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Tuck Everlasting [VHS]

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I've seen both this and the remake. This is by far the better. The acting is better, the characterizations more believable, and some of the dialogue I would put in a class with Shakespeare and Lois Bujold. The remake merely has a bigger budget, so the picture quality is better.

But it is as a *story* that this movie shines, for we are shown the world through the eyes of a young girl just on the leading edge of her womanhood, thrown into immortal peril, and given both a terrible choice and a great responsibility. Winnie and all the Tucks are brought to vibrant life, and we can empathize with each of them, and the joys and burdens their unwanted gifts bring them.

I mentioned dialogue earlier, and to this day I cannot think about Jesse Tuck's reply to the Sheriff's warning without shivering at just how profound that reply is. For that exchange alone, I would watch this movie again and again.

I hope and pray that THIS edition finally finds its way to DVD, where it, like the Tucks, may live forever.

The new Tuck Everlasting stinks. It has completely lost the "family" spirit that made the 1981 version so special.
It completely leaves out the final line of the original movie, which really gives the watcher the feeling that perhaps living forever isn't really what the average person thinks it's cracked up to be. I really miss the whole story told the first time making the whole story of the "fountain of youth tree" almost believeable. The idea of moving with carnivals makes sense, it sure is a way to stay anonymous. The making of merry-go-round wooden horses in the original Tuck is shorn down to one piece of a scene with John Hurt scraping wood. yuk.All the talk about killing was never in the original movie, "I guess I'll go kill the Huns now. When the original Tucks were getting suspicious they simply moved to stay out of others way, they didn't KILL the people that found them out, except one who wanted to sell the water to rich people. That line I really miss is " Everything changes with time, 'ceptn us"

This is the first of the two Tuck movies made based on the Natalie Babbitt novel and, in my opinion, the only one worth watching.

It takes you in and brings to life the fantasy of living forever. A beautiful story retold with matching imagery...made me believe as I lived the dream from in front of my television set.

Wonderful!

Although the book will always be a classic, this is a fine adaptation. I recall seeing it as a child, and have viewed it several times as an adult. At both ages, I found it thought provoking and fun to watch. It is a beautiful film and very true to the book. You cannot go wrong renting or buying this film. It's especially good to start discussions with children about death and fear of death.

I remember seeing this show years ago.I loved the movie than and I loved the new release of the movie.I took 5 of my children to watch the new release and they loved it!They never seen the movie in 1981.This is a great movie and it leaves you with all kinds of feelings.Part of you wanted her to drink the water and live forever with Jessie

This is a wonderful story for all ages. It opens your mind and touches your heart. I seen it thirteen years ago when i was in the third grade, and have read the book countless times. It is one movie that I will always love.

The novel is one that we use in our sixth grade literature curriculum. I have seen the movie and it is excellent as a comparison and contrast topic for different types of media, written and audiovisual. I know this is a popular novel and movie for young people. My students really get into the values discussions. Please, please put it back on the market. All students can benefit from its messageand thought provoking ideas.

I have been searching for this video for two years. Couldn't Director Keller and whoever made this movie be convinced to reissue the video? I am not alone in my search. Over the past two years I have met easily fifty people looking to buy it. Come on, guys! You are doing us a disservice by withholding it from the market!

I am not reviewing, but DESPERATELY searching for this video. Can anyone help me? My sixth graders loved the book and would like to see the video. Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!

I saw this movie many years ago. Like many, I can't find it anywhere unless I pay an outrageous amount for it. Since the new release, I can't get the original out of my mind. This is a movie that needs to be released again(1981).