Product Details

• Actors: Brad Davis, Karen Allen, Jameson Parker, Shelley Long, John Friedrich
• Directors: Rob Cohen
• Writers: Ezra Sacks
• Producers: Tim Zinnemann
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Letterboxed, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono)
• Subtitles: English, Spanish, French
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
• DVD Release Date: August 24, 2004
• Run Time: 113 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00026L7QI
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #49,281 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
Brad Davis, Karen Allen and Jameson Parker star as three college students transformed by the turbulent '60s in this endearing illuminating and haunting (After Dark) film that delivers a convincing, evocative (Films in Review) portrait of an unforgettable era. A bright future appears in store for Harvard freshmen Leo (Davis), Jessica (Allen) and Nick (Parker). The dynamic Leo loses no time in wooing Jessica and making a name for himself on the campus paper. But romance and political idealism clash with reality when Jessica takes up with Nick and Leo's draft number comes up. As their 'small circle becomes an unorthodox love triangle, each must face up to events that will change their lives forever.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A warm, evocative look at the campus 60's, January 15, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Small Circle of Friends [VHS] (VHS Tape)

A story set in the 1960's of the imagination, A Small Circle of Friends by the use of a young and almost self conscious cast manages to convey the wonder,possibilities and awkwardness of the time.

While giving an idealized view of Ivy League life of the period a viewer familiar with the time will still find so much that is achingly real.

In a word the show is evocative. There is a scene were Jameson Parker stands in the rain reading aloud the names of men killed in Vietnam as apparantly uncaring crowds pass by. Been there-done that and seeing it again brought back the feelings.

That is the strength of this movie. It may not be great art but it is good cinema. It lets you look back and see and it punches the right buttons. It is well worth the watching.

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars TOUCHY TABOO TOPICS........, February 23, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Small Circle of Friends [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This one's fairly well-hidden, after all when I originally saw it a few conservative [ahem!] audience members walked out in disgust just as Brad Davis, Karen Allan and Jameson Parker decided to become 'close' friends - nothing shocking, but slightly too much back then and probably today. [Yes, it does somewhat touch on the world of the bi-sexual, or is it just experimentation? It is also a rather good movie about EMOTIONAL CONTACT between three young people.]

It covers THAT radical period in our history [Viet-Nam and all of that!] - students exploring and discovering various 'things'. Don't ever mix love and politics I guess!

BUT it's more of a memory play - along the lines of a modern 'Our Town'. These are also great minor performances in the movie - the conservative guy who turns radical with deadly results.

MISS Brad Davis spontaneous talent - gone too soon - something of the Dean quality there and Dean would probably have approved of this movie.

Also equally stellar? Mr. Parker and Ms. Allen for just daring to be so bold!

Bravo!

[Then there's also the somewhat period but 'based on fact' - "Jules and Jim" - not forgetting "Sunday, Bloody Sunday"]

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Picaresque and Romantic View of the Late Sixties, December 27, 2004

By	Golddie (Southern California) - See all my reviews

I love this film! Small Circle captures the essence of the late sixties' imagination and possibilities; it embraces the era's sense of romance while examining its explosive political and cultural turmoil. The film focuses on the relationships of three young people as they go through four years at Harvard, circa 1967-1971, the peak of sixties' awareness and excesses. While there may be some weaknesses in the filmmaker's attempts to cover as much as possible from the sixties in terms of issues (an aspect of the film I particularly adore but others do not), the depth of the three friends' love and commitment to each other ties everything together. Brad Davis' intense energy is alive even in this early film of his--his talent is sorely missed.