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Summary: DVD quality poor
Review: After reading about the poor DVD quality of this great movie, I'll stick to my VHS copy. Thanks for the information.
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Summary: Wonderful Film for All Ages
Review: When I saw for the first time Lucy Maud Montgomery's classic, 'Anne of Green Gables' I fell in love with Prince Edward's Island. Now, it's on my list of favorite travel places to go. I couldn't wait for the sequel, 'Anne of Avonlea' to come out. I was hooked. I'll be reading all the Montgomery books. Just being trivial, did you know that there were others up for the part of the red-haired Anne Shirley? Even Schuyler Grant was up for the part of Anne but, got the part of Diana Barry (Anne's best friend) instead. Who is more perfect for the role than Megan Follows. I believe she captured the character more, as the red-haired, dramatic orphan Anne Shirley. Also rounding out a great cast is Richard Farnsworth (The Straight Story, Texas Across the River, Resurrection) who plays Matthew Cuthbert and Colleen Dewhurst (Broadway's 'O'Niell's 'A Moon For the Misbegotten,' Annie Hall, Ice Castles) as Marilla Cuthbert.
The story is about an orphan girl growing out of her humble beginning to a beautiful, sophicated young woman. Anne is taken from an orphanage by mistake as the Cuthberts look for help in their elderly years and try to get a boy from the orphanage. When the orphanage can't get a boy the Cuthberts want, they send Anne instead. So the story begins Matthew taking Anne home to the farm at Ingleside. When she mets Marilla the first time, Marilla is not much taken to Anne and tells Matthew she has to go back. But with much convincing from Matthew and Anne, Marilla let's her stay. Matthew and Marilla's lives are far from normal since the imaginative Anne who seems to manage to get into uninvited trouble. Out of the awkward young Anne grows a young lady's love for life and a penace for drama. I love films that are of this caliber aside from the kind of Hollywood stuff that peddles violence, sex, obscenity and profane language. "Anne of Green Gables' takes you away from all of that into good family entertainment back to a time that was simple and innocent. Even Christian families will enjoy this one. It's one of the most endearing stories ever made and it will probably will be a classic for many generations to come. I highly recommend it!
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Summary: i'd give it more stars if i could...
Review: this movie is as breathtaking as the books... i can watch this movie (and the sequel) over and over again! wonderful performances by all of the actors/actresses in the movie. i especially like colleen dewhurst (who plays marilla cuthbert). what a wonderful actress. i love her personality. megan follows (anne) is sensational as well. i cannot say enough good about this movie or the books. the way of life and the environment are beautiful--i want to visit prince edward island so bad! i wish i lived back then!
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Summary: I Love it!
Review: This is a wonderful movie! It makes me wish that I could have lived back in that time and on that wonderful Island.
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Summary: I'm an Anne fan
Review: Leaving the character critiques to other reviews (since they seem to do such a GOOD job and say exactly what I would say anyway), I will instead review the DVD copy itself.
After watching my taped-from-tv VHS copy a million times over, I finally got smart and bought the DVD. I am so glad I did! This DVD has the movie in it's original full-length form, with all deleted scenes (which I had never known I was missing!). Other noteworthy bonus features include cast biographies, Megan Follow's audition reels, full-feature director commentary (excellent, I might add!!), and the option to watch the film in English / French / Spanish. The color quality and sound balance are perfect. In short, aside from the fact that this is not in widescreen (understandable, since this was a made-for-tv film), I could not have asked for more in a DVD transfer of this movie. I hope you can get your hands on a copy and enjoy it as much as I did. However, you might want to shop around to get the best price.
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Summary: Timeless memories of a Canadian childhood
Review: I can still remember the excitement I felt when I first saw Anne of Green Gables almost fifteen years ago. It accurately and lovingly captures the thrills of childhood, of breathless anticipation, the joys of friendship, and the final moment when we must bid our childhood goodbye and take our place in the grownup world. The performances are flawless and capture the original flavour of each of the characters from the book. Megan Follows IS Anne Shirley, Shuyler Grant is a kindred Diana Barry, and Colleen Dewhurst is the stern Marilla Cuthbert who finds her heart unexpectedly embracing the joys of motherhood. Everything about Anne of Green Gables is done with the utmost love and respect in regard to the original novel by Lucy Maud Montgomery. Anne is every child, with her eyes open to the world, her thirst for knowledge, her immediate trust, her quest for adventure, and most of all her imagination. Megan Follows captures the timeless appeal of the orphaned Anne with spirit, grace, and wit. Her humorous mishaps, personal struggles, and her newfound love for the Cuthberts as well as her love for Avonlea make her an enduring heroine throughout the ages. Who knows? After seeing this film you may discover that you are a kindred spirit as well!
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Summary: DVD quality *not* poor
Review: I had rented this film on VHS several years ago, and decided to buy it despite the several reviews here that complained about the quality of the DVD transfer. I'm very happy to report first that to my eyes the quality of the picture is very good indeed; I'm not an expert but the limitations seem to be in the original print and not in the mastering; indeed, there are to my eye very few compression artifacts to be seen. In particular, the wonderful colors of Prince Edward Island shine out beautifully. Second, while there is no chapter menu, there are chapters. My only objection to the DVD as a DVD is that it's a flipper--but hey, so's "Schindler's List"! This is a DVD worthy of the film, and for three and a half hours of such a wonderful film, the price is not, I think, too steep.
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Summary: A Favorite For Any Generation
Review: This series has always been in my heart and always will be. I can always see myself in Anne Shirley, just as I'm sure every other young girl will. Kevin Sullivan did a beautiful job of bringing to life the works of Lucy M. Montgomery's series of Anne of Green Gables. I loved this movie the first time I saw it on television on PBS and I was thrilled to finally find it on DVD. Anne Shirley is a young orphan girl with a huge imagination, daydreams, and a huge talker. She's transferred from home to home and then back to the orphanage until she is finally picked to live in a town called Avonlea. She lives with a family Marilla & Mathew Cuthbert (played by: Colleen Dewhurst & Richard Farnsworth). After worrying she wouldn't be adopted because she's not a boy she warms their hearts and starts a new life with them. And she then soon meets her bosom friend Diana Barry (Schuyler Grant) and of course Gilbert Blythe (Jonathan Crombie). We follow the lives of these characters that Anne meets along the way. This series is for any young girl or for any girl at any age to enjoy and the entire family. The fun part is you can also see parts of the cast that end up being in Kevin Sullivan's production of Road to Avonlea. But this series is wonderful, charming, and full of adventures. The supporting cast is quite amazing as well they include: Rachel Lynde (Patricia Hamilton), Miss Stacy (Marilyn Lightstone), & Aunt Josephine (Charmion King) just to name a few of my favorites. This movie is also about life and the human heart that we see through Anne's eye's. The DVD is full of tons of great stuff such as Megan Follow's audition, a small behind the scene's moments, missing scene's, & tons more. So I do highly recommend this film for everyone.
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Summary: The VHS has it! Why not the DVD?
Review: I adore the story of Anne Shirley and was excited to get copies on DVD. My hope was to introduce these cherished stories to my girlfriend who is Deaf. To my disbelief the DVD does not contain either closed-captions or subtitles. It is difficult to imagine that something as "superior" as the DVD format would leave out something so basic as closed-captions, when in contrast the VHS includes it.
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Summary: Still great 20 years later
Review: I grew up watching this series when I was a girl, and it is still a great movie even though it is almost 20 years old.
It is entertaining and fairly close to the book/s. I feel that the story is highly appropriate for children and adults alike. It doesn't have any violence or foul language, but it isn't stupid or patronizing like many "childrens" films. I'm 26 and I still think it's great. In spite oh what others have said, I feel the DVD quality is great. The colors are much more vibrant than the colors on my VHS and while the "extras" were few in number, they are entertaining anyway. If I could give it more than 5 stars, I would!
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