199,610 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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10 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Beyond Bad (negative stars). A real ripoff, March 8, 2008

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Diego Banducci (San Francisco, CA United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Globe Trekker: Turkey (DVD)

Justine Shapiro, an unattractive spoiled young woman goes to a country with some of the greatest archeological sites in the world, and ends up producing a video featuring (what else?) herself involved in a series of trivial activities. She spends only a few moments in Ephesus because (surprise, surprise) it's too crowded, but spends a lot of time on living in a tree house youth hostel on Mt. Olympus, races through the tunnels of Cappadocia being oh-so-cute, the same with a peasant wedding. And all interspersed with poorly focused and faded footage of the Anatolian plateau taken from bus windows. But if you do buy this bomb, you'll get to see lots of pictures of (what else) Justine Shapiro.

Justine appears, by the way, in a green dress with a hem so high that it barely covers her Thunder Thighs, a curious choice in a country where conservative dress is appreciated.

I've been to Turkey, and it's a fascinating country, but you'll never know it from watching this stinker.

A much better quality video on the same topic is: Biblical Treasures of Turkey

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars not a rug tutorial, September 1, 2003

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K. Mohnkern (Pittsburgh, PA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Globe Trekker: Turkey [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I really like the Globe Trekker series (shame it's on our local PBS station at midnight on Sundays). It's hip (sometimes too much so) and tends to focus on the roads less traveled. This episode skips Istanbul since that city requires its own hour-long show. Instead we visit some ruins, the magical fires on Mt Olympos, Kapadokya (seeing lots of sites I hit on my latest Turkish trip) and some smaller eastern towns. It's great stuff: Justine stays in a treehouse, participates in a village wedding, and stumbles with the language.
I had a problem with the rug lesson that she got. It looks like the dealer said that the only important factor in a rug is the tightness and number of knots, when that's not true at all. (I won't get into it here, but the most important factors are the quality of the wool and dyes.)
Besides that, this was a fun, inspiring trip. I now badly want to get back to Turkey and at least visit Mount Olympos. Got to see that magic fire.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars No Istanbul!, May 13, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Globe Trekker: Turkey [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This was actually made in 1997.

How can you make a tour of Turkey and not see Istanbul? Well that's what this video does. It also doesn't go to Pamukkale's hot springs, another must see spot for tourists.

What it does include is great coverage of Ephesus, shows you what a Turkish bath is like, how to buy a Turkish rug, highlights of all the cheap hotels and transportation she uses. This video visits unknown cities not on your usual tourist route. So you get a feel of the culture as the traveller talks with local people and attends a wedding in a small village.

Supplement this video with Rick Steves' Travel the World Eastern Cities for great coverage of Istanbul. Includes visits to the Topkapi palace, the Blue Mosque, Haghia Sophia, the bazaar, a Turkish bath house, a boat ride and a view of modern Istanbul.