Product Details

• Actors: Sidney Poitier, Michael Moriarty, Joanna Going, Hart Bochner, Regina Taylor
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
• Language: English
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Vidmark / Trimark
• VHS Release Date: January 1, 1998
• Run Time: 120 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6303824722
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #349,153 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Gypsy Smith, is a gunfighter and a bounty hunter. When he leads the US army into a Cheyenne camp to capture a suspected Indian renegade, a long train of events begins that finally lead to that 'good day to die'. White Wolf, only a child, is one of the few survivors of the massacre of his tribe that day, and Gypsy brings him to live with the Maxwell family, where he grows up not fully Indian and not really white but a bit too close to Rachel, the Maxwell daughter. And Gypsy now reappears, leading a group of Black settlers from the post-Civil War South to start a new life in a town of their own - Freedom in the Oklahoma Territory, its first black settlement. White Wolf (or Corby as a 'white' name') is now with his people, but all of these parts come back together in conflict, violence, loss, and triumph.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

29 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Too bad it was edited down to nothing...., July 22, 2002

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P. Parrish (In The Foothills of the Rockies) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Good Day to Die (DVD)

As the four hour Children of the Dust on television, this was an exciting and poignant story. However, for the video and DVD release, it was edited down to just two hours. Too many of the important scenes were cut, and what was left made almost no sense. I want the complete movie on DVD!

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Gripping love story, January 14, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Good Day to Die (aka Children of the Dust) [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I saw the miniseries "Children of the Dust" when it first aired years ago. I immediately fell in love with the character of White Wolf. The romance between Rachel and White Wolf should have had more screen time, yet the movie is still incredible, dealing with issues of racism, identity, and social expectations. Watch it and watch it again!

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars They shouldn't have cut out so many scenes, September 21, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Good Day to Die [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I have seen both this film and the mini series that was aired on TV named "Childern of the Dust". The mini series develops the characters a little more, which makes you understand the relation between Rachel and White Wolf a lot better. I sure hope that when this title will be available on DVD it will be the mini series and not this "cut" version. Which leads to the question.. Why is this title still not available on DVD ???