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John Denver - A Portrait (1995)

John Denver , H.P. Newquist  |  NR |  DVD
4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)


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  • Actors: John Denver
  • Directors: H.P. Newquist
  • Writers: H.P. Newquist
  • Format: Color, DVD, HiFi Sound, NTSC
  • Language: English
  • Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Rated: NR (Not Rated)
  • Studio: Monterey Video
  • DVD Release Date: October 7, 1998
  • Run Time: 60 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: 6305078440
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #177,785 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
  • For more information about "John Denver - A Portrait" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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This unusually touching memoir, released in 1994, finds John Denver speaking directly to his longtime fans as well as fellow environmentalists, peace advocates, and die-hard romantics. Seated comfortably on a rustic fence or rock wall, his beloved Rocky Mountains in the background, the middle-aged Denver recalls highlights from his life and career: a youth spent in Oklahoma, Arizona, and Alabama before Colorado won his heart; the way a camping trip and the Perseids meteor shower led to composing "Rocky Mountain High"; his adventures with Jacques Cousteau while writing "Calypso." There's plenty of video accompaniment, including old performance footage, deep-sea imagery, documentary material on the Exxon Valdez spill in Alaska, and even custom-made music videos to dress up the sexy "Don't Close Your Eyes Tonight" and Jimmy Webb's haunting composition, "Postcards from Paris (Wish You Were Here)." Most of all, there's John Denver's striking if low-key humanity, his finest asset as an artist. --Tom Keogh

 

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32 of 33 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars One fantastic, far out video!!, March 26, 1999
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If you are a true John Denver fan, This is the video you want to have in your collection. John goes on in the video to tell about his life and how many of his songs were developed from being in nature. From the Colorodo mountains he loved to the last Frontier of Alaska, you travel with John and his kids and friends to discover what this man really believed in.
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35 of 38 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars John Denver: A Portrait, January 6, 2000
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Noreen Oswalt (Coraopolis, Pennsylvania) - See all my reviews
John Denver has always been honest and sincere and it comes through in this video. It is wonderful to listen to how the songs were created. He has always been a wonderful story teller. I wish he was here to tell us more. "Though the singer is silent there still is the truth of the song"
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24 of 25 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars A pleasant surprize: documentary style, but some good stuff., February 14, 1999
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This review is from: John Denver - A Portrait (DVD)
I was surprized by the documentary style presentation of this video, but really like most of the songs and their accompanying video. I appreciated the lyrics much more after hearing of how they came about, especially Rocky Mountain High, Calypso, and the "uncle named Matthew". The background, music and video of "Don't Close Your Eyes Tonight" is pretty sensual for a country boy. A couple of the more policitally based songs I'd never heard before, but they were tolerable. Also, seeing John as a young newcomer with that wonderfully clear voice was great! I'd forgotten how "rocky-mountain high" his vocal range really is. Denver fans will enjoy this one - and it will tug at your heartstrings to see him bearded, surrounded by his favorite meadows and mountains, and talking directly to you as if over a cup of Starbucks. We'll miss him.
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