The Reading Room
by George Stanford Brown
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Actor: Georg Stanford Brown, James Earl Jones, Joanna Cassidy, Lynne Moody, Tim ReidDirector: George Stanford Brown
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 87 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-06-19
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Timeless Media Group
DVD Reviews of The Reading Room
DVD Review: The Reading Room
Summary: 5 Stars
What a marvelous movie. It tells of a man who opens a reading room in a poorer section of a city. It was his wifes dying wish. It teaches us how caring about people can bring about wonderful things. Yes, he has some down times when there is theft, vandalism and worse, but he keeps on trying to spread a little love and caring. This is a movie for the entire family to enjoy and learn from. As it says in the movie: More care, less hate.DVD Review: Dignity and responsibility in all things a lesson for us all
Summary: 5 Stars
The wonderful James Earl Jones, I could listen to his voice for ever it reminds me how we should all speak, ie properly.
The film is no blockbuster but it shows what decent people do all of the roles are understated, except for the aggresive reverend, but all the more enjoyable for that.
How I would love to spend time in that reading room, learning from books and from people.
DVD Review: The Reading Room
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a movie I'm surprised I've not heard anything about. I REALLY liked this movie and was thrilled at what a pleasant surprise it was.
James Earl Jones of course does a great job in starring as a recent widower whose wife's last request was that he open a reading room from her library in a ghetto type neighborhood store they owned for 3 months. He did this for his love for her, having no clue what the point was or how to do it. He received much opposition and he was very creative in his methods.
The impact and relationships he had on this community was phenomenal and what a great message to all of us to challenge us to care more and hate less. I highly recommend this movie!
DVD Review: Melodramatic yet heartfelt
Summary: 5 Stars
"The Reading Room" stars James Earl Jones as William Campbell, a retired wealthy businessman who decides to honor his dead wife's wish that he use one of their properties in a disadvantaged neighborhood as a reading room. Though he initially appears to undertake this task more as a means of honoring his late wife's memory, he comes to eventually care deeply about the people he meets and shares the reading room with, a cast of characters that worm their way into his heart and impact his life just as he changes their lives for the better.
Though this is a sentimental drama with many sappy scenes, I thought the main character as played by James Earl Jones was well-done without being exaggerated. Jones' William is credibly portrayed, a man who realizes that the reading room not only has the means to positively impact the lives of the youngsters and youth that come into it, but also provides him with a sense of family, something the childless William never truly experienced.
The supporting cast are all well-done - Joanna Cassidy appears in a few scenes, but plays a significant role - she's the schoolteacher who believes that William's efforts are worthwhile and keeps 'feeding' him students that need help with their reading. There are many others - the eight-year-old who asks William to help her read better so she can read her mother's prescription labels, the Hispanic teen who faces peer pressure to participate in criminal activities and who is offered a means of escape from his depressing life, the African-American youth who desperately wishes to get into college despite seemingly insurmountable odds, and those opposed to what the reading room symbolizes - the gang of thugs and also a Reverend who initially thinks William's efforts are futile.
This is a feel-good, inspiring drama about how individuals can make a difference, bring about positive change in a community through tireless, sincere efforts. With the legendary James Earl Jones leading the cast, this is a story that will have you rooting for William and company all the way!
DVD Review: I cannot rate this produce as it has never arrived!! Please advise.
Summary: 5 Stars
Please help me find what happened to this item that I ordered on 1/26/09. It has not arrived, so I am unable to give a review. This is a DVD that I was most hopeful of owning!!! Please advise. Sincerely, Sharon Pakkala
P.S. I have just clicked on "Where's my stuff?" and find that both items I ordered were sent to our grandchidren in St. Cloud, MN. It must have been my mistake when I set up the order. I will check with my son in St. Cloud.
Description of The Reading Room
Fulfilling his beloved wife's dying wish, William Campbell restores an abandoned building they own into a reading room for a depressed community notorious for its ineffectual high school and street gangs. Against all odds he's determined to give them a sense of self-respect. Starring James Earl Jones, Joanna Cassidy, George Stanford Brown, Tim Reid.General DVDs
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