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Binding: VHS TapeEAN: 9781888522174 Format: Color, NTSC ISBN: 1888522178 Number Of Items: 1 Release Date: January 01, 1988 Running Time: 40 minutes Sales Rank: 31889 Related Items:
Editorial Review: Description: "Soldier Jack" has won lots of awards including Kids First Award Chicago International Children's Film Festival Best Live-Action Film The National Educational Film Festival Silver Medal The American Library Association's "Selected Films for Young Adults" Best Film for Young Adults at the New York Film and Video Festival Best Short Fiction at The American Film Institute Amazon.com: This story, set in the Appalachian Mountain area after World War II, is an adaptation of a European folk tale. The plot follows a war veteran named Jack who performs an act of kindness and in return receives two magical gifts: a sack that can catch anything and a jar that can show whether a sick person will live or die. With the help of these gifts, Jack is able to get himself a free house. He also becomes a national hero when he saves the President's daughter's life by capturing Death in his sack. He marries the president's daughter and forgets all about Death and the sack. However, many years later Jack realizes that he must release Death in order to restore the natural balance to life. Soldier Jack is a lush and beautiful production from the Brothers Grimm series. This video is a great way to start a discussion of a difficult subject. (Ages 7 and older) --Peggy Maltby-Etra Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Another from elementary schoolBeen searching for years for those adaptations of fairy tales I remember watching in elementary school in Charlotte, NC in the late '80s. Finally found this and others (by searching "Jack and the Dentist's Daughter") and knew them on sight. Loved them all, and remember this one well. Can only give it four stars though, since I haven't really seen it since about 1989. Rating: - A Great Jack StoryThis is one of many Jack stories, but unfortunately the only one I know of that has been made into a movie. I'm an elementary school teacher and I like to tell my students the occassional Jack story when we have the time. It's fun to tell them this story, then watch the video and compare the story I tell with the video. During the Great Depression of the 1930s one of the make-work projects of the federal government involved the collection of folk tales from the people of Apalachia. Richard Chase ... Read More Rating: - GreatI know an actor whom is in this fantastic movie, his name is Keith Fulwood, he has been is other movies "Being There" with Peter Sellers, he has made commercials, has been on stage, with the production of Sizzwa Boze is dead Rating: - Bizarre but great!I can't believe somebody else besides me has actually seen this movie. When I was a kid, my mother worked at the library and brought movies home all the time for my brother and me to watch. This was one of them. It was so odd, but became kind of a cult classic for my mom, my brother and me. It's kind of like a lot of cult classic movies whereas, it's really bad, but you can't help but like it. For years, we would all quote, "Whickety whack! Into my sack!" The scenes with the turkeys and the ... Read More Rating: - An Outright Funny FilmWhile this film has some poignant messages about living and dying, it is also chockful of humor and wit. Jack, a generous and fortunate soldier, has returned from war. When he gives his last sandwich to a strange, wrinkled man, he receives two gifts that he dubiously accepts. Jack quickly learns that the gifts--a bag and a Mason jar--may make his fortune. In the middle of the film, Jack stays in a house haunted by three poker-playing devils. They cheat and plan to kill ... Read More Browse for similar items by category:
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