Product Details

• Format: Color, NTSC
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Janson Video
• VHS Release Date: November 15, 1995
• Run Time: 90 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00004TB0I
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #315,046 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars delightful, December 26, 2000

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Steven R. Becker (Columbus, OH USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Swallows & Amazons: Coot Club [VHS] (VHS Tape)

That is the word "delightful" for the books and the video. They are technically childrens stories, but they are fun, and well acted.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great video!, January 8, 2002

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G. Schenck (Easton, CT USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Swallows & Amazons: Coot Club [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This video, and it's pair, "The Big Six" are great. My 9 year old daughters and my wife and I really love these. They do a great job capturing the feeling of the Ransom stories. While my daughters and I are currently reading the Ransom stories, I think these videos would be great for virtually any child. The combination of relating to the independance of the children and a vision of a different, simpler time make these videos very appealing. I can't recommend these enough!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Coot Club & The Big Six -- first-rate videos for 6 - 10, December 10, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Swallows & Amazons: Coot Club [VHS] (VHS Tape)

These are charming stories, among the better ones that Ransome wrote, and the video productions are excellent and very faithful to the books.

Grownups may see a certain "Masterpiece theatre" english period-piece air to them. Kids addicted to wham-bam cartoons may find them slow-moving. But the stories have Ransome's wonderful ingredients of families of kids having real sailing adventures together, strong roles for girls, enough action (these are the more action-filled of Ransome's stories) to satisfy all but the jaded, and plots that don't disturb parents. One of the things I like about Ransome's stories is that the kids don't take foolish risks as a device to move the plot.