Product Details

• Actors: William Shatner, Kim Darby
• Directors: John Korty
• Producers: Francis Ford Coppola
• Format: Color, Full Screen, NTSC
• Rated: Unrated
• Number of tapes: 1
• Run Time: 75.0 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (27 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000AY7AA4
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #278,298 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

When a young teacher takes a job in an isolated area, she discovers her pupils possess special powers and a secret bond.

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars The People, December 16, 2008

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Paper Painter (New England) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The People (DVD)

I loved this show many years ago and this is the only DVD copy I could find to buy. So, I love the story, BUT, whoever made this apparently has an old reel projector that they are taking a video from. The color is often bleached out and after a pause to change reels some of the sound is wavery and out of sync. I returned the first copy hoping the problem was a single bad copy. No such luck. I'm keeping the second copy because I like the story. Definitely NOT because of the quality of the product.

17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars overlooked excellence, February 15, 2008

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Johanna "viewing the world just a touch diffe... (Oak Harbor, WA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The People (VHS Tape)

here is a made for TV movie that so far I have been unable to find on DVD. I hope some one reads this and get it out again. Not just because William Shatner plays in it (and shows his intense acting skills), but also it is after a little known (I hope I am wrong with this statement) Zenna Henderson, who wrote a series of stories about "the People". The Ingathering (available here) is a summarized collection of her ideas about an alien race that stranded on earth after their space ship was wrecked in earth orbit. (Battle Star Galactica, eat your heart out)....she weaves (note the phrase) the story in a tapestry of emotions, events and insights seldom accomplished by "just a science fiction" writer. Recommend you view this and tell me in your review where I am wrong. However if I am right in my views, go out and get some more of her writings and get your local library to start stocking them for a generation growing up that can benefit from her insights. By the way, Francis Ford Coppola helped make this flick, which I belief might help, since he is not exactly a light weight in his later movies. A short synopsis: A young school teacher is hired by a community to teach their children in a one room school house. She notes immediately that they dont behave as ordinary kids (the way they walk, dragging their feet across the ground would be an indicator), slowly she finds other signs that.......and now watch it !!!!! Qrazydutch from Oak Harbor

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Terrible Reproduction!, February 9, 2009

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David Lee-Smith "Librarian" (Upper Hutt, New Zealand) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The People (DVD)

Just plain terrible is the only way I could describe this dvd. I suspected I was in trouble when I opened my Amazon package and saw a plain plastic dvd container without any any printed cover. The dvd was obviously copied directly from old film without any attempt to upgrade the images, which were washed out, grainy and slightly out of focus. The sound track was out of sync for the second half of the drama. I couldn't decide if the tempo of the drama was too slow because of the direction or because of the poor transcription. I couldn't comment on the acting - that wouldn't be fair to the actors given the quality of the dvd. The story was a mixing of several of Zenna Henderson's charming People stories. I didn't mind that the stories were mixed up - I thought the script showed respect for Henderson's intentions in her stories. I really think the manufacturers of this appalling dvd should be ashamed of themselves for offering it on the market. I don't recommend it to any fans of Zenna Henderson - instead read her stories, now collected together in one volume, and available through Amazon. David Lee-Smith in New Zealand