Product Details

• Actors: Stephen Tompkinson, Lydzia Englert, Maria Lennon, James McCarthy, James Duke
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Lance Entertainment
• DVD Release Date: December 9, 2003
• Run Time: 96 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00009L50O
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #278,866 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Oktober" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

A naive schoolteacher becomes both a walking experiment and a marked target, when he is injected with a secret enzyme developed by a multi-national pharmaceutical company.

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Jerri from Little Rock, September 6, 2008

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Jerry J. Cobb - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Oktober (DVD)

This is a sci-fi movie which I usually do not like. An interesting premise, a new unapproved drug tested on an innocent bystander by a huge drug corporation. I liked it but thought that the editing was not very smooth, obviously a foreign production. I had to watch it about three times before I caught all the jumps, which had at first viewing seemed to not make sense. I bought it to see Stephen Tompkinson's performance which was good in some places and seemed melodramatic in other places. Of course, the story of traveling back and forth between the living and the dead made it unbelievable. The director was also the writer and this was his first effort at directing which probably accounts for some of this.

4.0 out of 5 stars Oktober, October 31, 2007

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Anne H. Smith "Anne of AI" (Fernandina Beach, FL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Oktober (DVD)

This movie is enjoyable with just enough surprise to keep you watching. Stephen Tompkinson is excellent. He has to be naive enough to make the plot work and yet be able to outsmart the enemy. Good performance.

4 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Oktober Fest, January 28, 2006

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Harry Widoff "Bookateria" (Forest Hills, New York) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Oktober (DVD)

Unfortunately this is a 2 hour condensed version of the 4 hours series - he whole series could have been put on a CD.

Originally aired on some PBS stations around the country. A psychological/mystical thriller. The lead character gains a link with comatose test subjects after intentionally being given the not yet realsed drug.
The drug was intended to bring patients out of a coma. Failing to do that other therapeuic uses are planned.
The drug has unexpected effects, of which the drug company was warned and ignored after considered to far-fetched.

Just like other PBS/BBC series have become films - expect it to happen with this.