Product Details

• Actors: Jason Robards, Eddie Mills (II), Hilary Swank, John Terry, Randall Batinkoff
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, 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: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Studio: Lions Gate
• DVD Release Date: December 11, 2001
• Run Time: 92 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00005QW49
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #192,718 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Heartwood" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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HEARTWOOD - DVD Movie

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A film to love and feel good about, February 16, 2003

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"peterdao" (Springfield, VA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Heartwood (DVD)

As this is a movie about a small town, three generations and two lovers, here's how I think the story should be told. Deroy is a California isolated town, the existence of which relies on a lumber mill run by Logan Reeser (seventy-six-year-old Oscar winner Jason Robards). Reeser is a mentor to twenty-six-year old Frank (Eddie Mills) who while being seen as a freak by his family and community, fully shares Reeser's deep-rooted devotion to the giant redwoods. Then summer comes, and Frank finds himself in bliss and trouble when a romance blooms between him and the mill manager's daughter, Sylvia (twenty-four-year-old Hilary Swank, one year before her Best Actress Oscar). The young lovers are temporarily separated, but as old Logan Reeser gets deeper in debt and might have to shut down the mill, Frank and Sylvia devise a clever plan, and together they prove that love and determination can save a town from disaster and be the answer to Reeser's prayers as well...

Although the DVD isn't very cool (only chapter selections, no special features) I really enjoy this movie. I love its message regarding environment (similar to what was voiced in such good films as "Silkwood", "A River Runs Through It", "Erin Brockovich"...) Credits should also go to the cinematography and the solid performance of the entire cast, especially Hilary Swank with her imcomparable freshness and natural beauty. So if you're tired of movies that offer nothing than senseless violence and obsessive sex crave, get "Heartwood" and enjoy this heartwarming love story, as narrated by its main character: "It started 15 years ago in a forest in my sawmill town, Deroy, population 254, where the trees are more than a livelihod, they're a way of life..."

5.0 out of 5 stars Heartwood DVD, February 3, 2009

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M. Gregg "mysfre" (Temple, TX) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Heartwood (DVD)

Very good movie, a keeper in my DVD collection. The scenery if wonderful and the actors do an excellant job.

4.0 out of 5 stars A very 'heartfelt"movie, September 5, 2004

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moorea_island "moorea_island" (Hawaii) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Heartwood (DVD)

This movie was very touching, as it concentrates on an aspect which many small rural living people can relate - the importance of conserving our precious natural beauty and life around us, and the influence of what money can do to belittle this as unimportant. Eddie Mills is an amazing actor who you can expect to see coming up in the cinematic arena, and as we all know Hilary Swank - Oscar winner - and Jason Robards - also co-star in this movie. It is a heartfelt movie that will capture your attention, if not only from Eddie's gorgeous self, but also the amazing beatuy surounding the production area. definetly worth the watch.