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Whistle Stopper - Across the Sea of Time (Large Format)
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List Price: $19.98
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Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Starring: Peter Reznick, John McDonough, Avi Hoffman, Victor Steinbach, Peter Boyden
Directed By: Stephen Low
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Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9780800191610
Format: Closed-captioned
ISBN: 0800191617
Label: Sony Pictures
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Release Date: 1998-06-30
Running Time: 51
Studio: Sony Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: 1995-10-20
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Summary: Moving....a must see
Comment: New York born and bred, I have a soft spot for any movie that tenderly portrays the journey of our ancestors through Ellis Island. This film is touching in its telling of the story of a little boy who stows away on a ship to New York City to find his distant relative. Armed only with a torn back pack and tattered old photos from the early 1900's, he travels through the city, wide-eyed and in wonder of all the beauty the city has to offer. From the simple pleasures of eating a real New York hot dog, to walking the boardwalk on Coney Island, there is something for everyone in this touching tale. Lots of authentic filming in New York brings the story to life, and the pre September 11th shots of Downtown Manhattan and the World Trade Center are profound. If you had the chance to see this wonderful film in IMAX 3-D many years ago, you were treated to something even more spectacular. The soundtrack is not to be missed ~ just perfect to accompany this movie. Enjoy!
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Summary: The worst movie I've ever seen in my [...] life!
Comment: Where to begin? This movie is [...]. It is junk, trash, and garbage all at once. I hate all these movies about the early 20th century. Plus, this movie is unrealistic! I saw it in the IMAX theatre, and the people in the 1910s would not have been nice to the photographer! They would've shunned him, unlike in this movie. Plus, the acting was terrible, it was boring as hell, and this film couldn't suck more if it tried! I am warning you-DO NOT SEE THIS MOVIE! IT WAS HELL ON EARTH, AND IT IS AN INSULT TO ALL GOOD PEOPLE OF THE 1910s, AND TO ALL THE GOOD PEOPLE OF TODAY! OH, AND DON'T FORGET THAT THE PLOT WAS CONTEMPTIBLE AS WELL![...] I CAN'T BELIEVE SO MANY PEOPLE LOVED THIS MOVIE! WHAT THE (BEEP) IS WRONG HERE?!
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Summary: great Soundtrack by John Barry!!!
Comment: Hi I saw this movie twice in Spain and im willing to see it again one day... unfogetteable movie with a wonderfull John Barry music score... great experience!!! please, edit a DVD!!!
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Summary: One of the very best
Comment: I have only seen it twice in New York at SONY IMAX and I wished I could have it in 3D on DVD ... but I guess I will still have to wait for that.
Although a tv-screen can't display all the great - and I mean: GREAT - impressions that you can get from the IMAX screen I guess with a good sound-system at home you can at least experience the greatness of the movie that so much reflects the image of New York.
Along with the 3-D stills it's more than today's New York sight-seeing but also a splendid look into the past, when the city was still growing.
So please dear producers: make it available on DVD in 3D as well as 2D.
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Summary: My first IMAX film and my first visit to the USA
Comment: This was a wonderful introduction to IMAX films, and the first film I saw on my first visit to New York (and the USA) in 1999. I could empathise so easily with the boy as he saw so many new and wonderful aspects of the city, and it also gave a sense of the history of European immigrants to the New World in byegone days. I visited many of the sites shown in the film during the following two weeks, which the film had helped me to recognise in advance. The film itself was awesome in its scale and the sound track was first class. However, I sincerely doubt that this is material for the small screen, for the very reasons I have given previously, although I recommend it heartily as a theatre experience.
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