Snow in August

Starring:Stephen Rea, Lolita Davidovich, Adam MacDonald, Jonathan Koensgen, Jase Blankfort, Jack Daniel Wells, Tony Calabretta, Derrick Reeve, Peter Anthony Tambakis, Harvey Berger, Howard Bilerman, Kent McQuaid, Mark Hauser, James Allport, Eric Giroux, Patrick Laurendeau, Matthieu Bergeron, Alison Darcy, Michel Perron, Claudia Ferri
Director: Richard Friedenberg
Studio: Showtime Ent.
Product Type: DVD

Description

Eleven-year-old Michael Devlin is on an astonishing adventure into a magical world where he will learn about the power of belief to right wrongs and build unlikely friendships. Based on the best-selling novel by Pete Hamill.

Customer Reviews:

Thoroughly enjoyable!.......2007-06-27

This movie teaches a lot about how hateful prejudice and stereotypes can be (in this case, antisemitism). It is a movie about how a little boy learns that what he thought was so was completely wrong. It shows how a friendship can blossom between two people of diverse cultures who are also very far apart in age...and how they can learn from each other to the mutual benefit of not only both of them, but for an entire neighborhood. Furthermore, it is as close to the original book as I have ever seen. This is a thoroughly enjoyable movie (AND book!).

Snow in August.......2007-05-14

After reading the book this film is quite relevant. Of course in a movie things have to be compressed. It was an excellant movie for a low budget movie. If you lived in the 40's and 50's it took you right back. If you live today you are aware that things just don't change much. If you are poor there is no way the police can help or protect you. The only escape is through knowledge, fantasy, belief, and cunning.

See the movie then read the book!

Snow in August, DVD.......2006-08-15

I enjoyed the DVD, it helped me understand the book better.

Not bad for a low budget movie.......2006-08-06

An 11 year old boy witness a older Jewish store owner getting beat up badly by a hoodlum. He refuses to snitch but the hoodlum thinks he may have (or will). The boy, Micheal, is an intelligent Irish Catholic who wants to do the right thing but isn't sure what it is. His loyalty to street rules clouds his judgment but he grows up that summer, partly due to his new friendship with a rabbi.

It's a low budget movie but it's a very good one. Great acting and a good script. I cried toward the end. It's the kind of movie you want your kids to watch and I think they would actually enjoy it.

When The Shofar Sounds The Faithful Will Gather ~ A Golem In Brooklyn .......2005-08-26

The year is 1947, the place an Irish Catholic neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York. Michael (Peter Tambakis) finds himself caught in a freak snowstorm one August afternoon and steps into a nearby doorway to warm up. Once inside he encounters a bearded man named Judah (Stephen Rea), a lonely, disillusioned rabbi recently arrived from Czechoslovakia.

They become friends and before long Judah is sharing his Jewish faith with the young boy along with wonderous tales of kabbalistic folklore and mysticism. However Michael soon discovers that some people in the neighborhood don't approve of his new acquaintance, or others of the Jewish faith for that matter. For the first time in his short life Michael is exposed to anti-semitic behavior by a group of local teenagers. When the rabbi is badly beaten by one of the bullies Michael looks for a way to stop the violence.

He asks the rabbi if the stories he has been telling him are true, or at least one in particular. A medieval tale about a Golem, an artifical creation made of clay fashioned in human form. A creature of immense strength that according to legend could be brought to life through a prescribed set of Hebrew prayers and rituals. It would be a 'Warrior of God' that could stand against the neighborhood bullies. He asks Judah if it's possible. Responding with a hesitant maybe, Michael is off to attempt the unimaginable.

"Snow in August" was made on a small budget for television and it shows in the production values. However if you stay with it you'll discover that the story is really quite good and its message of tolerance and understanding is one we should never get tired of hearing.

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Solace (Standard Edition) DVD
Director: Byeon Seung Wook
Manufacturer: Art Service
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

1 disc package (region 0 ntsc)

ASIN: B000PGKWKM

Product Description

The delicately written melodrama "Solace" involves less sentimentality and music than its local predecessors in the genre, but the emotional reticence creates more space for the audience to chew over the plot, and thus makes the story more engaging. The film, about a couple in their 30s who are too experienced and saddled with worries to fantasize about love, follows the rules of melodrama and may be overly sentimental at times, but in the end conveys a powerful catharsis that overcomes the predictability.

Charlie Rose with Pete Hamill; Earl Woods; Michael Pollan (May 7, 1997)

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Charlie Rose with Pete Hamill; Earl Woods; Michael Pollan (May 7, 1997)

Manufacturer: Charlie Rose
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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Charlie talks to veteran tabloid editor Pete Hamill about his new book called, Snow in August that tells the story of 11-year old Michael Devlin. Next, Charlie interviews the father of Tiger Woods, Earl Woods, who served as Tiger's childhood coach. Finally, Michael Pollan of Harper's magazine talks about his experience building a cabin. Pollan documents the process in a new book titled, A Place of My Own.

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