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Catherine Cookson's Fifteen Streets
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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786303368733
Format: Color, NTSC
ISBN: 6303368735
Label: Bfs Entertainment
Languages: English (Original Language), Analog
Manufacturer: Bfs Entertainment
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Bfs Entertainment
Release Date: November 11, 1998
Running Time: 108 minutes
Studio: Bfs Entertainment
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Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Good, not great
Fifteen Streets is about a poor family, and the love of one brother, John for an upper-class school teacher. As usual in Cookson's stories there is a hard gritty edge. People live, people die, and no punches are pulled (sometimes literally) to spare the reader from the sordid realities of hard life during the times. (Presumably 19th century England).
In general, while I enjoyed this film, I didn't much care for John and his family. John's father was an a drunk, his brother a criminal, ... Read More
Rating:  - A wonderful tale with a powerful hero!!!
The version I saw of this story was on stage in the late 1980's in London at the Playhouse Theatre (I think) with Owen Teale in the lead role. It is a powerful story well written and acted just as well by the superb cast. I have remembered this show since I saw it on stage 15+ years ago and the mesmerizing performance Owen Teale gave. It highlights what the class system meant in England in the days gone by. I hope this show comes out on DVD as it would become a welcome addition to my collection ... Read More
Rating: - working-class epic romance
I feel I can't praise enough this wonderful film based on a novel by Catherine Cookson (which I have not read). The setting in the poor, bleak working-class neighbourhood of Fifteen Streets, in turn-of-the-century Newcastle, is wonderfully good, but especially, the acting is superb (do they all really speak that way?). The conflicts that these characters live through in the story change them forever, and you actually can see this in the expression on their faces, from hopeful to hopeless, and in the ... Read More
Rating: - A POWERFUL STORY
Although the VHS tape I received is slightly poor in picture quality, the story of The Fifteen Streets shines through beautifully. This heart-wrenching love story is a rare gem. The performances are powerful to the point of mesmerizing. I laughed and cried and hoped throughout this movie...and I'm a guy! I can't wait for this Catherine Cookson masterpiece to find its way onto DVD.
Rating: - An outstanding movie!
I have recently seen "The Fifteen Streets" on the WE channel. I was absalutely enthralled by the movie. The performances of Owen Teale and Annie Tobin are particularly outstanding. Owen Teale became John O'Brien for me, and I could not imagine him as anyone else. (Until I saw him as Will Scarlet in "Robin Hood". Then, of course, he was the best WS I have seen.) The scope of the emotional and psysical presence he conveys in this movie is truly breathtaking! This movie is one that ... Read More
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