Product Details

• Actors: Martin Sheen, Davey Davison, Rod McCary, Denine Terry, Carmen Costi
• Directors: Clyde Ware
• Format: Color, Original recording reissued, NTSC
• Language: English
• Rated: G (General Audience)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Direct Source Specia
• VHS Release Date: June 9, 1999
• Run Time: 90 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6305507007
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #473,980 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Sheen Simply Shines, December 15, 2004

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M. Brennan (Cookstown,, Tyrone. Northern Ireland) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: No Drums No Bugles [VHS] (VHS Tape)

When I first saw this movie as Child it left a big impression on me.I recently purchased the Direct Source VHS version and the story and acting still stand up pretty well. Still One of my all time favourites. Martin Sheen doing an early rehearsal for Apocalypse Now.

The film which features Martin Sheen for the most part is the only actor onscreen. Most of the other characters are filmed at a distance or photographed from Sheen's perspective. An interesting tool in filmmaking.

Sheen's performance has never been bettered and he's given some standout ones over the years.

The VHS copy is a little washed out at times but overall it didn't spoil my enjoyment. I look forward in this Digital age to seeing a DVD copy with commentaries from Director/Actor.Anyone in the business, take note.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful, January 3, 2000

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"freshroastedbanjokill" - See all my reviews

This review is from: No Drums No Bugles [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Probably no film captures more realistically and poetically the joy, sorrow, simplicity and freedom of isolation. As well as the yearning for human contact and man's spiritual bond with nature. This is unlike any movie I have ever seen. Sheen is the only person in the movie that you actually see fully. Other characters are seldom shown. Instead we only hear them or see them partially. This brings the viewer to feel the alienation Sheen undergoes in his self-exile from society. The music is beautiful and carries us along gracefully until the climactic and unforgettable ending.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Martin Sheens best acting in a Movie ever!!, February 28, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: No Drums No Bugles [VHS] (VHS Tape)

In this 1971 Movie,a young Martin Sheen does a superb job on portraying a cocientious objector(Ashley Gatrell) during the American Civil War which is essentially a one man show filmed in the Hills of Doddridge County West Virginia.Cylde Ware also does a superb job of directing(Writer of such TV series such as Gunsmoke and Bonanza).Filmed at the peak of the Vietnam Anti-war movement,this film should prove to be a cult classic!!