Product Details

• Actors: Israel Kamakawiwo'ole
• Format: 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: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Mountain Apple
• DVD Release Date: October 12, 2004
• Run Time: 90 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00064ALLI
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #90,261 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

DVD featuring Israel Kamakawiwo'ole (Actor).

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews

73 of 73 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A must for fans, October 30, 2004

By 

Geoffrey Kragen - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Israel Kamakawiwo'ole: IZ - The Man Behind The Music (DVD)

My only reservations with this disk are technical related to the sound being slightly off and some of the video being too reflective at some points. This may simply be a problem with the transfer from what is a TV production. I have e-mailed Mountain Apple and look forward to their response.

This having been said, this biographical program on Israel Kamakawiwo'Ole is an outstanding tribute to the unique Hawaiian. Family and friends tell of him from school until the time of his death. This is a history of a man and a music career.

This disk has bonus materials including the complete video of Over the Rainbow, two other numbers, and stories not included on the original TV program.

This is a very moving disk and the viewer walks away with a greater love and appreciation for a man who is just begining to be known on the mainland.

I cannot recommend this disk highly enough.

Mahalo Bro' Iz.

27 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Brudda Iz a treat for all, May 30, 2000

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"alfabill" (Tampa Florida USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: IZ THE MAN AND HIS MUSIC (Audio CD)

This is an album to played with an open mind as it will grow on you more every time you hear this giant of a man sing. It's more than music, the late Brudda Iz is infectious. Tracks 5-13 are the meat of the CD 11 is nice... and you should track down his other album "Facing Future" with "Over the Rainbow/Beautiful World" on them and try not to be addicted.

Bill, a fan

20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A complex thought-provoking person., October 25, 2005

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L. Edwards (Pennsylvania) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Israel Kamakawiwo'ole: IZ - The Man Behind The Music (DVD)

We found this DVD when we were visiting in Hawaii this month. We loved his music since we were first introduced to it three years after his death. Seeing the DVD rounded out the picture I have in my mind. It shows IZ as a person, portrayed by those who continue to love him. I enjoyed "meeting" his wife, his daughter, his "adopted" mom, and the friend who "gave" him "Hawaiian Suppa Man." I am glad we found the DVD. The only disappointment was some quality of the recording itself.