Product Details

• Actors: Stuart Whitman, Tom Tryon, Peggy Wood, Viveca Lindfors, Jeff Morrow
• Directors: Henry Koster
• Writers: Norman Corwin
• Producers: Samuel G. Engel
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: 20th Century Fox
• VHS Release Date: March 15, 1995
• Run Time: 132 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (84 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6301628632
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #100,091 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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149 of 155 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Okay, but not the Bible, March 6, 2006

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Steve Ink "Steve Ink" (San Jose, California United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Story of Ruth (DVD)

The Story of Ruth, the movie, adds a great deal to the biblical story of Ruth and changes some of the biblical narrative. I understand why there are additions to fill in some of the gaps, but I have never understood why writers and directors want to change the biblical story. For instance, Boaz's rival wants Ruth in this film. In the biblical story it appears his rival want's land, but is very willing to give up the land when he learns it comes with Ruth. The film shows Jewish disdain for Ruth because she is a Moabitess. Even Boaz initially shows disdain in the film. There is no such showing in the biblical story. Boaz appears gracious from the beginning in the Bible.

That having been said, the film is still worth watching and does capture the essence of the biblical story of Ruth.

56 of 58 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Inspiring Story of a Woman's Devotion!!, July 14, 2003

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Gregory Nyman (Winchendon, MA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Story of Ruth [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Stuart Whitman, Jeff Morrow, Peggy Wood, and Elana Eden star in this screen version of the story of Ruth.

Ruth is a young Moabite woman who was raised from childhood to become a priestess and revere a pagan idol, but when she meets Mahlon the Judean (Tom Tryon), she's deeply affected by his belief in a merciful God who demans no human sacrifices, so she marries Mahlon, and when he dies, she renounces her own culture to remain with her mother-in-law, Naomi (Wood).

Now she comes into Judea, where she meets Boaz (Whitman), and the story begins anew. There is a wonderful depiction of loyalty, romance, faith, and devotion, and although the film is 132 minutes, it seems so short once you get into it.

Highly recommended, and the whole family with enjoy it.

78 of 85 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great film of a great Hollywood period!, March 27, 2002

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Daniel G. Madigan (Redmond, WA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Story of Ruth [VHS] (VHS Tape)

The Story of Ruth was released in 1960 and I remember seeing it on a wide wide screen, curved, and in stereophonic sound; it was glorious, as were all Cinemascope films.

This film is not the Bible, but a meditation on it, factual, no, but it gets the point of The Book of Ruth across.

The best bits are a very moving perfromance by Peggy Wood as Naomi, and some stylish acting by Elena Eden and Stuart Whitman.The Wood scenes are excellent, and Naomi's prayer is quite striking, all filmed in a small house in earth tones...very good. Peggy Wood's many scenes of emotional upheaval are instances of excellent screen acting.

The Moabite scenes are crazy, as is all of that Chemosh stuff, but this film has great appeal...for die hards only, and especially for cinemascope afficionados of yore who can re-imagine it all even on the tiny screens we must put up with now, TV and movie alike. Buy and enjoy. Still not letterboxed.