Product Details

• Actors: David Cobham
• Directors: Ian Hogg
• Writers: Ian Hogg
• Producers: Ian Hogg
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Language: English
• Rating: G (General Audience)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Vci Video
• VHS Release Date: June 25, 2002
• Run Time: 20 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6301302907
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #31,316 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars straightforward adaptation, April 3, 2003

By	Brian (TX United States) - See all my reviews

This is a well done adaptation of Jack London's story. It's also very straightforward so that you might not find much value in watching it after reading the story. It really doesn't enhance the experience of reading the story, but you might check it out anyway, especially for the narration of Orson Welles.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Jack London Would Approve!, December 9, 2000

By	Sharon Anderson (Millbury, MA USA) - See all my reviews

This "To Build a Fire" video can stand up to the short story. In its genre, it is just as effective. Of course, it helps to have the narration of Orson Wells! There are times when the accordian-music background can be distracting, but then again, I suppose it connotes the era of gold-prospecting in the Yukon. I am a high school English teacher who has shown this video for years as a companion piece after reading the classic tale by London, and just the other day, one of my sharp-eyed students exclaimed that he had noticed a man in the background just as the main character stumbles to his death at the video's end. Sure enough! We re-wound the video and discovered a definite technical flaw! A "Three Men and a Baby" ghost! View it yourself and see!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars To Build A Fire, February 22, 2005

By	Canoe 1 (Snohomish, WA USA) - See all my reviews

I was very impressed with this movie. After reading, and re-reading this wonderful Jack London short story for years, I just heard it was made into a movie and I placed an order to have it overnighted to me. I watched it as soon as FED-EX delivered it, and I was riveted to it from the beginning to the end. I loved hearing Orson Welles voice as he narrated the movie. The period dress and scenery was perfect, just as I had imagined it in my head all the years as I read the story. I watched it with my 14 year old son, and he loved it also. Those who have spent time in the wilderness and in the bitter cold as I have will identify with the movie. I give it a 5 out of 5, and I will rewatch it many times I am sure. I highly recommend !.