Product Details

• 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: Unicorn Video
• DVD Release Date: February 24, 2004
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (44 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00019GHMK
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #129,253 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Noted essayist Thornton Wilder s Pulitzer Prize-winning play OUR TOWN is widely regarded as one of the highlights of American theater. Wilder was consulted throughout preproduction and the result is a depiction so true that viewers might feel for a short while as if they are residents of the small town depicted which was the precise intent of Wilder.Frank Craven who played the stage manager in the Broadway version sparkles as the talkative town pharmacist who narrates the action stitching together a folksy nostalgic bittersweet tapestry of humor love and life.OUR TOWN covers the lives and events of two families in a woodsy New Hampshire village from the year 1900 through 1913. William Holden and Martha Scott both reprising their roles from the Broadway production meet as teenagers and succumb to adolescent affections before maturing marrying and bearing a child of their own. Throughout the film hammers home its message about the preciousness of time in people's short lives.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA UPC: 733317800321 Manufacturer No: 80032

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

87 of 95 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Run Away!!!, October 3, 2001

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Mark Stevens (Fort Worth, TX United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Our Town (DVD)

Our Town is an underrated classic, and I would recomend it to anyone. However, this is without a doubt the worst DVD transfer I've ever seen. To be honest, I'm not sure I've ever seen a truly clean copy of this movie, but I've seen better than this. The audio is the main problem here, as much of the dialogue is indecipherable. I can't believe anyone would have the nerve to release a film in this condition...it's an outrage.

43 of 46 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars AN OBSCENITY OF A DVD TRANSFER...THE WORST I'VE SEEN SO FAR, August 17, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Our Town (DVD)

I resent even having to put one star, as a rating, but Amazon will not allow anything less. Here we have one of the important plays of the last century, a quintessentially American work, translated onto film, photographed and designed by the masters of cinematography and...and...Well, hold onto your Edollars, it's going to be a bumpy night. Without a doubt - and I speak as one who has purchased, and viewed, over 160 DVDs from Amazon - this is the worst DVD transfer I've seen so far. The picture disintegrates almost immediately. The audio is near unintelligible from the opening credits onward. Aaron Copland must be spinning is his grave trying to discern what the hell happened to his almost unrecognizable, beautiful score. Most lamentably, one can barely make out half the dialogue for the wholly distracting background din. PLEASE, steer clear - nay, protest, return, or refuse - any release that has FOCUSFILM ENTERTAINMENT's imprint on it. And complain to Amazon. To state - as FOCUSFILM does, on the reverse of OUR TOWN's jacket - that this is "Digitally Remastered From Original Negative Elements" is an outright fabrication. I have seen finer prints screened on morning television in Schenectedy. An unsettling first alarm is the pitiful art work on the cover [as well as no interior brochure]. A young man and woman, who bear no resemblance to either William Holden or Martha Scott, set against a sunset which looks to be straight out of HIGH NOON, instead of New Hamphire 1900! Why couldn't FOCUSFILM ENTERTAINMENT [or another DVD offender MADACY ENTERTAINMENT] be honest in their abject greed, and state, "We don't care about the consumer. Just buy this famous film and give us money! " Beware, be vigilant and be vociferous...

18 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very appealing story you'll watch over and over again, December 29, 1998

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Rosemary Thornton "Niece of Addie Hoyt Fargo ... (Norfolk, VA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Our Town [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I've seen this movie countless times, yet each time, I discover something new. As history, it is an excellent look back at life in the early 1900's. The sets and scenes teach great lessons about what day-to-day life what like 100 years ago. The houses, stores and dress are all remarkable. The movie has a great cast and a great message. Every moment of life is precious far beyond what we may see from our current perspective. We all tend to sail through life without taking a moment to savor all the little blessings of each day. Watching this movie, I sometimes wish I could crawl into the video and live in Grover's Corners for just a day or two. It looks so lovely and simple and peaceful and inspiring.