Customer Reviews

White Dwarf [VHS]

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This fantastic fantasy story is stunning in both the visual effects as well as its' written script! Paul Winfield gives a great performance as " The Local Country Doctor" on a bipolar planet, half in eternal light and half in eternal dark! Both sides demanding His services and all the while training a new intern, newly landed on the planet to at first cultivate stories from far afield in the savage frontier of space, only to be taken in by the beauty and lore of this world! A film not to be missed by any fan of science fiction!!!!

I first saw this movie in a sci-fi class during college and loved it. Sad that it wasn't picked up by the TV studios. I would love to see/buy it again but it only seems available in VHS. Hoping that a DVD version might be released soon?

A great story and terrific cast. SciFi really should have bought the rights and spun it into a series.

I loved this movie when it was broadcasted and I can't wait till it is released on DVD! A must have!

I saw this originally back when it first played on tv. It was so good that I couldn't forget it and eventually had to find a copy for myself. The characters are rich and the story is fresh and unlike any other I have ever seen or read about. It's not in print, but if you can find a copy, you are not wasting your money to buy it.

OK, so I have owned the VHS for about 8 years, and let me tell you it was extremely difficult to obtain back then and even a few years ago was almost impossible to find & or own. I notice the price for this VHS remains rather high too. Well, about the story it is really confusing, and there seems to be a lot of different things going on including genre intermingling , but the premise, of a "dark side", "light side" of a plant, which are comprised of 2 different society types is great. It seems that everything including the proverbial kitchen sink was thrown in this movie; themes that just don't develope that start from interesting situations, camera shots, verbal comments, or whatever and are dropped. A lot more plot development and some more back story is needed to pull this movie together. Regardless, this film is haunting and I love it. Unfortunately I only watch it once every two years-it is VHS. It would be great to get this in a remastered DVD version "The planet Rusta, a white dwarf star light years from Earth in the year 3040". This film was actually produced by Francis Ford Coppola!! Directed by Peter Markle, written by Bruce Wagner. The film is a mere 91 minutes long (My VHS through Cabin Fever, International, Inc) 4 stars only because of the issues mentioned. Lets get people raving so we can get it in DVD! Kya

An interesting blend of Sci-Fi genres in one film, White Dwarf captured my attention when it was aired (2 part showing) on television. Steam Punk mixed with advanced space travel, a deadly virus, shape shifters, the eternal conflict of oppositional cultures, corrupt government, and a rather unique penal system, implemented by an off-world warden (who happens to be in the process of "devolution").
I liked it.

Weird and wonderful. I caught a but of it on TV but didn't see it offered again. It's a bit B but compelling.,