Product Details

• Actors: Bob Dylan, Fiona, Rupert Everett, Julian Glover, Suzanne Bertish
• Directors: Richard Marquand
• Writers: Joe Eszterhas, Scott Richardson
• Producers: Doug Morris, Gerald W. Abrams, Iain Smith, Jennifer Alward, Jennifer Miller
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, NTSC
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Warner Home Video
• VHS Release Date: December 6, 1993
• Run Time: 95 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6301640586
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #190,619 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Customer Reviews

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19 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Never laughed so hard, August 27, 2001

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This review is from: Hearts of Fire [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This movie is, quite frankly, absolutely appalling. It is also, however, possibly one of the funniest movies I've ever seen. Like most of the other reviewers, I watched it simply because I'm a Dylan fan, and it's only because of the fact that I enjoyed it as much as I did. Dylan's ludicrous performance is so breathtakingly bad that it achieves a rare kind of...genius? perfection? I'm not sure how to describe it. But no matter how bad Dylan is, he is nevertheless by far the best part of this stupefyingly bad film (apart from Rupert Everett's terrifying mullet, that is). Skinny-dipping with Fiona, taunting an audience in England, punching out 'handsome' Rupert (in what is the best/worst ever punch in cinematic history - I must have rewound it 20 times) and languidly trashing a hotel room, Dylan is all over the shop, seemingly so bored he doesn't know where to look. Then, right at the end, after the blind girl pulls a gun on Rupert (don't ask) and Fiona 'rocks' her hometown (joined onstage, of course, by Dylan, who throws a cigarette at her), Bob performs a fragment of an incredibly obscure little gem, something I've never heard or heard of before and which alone justified sitting through the rest of this turgid movie. All in all, 'Hearts of Fire' is worthwhile if you're a Dylan fan, if only to see your idol brought down so low. And to have a good laugh.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Dylan with curly blonde hair?, November 2, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Hearts of Fire [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I've wanted to see this movie just because Dylan was in it. Why else should anyone see it?

Holding up the bus driver with a harmonica and having a fridge of eggs were the gems.

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Wow - so bad, and so good!, September 13, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Hearts of Fire [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I love Bob Dylan, so I had to see this film. It is amazing ... bad. Really bad, but great, too. You cannot believe the guy that we know as Dylan made this movie. I cannot imagine him reading the script and going to the studio and filming these scenes. It is a total cotton candy Harlequin Romance story - and there he is... laughing, smiling (I didn't know he could do anything but smirk!), kissing and making passes at a teenager. It's horrible and wonderful all at the same time. The music is so 80s, but suprisingly good. They all look good. Rupert too. See this. It is worth the experience!! Buy it if you have to. Just to see these moments. Loved Dylan's songs - I wish they had a soundtrack just for his few song moments.