Product Details

• Actors: Dean Alai, Steven Brinberg, Peter J. Byrnes, Harry Chambarry, Michael DeNigris
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Water Bearer Films
• VHS Release Date: February 26, 1999
• Run Time: 103 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6305265119
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #481,296 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not Perfect but a great try, January 16, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Next Year in Jerusalem [VHS] (VHS Tape)

While the production value of this film is questionable, the writting is very solid. It tells a difficult story about difficult issues and treats these issues pretty well. Considering that this is the director's first try he had done a very good job. I have to question the review about this film needing a shower and a change of clothes, I can not imagine that this person actually watched the film.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars great story, spotty production, October 19, 2002

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chris jennings (LA CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Next Year in Jerusalem [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This beautifully written story has some problems due to it's ultra low budget. The camera work is not very good, some of the acting is spotty. But former porn queen Georgina Spelvin, the two male leads and the girl who plays the Rabbi's daughter are superb. Some may find this hard to sit thru due to the camerawork, but the story and script are so well executed, that this is forgivable. I believe the director also wrote this. I'd like to see what he can do with a real budget, and a real crew.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A very special, unique tale of learning to be yourself., May 6, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Next Year in Jerusalem [VHS] (VHS Tape)

There is perhaps no other film like this: a completely honest and unpretentious look at what it means to be at odds with your own identity. Almost documentary-like in its simple cinemagraphic style and highlighted and underlined by post-modern singer-songwriter Richard Barone's brilliant score, "Next Year in Jerusalem" succeeds because the focus never leavesthe plight of the two protagonists: one closeted because of his gayness, but open about his Jewishness, the other comfortable with his sexuality, but a closeted Jew. A film in which compassion wins out