Product Details

• Actors: Gerard Parkes, Joshua Murray, David Ferry, Wanda Cannon, Nathaniel Moreau
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC
• Rated: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Fox Home Entertainme
• VHS Release Date: June 5, 2001
• Run Time: 103 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6303617689
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #79,449 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

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"Perfect, ain't it?" says young Will Jamison to his friends about how the earth revolves around the sun. "We'll always be goin' somewhere, but we'll never have to leave." Perfect too, is this winner of eight international film festival awards. Set in rural Canada during the mid-1950's, The Last Winter is the magical story of a boy trying to hold onto his childhood while the world he's known changes around him.

Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Last Winter a wonderful family movie for prairie people, February 13, 2005

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B. Hydesmith (Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Last Winter [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This is a lovely movie, especially for family viewing. It accurately depicts children's life growing up in the Canadian prairies, back in the 1940s when things were much different from today. Director Kim Johnston is actually retelling his own childhood so the attention to accurate detail is excellent. Shot in western rural Manitoba and in Winnipeg, this will touch the soul of the viewer, especially if they have any personal link to that part of the world.

5.0 out of 5 stars An Outstanding Family Film, February 16, 2011

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Sonid Peregrinus "Sonid Peregrinus" (Ottawa, ON Canada) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The Last Winter [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This is an especially well done family movie, inspired by the great Canadian author W.O. Mitchell.
It is the near-magical story of a Canadian family living in the prairies of post-depression, post-war era of the 1940's, when men were men, women were women and kids were... kids. The various antics & frolics of the kids is truly heart-warming, rekindling a renewed sense of wonder in all who watch it. (A note to Canadian buyers - make sure you double check the shipping rates to Canada from the independent sellers within Amazon - twice Amazon's own (most expensive rates) - yikes!)

5.0 out of 5 stars THE LAST WINTER, January 7, 2010

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C. McDaniel (Alderwood Manor, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Last Winter [VHS] (VHS Tape)

THIS IS ABSOLUTELY THE BEST MOVIE I'VE SEEN IN A LONG TIME. I WAS 10, LIVING ON A FARM IN CANADA ABOUT THIS SAME TIME AND I IDENTIFIED WITH THE WHOLE STORY, INCLUDING HAVING TO MOVE FROM THE FARM AS A CHILD. GREAT STORY AT ANY RATE.