Product Details

• Format: Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Navarre Corporation/
• VHS Release Date: September 28, 1999
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6305608105
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #278,213 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Professional-wrestler-turned-politician Jesse Ventura, who stunned the nation with his upset victory to become governor of Minnesota, recounts his political miracle in this video, which mixes interviews with Ventura and footage shot on the campaign trail. Essentially Ventura's own story (he has officially licensed this video), Citizen Jesse isn't a balanced look at his upstart political career but an entertaining look at how political professionals were shocked and slammed by a character so eccentric he could use his own action figure in low-budget TV commercials. Ventura's wife appears in interview segments in which she frankly expresses the misgivings she had about her husband's political career, and some of the campaign footage makes you wonder how serious Ventura himself could have been: for instance, while marching in a small-town parade is standard fare for political candidates, only Jesse Ventura would march in a tank top, pausing to flex his muscles to the screams of the crowd. Yet in some scenes, such as when he stands up to union protestors at a campaign stop, his gift for plain talk in an emotional situation does much to show how voters would take his message to heart. --Robert J. McNamara

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Behind the Scenes, December 1, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Jesse Ventura: We Shocked the World [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This shows what it was like for him to come out of nowhere and win an election no one thought he could do. It is easy to forget that he wasn't always a celebrity. He had to do it himself and with a very low budget.

This has some scenes I had never seen before and has all of the TV ads - they are really cool.

So if you are interested in him or know someone who is this would be a good gift.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Behind the Scenes, December 1, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Jesse Ventura: We Shocked the World [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This really shows what it was like for him to campaign for office when no one thought he had a chance. Now that he is so well known you forget that he came from nowhere.

The video lets you see what what it was like for him then and how he did it. It is very interesting and would be good for anyone who wants to know him as a real person - not just a celebrity.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Story, February 28, 2000

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Dodd Clasen "doddman" (Minneapolis, MN USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Jesse Ventura: We Shocked the World [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I really enjoyed it.... A great american stor