A Tree Grows in Brooklyn [VHS]

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn [VHS]
by Elia Kazan

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn [VHS]

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Actor: Dorothy McGuire, James Dunn, James Gleason, Joan Blondell, Lloyd Nolan
Director: Elia Kazan
Cinematographer: Leon Shamroy
Editor: Dorothy Spencer
Producer: Louis D. Lighton
Writer: Anita Loos
Writer: Betty Smith
Writer: Frank Davis
Writer: Tess Slesinger
Edition: VHS Tape
Audio: English (Original Language), Analog
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
Running Time: 128 minutes
Release Date: 1998-01-01
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Publisher: 20th Century Fox
Studio: 20th Century Fox

VHS Movie Reviews of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn [VHS]

Movie Review: OK 20th Century Fox - Where In H@LL Is The U.S. DVD Release?
Summary: 5 Stars

An Elia Kazan Masterpiece yet to be released on DVD...

OK, OK... So what? The film isn't as wonderful as the book. They never are. Because the book is lengthy and takes place from before Francie is born untll after she is 16 years old, the movie concentrates on Francie as a teenager ages 14 - 15. Also one of Katie's sisters is eliminated and her qualities and quotes from the book are giving to Sissy, somewhat toning down her character. Other characters, like Francie's school teacher, are changed to protagonists to ease the transition to film.

However, Elia Kazan's masterpiece with Dorothy McGuire as Katie Nolan, the hard as nails mamma, Joan Blondell as the effervescent, fun loving aunt Sissy, Oscar award winning James Dunn as Johnny Nolan, the drunkard pipe-dreaming father and little Peggy Ann Garner was so wonderful as the young, sweet and sensitive Francie. Thankfully, the Academy gave her an Oscar for Most Promising Juvenile Performer in the year of our Lord 1945.

I am no wimp by any stretch of the imagination but EVERY SINGLE time I view my "homemade/bootleg" DVD copy I bawl like a little baby...

This film is LOOONG overdue for a U.S DVD Release. Come on 20th Century Fox/Turner or whomever owns the rights to "A Tree..." - make this film available to those who have loved this film for ages and those that have yet to appreciate this marvelous masterpiece.

Movie Review: wonderful movie
Summary: 5 Stars

This is a great movie. the actors are the best, the store line is good & you can totally feel what these people are going through in this era.

Movie Review: Great!
Summary: 5 Stars

This is such a great movie. I am really surprised that it is not on DVD yet. As far as I can tell, Fox Movie Channel is the only network that plays it and that is not offered with our cable package. I would buy a couple of copies if it were on DVD.

Movie Review: BUYERS BEWARE! BOOTLEG DVD.
Summary: 1 Stars

This classic film has NEVER been issued on DVD. What is on offer here is a bootleg. Don't support the theft of copyright by purchasing an expensive, illegal copy of doubtful quality

Movie Review: If you like the movie, read the book
Summary: 5 Stars

I have loved A Tree Grows In Brooklyn since the first time I saw it. I purchased it from a seller on Amazon and was disappointed in the quality of the DVD. It looks like someone burned it off of a VHS tape. Beside the point, I also got the book by Betty Smith and I can't believe the differences and similarities of the book and DVD. The novel is quite thick and I know a movie made to follow the book would be 5 hours long or more, but I can't stop thinking about the actors and their characters in the book. I like a happy ending and the DVD was much happier than the book. I have always liked Dorothy McGuire, Ted Donaldson and Peggy Ann Garner (she played in Jane Eyre with Elizabeth Taylor). I just hope this comes out in a better quality DVD and I will definitely repurchase it. I usually try to record it when it is aired on TCM or FMC and keep it on my DVR. Mr. Kazan did a great job with the movie though. It still remains my favorite.

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Summary of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn [VHS]

Elia Kazan made his directorial debut with this adaptation of Betty Smith's novel about a bright, young girl growing up in turn-of-the-century Brooklyn, trying to rise above her tenement existence. Sensitively filmed by Kazan, and graced with wonderful performances by James Dunn as the wistful, alcoholic father and Dorothy McGuire as a strong-willed mother. Peggy Ann Garner won a special Oscar for her performance. --Tom Keogh

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