Product Details

• Actors: William Hurt, Robert Duvall, Raul Julia
• Directors: Luis Puenzo
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Lions Gate
• VHS Release Date: October 19, 1994
• Run Time: 105 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6303250858
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #251,401 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars It is an ADAPTATION, and a good one, December 11, 2000

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Joshua Sellers (New Orleans, LA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Plague [VHS] (VHS Tape)

No adaptation of any great novel will be as good as the book, and there will be big changes, for a variety of reasons, BUT...

This movie, first of all, should not be compared to the book. Watch it as if Camus had never written his story. (But definitely read the book too) Hurt does a great job and Raul Julia is terrifying. The way the priest dies is an interesting departure from the book (he descends into hades!). The death of the poor choir boy in the movie is terribly moving and heart-wrenching (and brings to mind Ivan Karamazov's anger at an unjust God). I was happy to find this-- I always knew this book would make an interesting film adaptation.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A haunting look at the frailty of humankind., July 18, 1999

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Kenneth Winland (Portsmouth, RI USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Plague [VHS] (VHS Tape)

The Plague paints a haunting picture of an outbreak in a South American city, with the fallout affecting characters across the spectrum of life. Although nowhere near a perfect adaptation of Camus' masterpiece, it has an energy of its own, with a good international cast and a haunting soundtrack. Those expecting a slavish adaptation of the book will be disappointed. Those interested in a flim-maker's interpretation, with a late-Twentieth Century update, will be rewarded.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars If you cannot read, see this, August 13, 1999

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Paul Barrett (Chicago, Illinois USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Plague [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Others compare this movie to one of the 5 best literary works of the past century. To them it looks weak. In that context they are right.

In itself, this movie still asks "the" questions of the century --the ones we have chosen to forget. If you are not utterly dead to the savage indifference of life, this "just ok" movie of a classic book will move you.