Witness to Hope - The Life of John Paul II
by Judith Dwan Hallet
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Actor: George Weigel, Rene AuberjonoisDirector: Judith Dwan Hallet
Brand: Xenon
Writer: George Weigel
Producer: Judith Dwan Hallet
Writer: Judith Dwan Hallet
Editor: Robert Zakin
Producer: Catherine Wyler
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); Spanish (Subtitled)
Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 116 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-04-26
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Xenon
DVD Reviews of Witness to Hope - The Life of John Paul II
DVD Review: Factual film
Summary: 5 Stars
This film is an excellant historical record of John Paul The Great. It ends before his death but gives a detailed background of his life with many interesting and moving reasons of why he became the person that he did. It is made very respectfully and depicts how an ordinary man became extraordinary. There are touching moments showing his great humanity. Highly recommended.DVD Review: The definitive biography of Pope John Paul II
Summary: 5 Stars
George Weigel is a genius! This biography of a great man, Pope John Paul II, Karol Wojtyla, is a classic. Very moving, very thorough. Ten thumbs up..highly recommended!DVD Review: Deserves to be Very Widely Seen
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a powerful, effective, moving telling of the life of John Paul with documentary footage and recollections by those who knew him.
And based as it is on the comprehensive masterpiece by George Weigel, it also comes with Weigel's exhaustively thorough examination of John Paul's colossal effect on the twentieth century, still so little recognised
"John Paul's colossal effect on the twentieth century, still so little recognised" ... Alas!
What this masterful DVD can do is make a reparation to that situation.
For John Paul's life and work have been so often calumnied by the media that he becomes invisible ...
One thinks of Gandhi, who John Paul rightly regarded as a great man.
All the world so regards ... the Eastern man of Peace ...
But John Paul the great CATHOLIC man of peace has so often gone unregarded in a world hostile to Catholicism.
The lies and distortions are pernicious indeed.
What a film like this can serve to do is to awaken us all to the immensity of John Paul's contribution, his vast, vast contribution to not only the Catholic Church, but to our entire civilisation.
If you want to know John Paul and only have two hours I urge you to see this film.
And if you know and love John Paul already, I feel like urging you to make this film available to your family and friends.
In that way, you may help to make amends to the injustice done to him by the mainstream media.
DVD Review: Witness to a Lovely Life
Summary: 5 Stars
"Witness to Hope" is a moving tribute to our late Pope John Paul II. I enjoyed being educated all over again about the life of this amazingly spiritual human being. It is an inspirational history lesson for all Catholics, & for younger children who did not have the honor of knowing about the pontificate of this incredible man. DVD Review: Witness to Hope
Summary: 5 Stars
The video uses archival footage and photos along with the more recent photographic updates to perfection. In places where re-enactments were necessary they were done so well with attention to detail in every respect that the viewer was not distracted by "actors acting." The entire production seamlessly flowed; one could gain insight into the life of this great man and how his early years formed him and how the later years drew upon the character which had been forged in those difficult times. This is an important video for anyone interested in the life of Pope John Paul II.
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Shaped by the terrors of Nazi-occupied Poland and the subsequent brutalities of the Communist regime, John Paul II became one of the world's greatest proponents of religious freedom and human rights. With rare historical stills and archival footage, along with new location footage taken in Rome and Poland, this richly textured film traces the personal life and struggles of the first non-Italian pope in over 450 years. Based on George Weigel's book of the same title, Witness to Hope is a complete and intimate portrait of an extraordinary leader.General DVDs
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