Product Details

• Format: Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Kultur Video
• VHS Release Date: October 22, 1996
• Run Time: 30 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6304254652
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #477,956 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Customer Reviews

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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars This film is terrible., March 26, 1999

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[e-mail] (San Jose, California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: John Steinbeck [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I was embarrassed when I actually showed this film to my 8th grade classes during our unit on The Pearl. It was a waste of time, simplistically pointless, and told us absolutely nothing about this wonderful author. THIS IS A MOVIE TO SKIP!!!!!

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Looking for a video about John Steinbeck? Keep looking!, February 2, 1999

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History teacher "E. Forbes Fan Club President" (San Francisco Bay Area) - See all my reviews

This review is from: John Steinbeck [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Thank you Mr. Fleck for taking the time to review this truly awful video. I've written a couple of "sample" reviews of this video, but I have yet been able to write one that is balanced in its presentation. Over the course of my twenty years of teaching I have viewed countless videos. This is the worst one I have ever previewed. Mr. Fleck's description of the video's content is painfully accurate and insightful. There is absolutely no reason to show this to students who hope to learn something useful and meaningful about Steinbeck. A Noble prize winning author deserves better!

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Don't Even Consider Purchasing This, March 18, 1999

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Matthew Carton (US of A) - See all my reviews

This review is from: John Steinbeck [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Don't let the "one-star" kid you - this video is worth NO STARS. After viewing this somewhat insipid and rather horrible 30-minute purported biography, one is left to wonder what it was that Steinbeck really did for a living. The first twenty minutes of this tape deal with Steinbeck and where he lived for his first twenty years; the last ten minutes deal with a cursory discussion of four books. The only mention of "Grapes" is something about how much money he sold the movie rights to 20th Century Fox for. Both research and scholarship for this video lead to such dubious conclusions that finally this thing resembles a really bad five-paragraph essay some freshman has been forced to write. Example: the filmmakers at one point state that Steinbeck was "not political," and then go on a *minute* later to mention that he was a speechwriter for LBJ! If you're a teacher (like me) and you think you want to show this to your students - don't. You'll only waste their time and make them resent you even more. But then again, if you want to get back at your students, show them this video...