Product Details

• Actors: John Rubinstein, Patricia Quinn, Don Johnson, Country Joe and the Fish, Elvin Jones
• Directors: George Englund
• Writers: David Ossman, Hermann Hesse, Joe Massot, Peter Bergman, Phil Proctor
• Producers: George Englund
• Format: Color, DVD, Letterboxed, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo)
• Region: All Regions
• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Studio: Starz / Anchor Bay
• DVD Release Date: January 11, 2000
• Run Time: 93 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00003ETIU
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #187,220 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Zachariah" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A movie that was perfect for its time, January 6, 2004

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Daniel J. Lape (Brisbane, Queensland Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Zachariah [VHS] (VHS Tape)

"Zachariah" has remained one of the most vivid memories of my teenage cinematic years. And I only saw it once. As a 14-year-old in 1970, it was perfectly timed to take advantage of the growing fusion of rock, drugs, rebellion, free love and good times that were evolving through the culture. And it packaged them up in a funny, satirical fashion that was uniquely themed as a Western. I still remember one of the gunfight songs "Zachariah, Zachariah don't go to Apache Wells; 19's tried and 19's died, and you'll make only one."

If you're a hippie product of the 70s era, "Zachariah" is a must see, as much for the fun, gags and drug references, as for the actors who went on to further stardom whether in movies or television.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Zachariah, Zachariah, you don't need a gun to die..., August 21, 2006

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j michael rowland "j michael rowland" (Watertown, Tennessee, USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Zachariah (DVD)

Just a couple of points to add that seem unmentioned by previous reviewers:

One of the eeriest high points of the film is a cameo appearance by the legendary Ragin' Cajun, Doug Kershaw, who plays an itinerant prophet known only as The Fiddler -- part insane oracle and part Orpheus.

The other important point to mention is that the story is a loose retelling of the Hermann Hesse novel Siddhartha. But then... so many things are....

jmr

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Story-line based on Herman Hesse's novel "Siddhartha", August 21, 1999

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[e-mail] (Iowa, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Zachariah [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Despite all the "first electric western" hoopla, there is an eerie truth about awakening conveyed throughout this eccentric, eclectic, perverse adaptation of Herman Hesse's novel "Siddhartha." The characters are all there Siddhartha, Govinda, Kamala (Bell Starr!), the Old Ferryman, and more.