Product Details

• Actors: Harry Baird, Pierre Doris, Christian Marin, Nicole Berger, Karell Jonathan Beer
• Directors: Melvin Van Peebles
• Writers: Melvin Van Peebles
• Producers: Gaston Doha, Guy Belfond
• Format: Black & White, DVD, Full Screen, 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: Unrated
• Studio: Xenon
• DVD Release Date: January 24, 2006
• Run Time: 87 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000BT997A
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #75,972 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Story of a Three Day Pass" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

An exploration of contrasting European and American attitudes towards race, Taking place in the 60’s, Turner is an African-American soldier stationed in Europe. His Captain gives him a promotion and a three-day to take the weekend off because he thinks he’s an exceptional black man. Over the course of the three days, Turner meets a beautiful white Parisian woman and a love affair ensues. Racial misunderstanding and real prejudice complicate the weekend and its aftermath.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Nicely Done Movie!!, April 2, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Story of Three Day Pass [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Melvin Van Peebles stars as a soldier in France being rewarded a three day pass who then meets a young lady and then faces prejudice because of the ongoing relationship.It's a nicely done Movie!!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Give him a Lifetime Achievement Award please, June 1, 2010

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lamae - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Story of a Three Day Pass (DVD)

I bought this DVD because I long for Melvin's Bellyful to be released. This was the closest I could get to it. The soundtrack on Three Day Pass needs to be released if it hasn't been. And of course, Bellyful on DVD and the soundtrack should also be released. Both are long overdue. I long for the day when Melvin gets a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Academy and all things Hollywood.

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Phenomenal., September 18, 2007

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M. Paredes (Florida) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Story of a Three Day Pass (DVD)

I recently viewed this in my Black Cinema class at school, and I must say I was blown away. I usually come on here after seeing a film, to see what others had to say about it, and strangely found nothing. And I couldn't very well leave it at that. Although this film is widely unknown it seems, I'm surprised no one has anything to say, when there's so much. It's actually hard for me to exactly state why I liked this film so much. It's actually the first Melvin Van Peeble's film I've seen, so I can't really compare it to his other works. But I was completely caught off guard with this film, and I immediately had to get home to buy it online. Where to start... The acting is wonderful, and although it seems some viewers don't enjoy Peeble's editing that much, with all the jump cuts running throughout certain scenes, I found it greatly favorable, and it really added to the surreal nature of the film. If I had to describe the atmosphere, I'd have to say it's very dream-like. The imagery can get pretty out there, and some of the fantasy type sequences might throw some people off, but it really adds to the atmosphere greatly. As a whole I was grabbed and even though the ending isn't the happiest, it fits perfectly with everything. Highly reccomended to anyone.