Summer's End

Starring:James Earl Jones, Jake LeDoux, Brendan Fletcher, Wendy Crewson, Jonathan Kroeker, Andrew Sardella, Al Waxman, Randy Hughson, R.D. Reid, Sarah Francis, Patrick McManus, Lindsay Murrell, Susan Cooke, Omar McIntosh, Melanie Nicholls-King, Tony Meyler, Gary Reineke, J. Adam Brown, Victor Garber
Director: Helen Shaver
Studio: Showtime Ent.
Product Type: DVD

Editorial Review:
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This coming-of-age story will appeal to anyone seeking family entertainment that deals with issues and values. Jamie and his older brother, Hunter, are recovering from the death of their father, so their mother brings them to their cottage at the lake even though she must commute to work in nearby Atlanta. Left alone, the boys demonstrate strong brotherly bonds, but these begin to strain when a black doctor buys a cottage nearby and befriends Jamie, until the racist element in the town, including Hunter's best friends, campaign to drive him out. Jamie must choose between the brother he loves and the new friend he sees being persecuted, while Hunter must choose between keeping his friends despite their vile actions and the moral behavior of the brother who is the person that matters to him the most.

Product Description

In this hard hitting inspiring prophecy drama, a college student discovers the shocking truth that the 6 days of creation could be a picture of how the course of life on earth would run leading up to the return of Christ. This film features a compelling gospel presentation and the answers to eternal life. Guaranteed you'll watch this more than once. (54 min.)

Customer Reviews:

Interesting Christian Short film. No subtitles........2007-05-01

51 minutes long without credits. Would have given 5 stars if the first 25 minutes were cut and it had subtitles. A very different way of looking at biblical times lines.

One of the best movies I have seen.......2007-02-13

Personally, I find most movies to be a wast of time, but this is one of the few movies that I have found to be worth while. I highly recommend it to anyone.

end of the harvest.......2004-09-09

This movie not only makes you realize as belivers how we should stand and share all that we believe in, but it is a real thought out movie. One that strikes your intrest to keep watching.The message of the story was very clear.

Excellent and thought provoking!.......2004-05-25

I'm a huge fan of movies, and as a Christian I'm a huge fan of christian movies and "the end of the harvest" is right up there among my very favourites.

This film stars David White (from the excellent Mercy Streets) as a student on campus who knows and studies his bible furiously but is shy about sharing his faith (a common problem) and his friend who as a sort of revenge organises a speech in front of the philosophy class that specialises in humiliating christians. They have stumbled upon a paper written some 50 years before that claims to know when the world will end.

Featuring excellent acting and very well put together screenplay, End of the harvest will provoke thought in both christians and non-christians alike on how long this world is going to continue and when it will end. Very well done.

Thanks for reading.

Excellent.......2003-05-28

My Husband and I originally saw this program on television. We are both involved in Evangelism Explosion at our Church. This movie encourages us to all we can to bring in the Harvest before it is too late. It really hit home to us how important is to be prepared to give an account of what we believe and when the time comes to have the boldness to do so. Time is short and there is a lot to do.

Average customer rating:

Good Acting, But Story Got a Bit Ridiculous
OUTSTANDING!
Great story... great acting
Summer's end
Not an End but a beginning

Summer's End
Starring: James Earl Jones , Jake LeDoux , Brendan Fletcher , Wendy Crewson , and Jonathan Kroeker
Director: Helen Shaver
Manufacturer: Showtime Ent.
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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ASIN: B00004XMTO
Release Date: 2000-10-10

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This coming-of-age story will appeal to anyone seeking family entertainment that deals with issues and values. Jamie and his older brother, Hunter, are recovering from the death of their father, so their mother brings them to their cottage at the lake even though she must commute to work in nearby Atlanta. Left alone, the boys demonstrate strong brotherly bonds, but these begin to strain when a black doctor buys a cottage nearby and befriends Jamie, until the racist element in the town, including Hunter's best friends, campaign to drive him out. Jamie must choose between the brother he loves and the new friend he sees being persecuted, while Hunter must choose between keeping his friends despite their vile actions and the moral behavior of the brother who is the person that matters to him the most.

Customer Reviews:

Good Acting, But Story Got a Bit Ridiculous.......2006-06-27

James Earl Jones is great as always. But the plot stumbles after the boat crashes into the dock. The story veers into contrived and, by the end, absurd plot developments (the final scene inexplicably has James Earl Jones walking on water). I think the makers of this movie tried too hard to jam too many liberal dogmas about race relations into one movie. James Earl Jones walked on water, I suppose, because black people are Jesus-like saviors of white people. Curiously, Jones is a light-skinned black, but the part seemed to call for a dark-skinned black -- the flashback scenes draw viewers' attention to this discrepancy.

OUTSTANDING!.......2005-01-21

A must see movie James Earl Jones was great. Jake Ledoux did a good job,But I didn't see the wide range of emotions the other viewer saw.A GREAT MOVIE!

Great story... great acting.......2002-03-03

The tale of Summer's End is about a black man, Dr. William Blakely, who returns to live in the town where his father was killed by whites when he was a young boy. The other main character is Jaime, a young boy who strikes up a friendship with Dr. Blakely and is the central "coming of age" figure. Also key to the plot are Jaime's older brother Hunter, his mother, and his brother's friend Lad. Lad is a young man brought up to belive what much of the town 'believes' (although only a small handful of Lad's family displays)- blacks are bad and shouldn't be in the town. It turns into a story of relationships as Lad and his grandfather (mainly) try to run Dr. Blakely out of town. It keeps your attention the entire time.

The acting in the movie is pretty incredible for a TV movie. James Earl Jones was the perfect casting for Dr. Blakely. Wendy Crewson plays Jaime's mother very well. The only acting I wasn't all that fond of was Brenden Fletcher, who played Hunter. What really stands out though is the acting of Jake LeDoux, who plays Jaime- you have to see it for yourself, but I don't understand why he hasn't landed bigger roles. Similar to Haley Joel Osment- wonderful at displaying a wide range of emotions.

Summer's end.......2001-02-26

A very touching story and a very well portrayall by Mr Jones. I 've enjoyed this movie so much that I'm in the process of purchasing it for future entertainment to be shared with my grandchildren.

Not an End but a beginning.......2000-07-30

As an English teacher, I am always looking for companion films for novels I read in my classes. Summer's End is the perfect companion for Montana 1948 by Larry Watson. Both the film and the movie beautifully portray what happens when the youngest in a family discovers a "truth" about another member of the family. Both deal with several issues such as racism, family loyalty, and justice in a way that is both fair to the topic and engaging for my students. Both of these titles have been well received by students. I highly recommend both the film Summer's End and the novel Montana 1948.

Initial D - Battle 7 - The End of Summer

Average customer rating:

forget anything TOKYOPOP brings...
The story was getting interesting until..........
Racing, romance and some rockin' Eurobeat
closing scene to the AE86 vs. Sil-80
Love story..........Cole & Maya

Initial D - Battle 7 - The End of Summer
Starring: Nobuyuki Hiyama , Michiko Neya , Yumi Kakazu , Kôsuke Okano , and Keiji Fujiwara
Director: Noboru Mitsusawa , and Masami Hata
Manufacturer: Tokyopop Pictures
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Initial D - Battle 6 - Asphalt Angels
Initial D - Battle 8 - Rain Battle
Initial D - Battle 9 - Akina's Superstar Challenge
Initial D - Battle 10 - Team Emperor
Initial D - Battle 11 - Blow-out

ASIN: B000255JDG
Release Date: 2004-09-14

Description

Episodes 19 - 21

Customer Reviews:

forget anything TOKYOPOP brings..........2005-09-03

TOKYOPOP doesn't know anime and transform it into uglyness (change score, characters' names, cut scenes, etc...). Pioneer at least keep the original score and characters' names for their animes.

The story was getting interesting until.................2005-04-02

Well if you haven't figured it out who was going to win the race the you are really slow. After the race Simon asks tak out on a date, but iggy being as stupid as he is thinks that she was talking to him so he decides to invite everyone. At the waterpark it's funny to see Simon trying to hit on Tak, but whats even funnier is when Iggy and Kenji go down the water slides together. The only dissapointing part was when Cole found out that Maya had a crush on Ry takahashi, being the person that Cole is he thinks that shes out of his league. Maya tells Cole to meet him at the spot where they first met, but Cole decides that shes better off staying there alone(not really). So after his boss pounds reality into Cole he races to the spot to find out that there is a traffic jam and so there it was ladies and gentlemen the end of their relationship. In the japanese version of the anime Maya offered her virginity(believe it or not) to Cole in exchange that she gets the chance to close her carreer as a racer. We also get to see a little bit of Taks relationship growing with Natalie and she happens to find out what happend in the locker room(which was a fight in the 3rd dvd) and she decides to reward him for his actions by kissing him. Thats basically the layout for this review. Again it wasn't a bad dvd, but I just didn't like Maya getting hurt like that because I was kinda a fan of her work.

Racing, romance and some rockin' Eurobeat.......2004-12-10

Volume 7 of "Initial D," the popular anime series about downhill mountain road racing in Japan, is awash in romantic complications that affect the whole cast of characters and keep things hopping for all three episodes (nos. 19-21). The first episode offers the conclusion of the suspenseful race down Usui Pass between Takumi and female challenger Mako begun in the previous volume. After the race, Mako's attractive navigation partner, Sayuki, gets the hots for Tak and asks him out on a swimming date, to which his friends, led by the diminutive, overeager Itsuki, invite themselves, upsetting Sayuki's plans. This all leads to Mako asking Tak's buddy, Iketani, who'd first met Mako back in Volume 5, on a nighttime date, but Iketani's hesitation and insecurity lead to unhappy results. Tak, meanwhile, fends off Sayuki's aggression to concentrate on his budding relationship with classmate Natsuki.

School starts and things heat up between Tak and Natsuki, including a first kiss that's handled tastefully and beautifully by the animators. However, we get a glimpse of a secret of Natsuki's that could derail things. Through it all, poor little Itsuki freaks out at losing his buddies to girls and comes out with several hilarious exclamations. He's comic relief in the best sense of the word. Meanwhile, Mt. Akagi champ Ryosuke Takahashi delivers a challenge to Tak and gears up for their impending match.

Aside from the genuine thrills of the racing sequences, the great thing about this series is just how emotionally honest it is about the awkwardness of teen romance and its inevitable mix of fleeting pleasures and deeply felt pain and discomfort. Tak may be a superman behind the wheel, but he and his buddies make the kind of common missteps with girls that so many of us remember from our youths.

The action comes with a nice mix of standard musical accompaniment for the romantic scenes (lilting piano solos) and rousing "Eurobeat" hiphop-style pop songs for the races. The opening theme song in episode 20 is a new one. For me, this consistently gripping series just keeps getting better with each volume.

closing scene to the AE86 vs. Sil-80.......2004-09-30

After waiting 2 months to finally get this DVD and watch i was a little disapointed.

It starts off with Tak's 86 and Mya's Sil-80 in their downhill battle. For anyone whos watche the series, you all know whos going to win. At the end of the battle Simone has a small crush on Tak, and suggest they go to a water park. Iggy over hears and inivtes himself, Cole, Kenji, and Maya.

Episode 20 is all about Cole and Mya. He finds a pic of Ry and thinks she still has a crush on him. So then he cant compete with Ry and gives up on her. After the water park he talks with his boss and relieze's that its more of her seeing Ry as a role model. So he tries to get to the meeting spot for their date but doesnt make it in time........really a sad scene, i was kind of disappointed.(Also Ry has a new technique called "The Fastest Racer Theory")

Episode 21 starts with the first day of school. Things with Tak and Natalie heat up and thats all he can think about. Cole, Iggy, and Kenji suspect that Tak and Natalie are dating and are worried about it distracting his downhill technique. As a side story Ry's brother K.T. is trainning a new guy to be second in command. The main thing in this other than Tak and Natalie, is that Ry has challeneged Tak to a downhill battle, for a little later in the month (Episode 24)

Overall i liked it but, i think it could have been a little better. Not the most memorable DVD in the series but an important one none the less.

Love story..........Cole & Maya.......2004-07-14

This battle 7 (esp 19-21) DVD starting out is the conclusion of the Mt. Usui race which tak vs Mako (Sil-80). Cole find the picture of Ry (Top driver of Gunma) in Maya wallet that she admires him very much. Cole then decide to break a date with Maya because of his jealousy but then decide to meet and race to her at last miniutes. Finally, Gunma top racing star Ry decided to challenge Tak for the utimate race at Akina....which will not happen until the very end of episode 24. Episode 26 is nothing but songs and some race scenes from previous races....I think!

This is the first stage of the fourth stages of the entire series.... which are not over yet. "Stage 1" have 26 episodes. I think Tokyopop will combine Stage 1 & 2 together. So, there will be 13 battle DVDs that you need to buy.
"Stage 2" has 13 episodes (Meet a new team name Evolution and Tak starting to race at opponents?? courts more often now. Also, a love story of Tak And Natsukiand continues.... Iggy make friend with a new out of town girl. Tak find out the dark secret that Natsuki has been hidden from him.
"Stage 3" is the movie. Continuing a love story between Tak and Natsuki, also some battles take place. Ry ask Tak to join his new team called "Project D" and hope to conquer all the mountains in Japan
"Stage 4 (Project D)" is being air on Japan right now and DVD vol. 1 and 2, which contain 2 episodes on each volume, is out. Tak will be the downhill and K.T will be the uphill specialist for this project. Stage 4 I heard has 14 episodes and there might be "Stage 5" and is going to be a movie. I can't until next year to get "Stage 4" DVD because I don't want to get volume by volume, hopefully they will put all the episodes into one package.

I would recommend everyone to watch the Japanese dialog track because the character voices and the music are ways better than the dub version. If you have to watch the dub version, switch over to Japan version whenever they race. You will know what I mean the differences in car audio sound and music from the dub version.

Natsuki has a dark secret and you guys will know in "Stage 2" series.

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