Product Details

• Format: Animated, Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Get Smart Video & Du
• VHS Release Date: September 24, 1990
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6301863100
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #560,230 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Customer Reviews

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19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars SO HOLLYWOOD!, July 20, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Tale of Two Cities [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I must agree with Leonard Maltin that this 1935 version is extremly well done. Ronald Coleman does a superb job as Sydney Carton. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer at it's best; what a classic. Anyone wanting to understand Dicken's characters in this story should watch this one. Very compelling....very touching; have those tissues nearby!

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A truly Great Movie, January 7, 2001

By 

John Isaacs (Barre, VT) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tale of Two Cities [VHS] (VHS Tape)

The only movie version of this wonderful novel to be worthy of the name, this movie recognizes the deep spiritual dimension of Dickens work. Sidney Carton, the dissipated and cynical lawyer who finally redeems himself in a single act of sacrifice, not only for a woman he loves, but for her happiness, her family, and ultimately for all mankind, is played superbly by Ronald Colman. So much so that I cannot read the novel (Ihave read it at least five times) without hearing Colman's inimitable voice on every page in which Carton appears. He becomes the character as thoroughly and finally as Charles Laughton became Quasimodo.

If you have never seen this film, or read the novel, do your soul a favor and do so as quickly as possible.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Masterpiece, April 28, 2001

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Erin (Wisconsin, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tale of Two Cities [VHS] (VHS Tape)

After reading the book, A Tale of Two Cities, I viewed this version with Ronald Colman. It has become my favorite movie of all time. Ronald Colman becomes the heroic Sydney Carton through his facial expressions and just superb acting. The book was good, but this film was exceptional. If you haven't seen this video, see it now.