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Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 9786302530261 Format: Color, NTSC, HiFi Sound ISBN: 6302530261 Label: Avid Home Ent Manufacturer: Avid Home Ent Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Avid Home Ent Release Date: January 01, 1998 Running Time: 87 minutes Sales Rank: 6783 Studio: Avid Home Ent
Rating: - Why won't they release this for North America?
I LOVED this movie when I watched it in the late 80s on VHS. Now, not only can't I find it on DVD here or anywhere online for this area of the world, but I can't even find a VHS copy anywhere. It seems like Australia and Japan and the UK have PAL versions available. Does anyone out there have any influence with the studio to make sure they release this on DVD for WORLDWIDE distribution?
Anyway, this was a fantastic movie, very different type of role for Julie Andrews (serious), quite well done. The setting in Barbados was magnificent, and the chemistry between Andrews and Sharif ... Read More
Rating: - Romance, spies and the Tamerind Seed
The Tamarind Seed is not one of those action/thriller spy stories, but rather a slow romance between two people on either side of the Iron Curtain.
Julie Andrews plays a secretary off on vacation to Barbados to sort out her feelings from the death of her husband and a love affair that ended badly. One the beach she meets Omar Sherif who is a Russian military attachÈ, supposedly on vacation as well. What follows is a "who is trying to recruit who"game and the governments behind each player. Is it a real romance? or a cold war spy game?
Rating: - Cold War drama left me cold
It is the height of the Cold War and Judith (Julie Andrews), who works in the British Home Office, has gone to Barbados to get over a failed love affair. She just happens to be staying next door to suave Col. Sverdlov (Omar Sharif), a highly-placed Russian spy. He pursues her, relentlessly, and then follows her back to London. Does he want to defect to the West or recruit her for his side?
Despite the two beautiful stars and a top-notch supporting cast, the movie is slow, confusing, and dull. Andrews never convinces us that she is attracted to, let alone in love with, the Colonel. ... Read More
Rating: - Romance and intrigue - totally satisfying movie experience
I saw this movie on TV and searched out the tape so that I could watch it again. Romance mixed with Cold War intrigue, two lonely people trying to beat the odds, interesting locations, -- and a plot that will keep you guessing and hoping for a good outcome (but don't think you've got it figured out until it is over!) Really good entertainment.
Rating: - The Tamarind Seed
It is a crying shame that today they do not make movies as good as this one!!!!!!!!! I am an Omar Shariff fan and he is excellent in this film. I have always admired the vocal technique of Julie Andrews and did not think too much of her acting ability. I am wrong about her. This movie is great and an excellent vhs to add to your collection. The love story is tender and sincere. The spy story intrigues the present mind, particularly those of us who survived the "cold war" and everything that followed. Buy it and enjoy!!
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