Product Details

• Actors: Hal Holbrook, Ned Beatty, Sada Thompson, Barbara Bel Geddes, Glynnis O'Connor
• Directors: George Schaefer
• Writers: Thornton Wilder
• Producers: George Schaefer, Saul Jaffe
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Language: English
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Mastervision
• VHS Release Date: January 1, 2002
• Run Time: 120 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6300180328
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #69,615 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Our Town, October 16, 2000

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Nancy (Allen, Texas United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Our Town [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Although this is the most expensive of the Our Town videos, it seems to be the ONLY one available that is staged as a play rather than a movie. There is no scenery and there are few props and set pieces--just as Wilder meant it to be. I find this version to be the most effective for teaching students and the most interesting to watch as an individual viewer.

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wait for the price to drop BUT......, December 28, 2000

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Charles R. Driggars "olyx" (Birmingham, AL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Our Town [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Moving, simple, elegant...these are the words that occur to me regarding this version of Our Town, a play which, in this video, LOOKS like a play, which makes it all the more effective. Movies are good at some things; other things, like human relationships, somehow seem more real on stage. The acting is superb, the direction unobtrusive and natural, the work itself one of those rare moments caught by an artist. Rent it, buy the laser disc, wait for it to drop in price, but see it.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This Version of Our Town is a Great Pick!, July 5, 2000

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A. J. Daigle (Brooklyn, NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Our Town [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Thornton Wilder's classic dramatic play comes to life on screen in this well-cast 1977 stage production. The acting is rich and the characters well-developed, and both are accented by the simple yet homey nature of the sets and backdrops. Those who have already met George and Emily in the pages of Wilder's book will be extremely pleased with this version, and those who have yet to discover Our Town will find themselves immediately intimate with the world of Grover's Corners.