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Woman Named Jackie Box Set [VHS]

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This is an elegant and classy movie for everyone to watch and thoroughly enjoy. It shows Jackie's life with JFK in great detail, and her life with the big 'O' before his death. From this, we can see how Jackie fits the role of the First Lady like a glove, and how she battles with JFK's extra marital affaires, with Monroe, to name one. Roma plays Jackie just how she was: charismatic, glitzy and above all, HUMAN. For anyone who is interested in Jackie's life, and what she endured during her years in the White House, read, Edward Klein's All Too Human. It is a wonderful book, and I take my hat off to him as the information that he embodies in this story is so accurate, you would think that he had been a fly on the wall throughout Jackie and Jack's entire relationship - even his affaires with the goddess, Marilyn Monroe. This is a great buy for anyone with a heart. JUST BUY IT!!!!!

She had class, style, complete elegance and grace that swept through the White House and on Ari Onassis' yacht, "the Christina". This movie is about the life of our beloved 1960's American First Lady. Although this film gives fact by fact and detail after detail, it isn't an up to date film of Jackie's life. It seems to be missing the last years of her life which includes her beau, Maurice Templesman, and her heart wrenching death against cancer. If you are a die-hard J.F.K. or Jackie O' fan and lover, this film is for you! Just buy it!

Although it is both hillarious and inidicative of his acting range to see Stephen Colins (who really is a licenced minister) play JFK, I was also impressed by Roma Downey's acting in this film. There are so many other big names involved in the production and acting that I would not know where to start.

Jaqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis was not as perfect as she had to appear in the media, but was human like the rest of us. I had seen numerous specials on the Kennedys before, but (like the book of the same name) felt that both the positive and negative aspects of her character were covered in a fair manner.

Both in the book and this movie, I sensed that Jaqueline's frustration came less from her husband's daliances (after all, she was rumored to have several of her own)than from the fact that society expected her to behave like the prim and proper hausfrau more epitomized in her mother-in-law Rose. Jaqueline had much greater ambitions for herself as dramatized in the storyline.

Jaqueline revisited is a liberating figure because she is able to transcend these barriers while looking the part of the quintesential wife. To JFK's credit, he appears to have accepted it more than many other men of his generation. The fact that JFK grew unparalled closeness to her right before his infamous assaination is especially tearjerking.

One thing that I did not care for was the usage of the questionable Max Jacobsen. While this also proves just how prophetic the presidential couple were with their social behavior, it is also chilling at times. To think that two highly educated people would asociate with a shady character is downright scary.

I Don't want to discuss about this movie. all I can say is, it's one of the best movie's of it's kind I've ever seen and really worth to have even on VHS tape. but the question here is :

I have DVD edition of this movie. It's a Dual-layer DVD, Machine made, not a copy, with excellent cover art and on DVD print. It's 270 minutes, English removable subtitles, with real DVD quality and DD 1.0 channel audio track. It consists of two parts. Before the terror of Kennedy and after it. Menu is not that primitive but indicates that it modified from a double sided DVD into a dual layer cause in main menu, you have to choose between "Disc 1" & "Disc 2" botton to access to each part's menu. on the cover art has been printed "Printed in U.S.A.", It's NTSC but region free but It's not seem to be an import or bootleg cause it's overall quality is excellent! I received it as a gift, 2 years ago and when I came to amazon to order another as a gift to one of my friends, I surprisingly found out that there is no DVD edition! now I'll be pleased if anybody inform me about my DVD and it's origins!

I've seen quite a few movies about Jackie Kennedy, and I believe this one is the most realistic. I've also read a ton of books about Jackie, so really appreciated the attention to detail and historical facts. A great purchase!

I HAVE SEEN THIS SERIES A HUNDRED TIMES OVER AND I COULD WHATCH IT HUNDRED MORE TIMES. I HAVE IDOLIZED JACKIE FOR THE MAJORITY OF MY LIFE AND WILL CONTINUE FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE. THE REASON FOR ACTUALLY WRITING THIS REVEIW IS RESPONSE TO THE REVEIWER "A REVEIWER TOLEDO, OHIO" IF THIS PERSON WAS A TRUE JACKIE FAN THEY WOULD ATLEAST SPELL HER NAME RIGHT. SHE DID NOT LIKE BE CALLED JACLYN, IT IS JACQUELINE, AND SHE WAS ONLY REFERRED TO AS JACKIE BECAUSE HER FATHER CALLED HER THAT AS A CHILD EVEN THOUGH HER MOTHER DID NOT APPROVE. THANK YOU FOR READING MY REVIEW. KRISSIE, WAYNE,WV

i thought it was a wunderful movi

All i got to say is this: If u have any doubts of how real this movie is brought to life just look at the list of actress' and actors' that performed in this beautifully written movie. As I was scrolling down the list there were certain names that stuck in my head. The people that performed in that movie are now basically STARS. Need proof? here it is. Roma Downey: Jackie Kennedy. Can u say STAR? she STARS in one of the most popular TV series to date. Stephan Collins:JFK he STARS in another greatly popular TV series. Now, I know she isn't a MAJOR star in this movie and doesn't have very much screentime but she is the most popular actress out of then all.She is none other than Sarah Michelle Gellar who stars in Buffy the Vampire Slayer and has stared in numerous films. Well I guess that pretty much sums it up. Sorry for the misspelling and grammor errors I was in a hurry.