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The Island on Bird Street | 
| Actors: Patrick Bergin, James Bolam, Michael Byrne, Suzanna Hamilton, Heather Tobias
Studio: First Look Pictures
Category: DVD
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Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 41540
Format: Color, Dolby, Dvd-video, Widescreen, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 102 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: FLPD12299D
UPC: 687797122995
EAN: 0687797122995
ASIN: B00116GEFM
Theatrical Release Date: 1997
Release Date: April 1, 2008
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Studio: First Look Home Entertain Release Date: 08/19/2008 Run time: 102 minutes Rating: Pg13
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 A Robinson Crusoe Story October 26, 2008
Sir Hatton
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This film is based on a true story that occurred in the Polish ghetto during the holocaust. It's a survival story of a boy who, at his father's instruction, faithfully waited for him at the ghetto until he returned from deportation to the concentration camps.
*The boy's close encounters with the Nazi's and Polish collaborators will put you into suspenseful dread. The days add up and many have advised him that his father's chances for returning were very poor. He's given options from sympathetic Poles who offer him a chance to leave the dangers of the ghetto at the risk of not being there when his father returns.
*Other holocaust films that I've viewed have ended tragically. This film is similar to the movie `Edges of the Lord'. Both of these films depict life in a world of evil and the good will of those who oppose it. `Edges of the Lord' has a poignant ending to it but this story has a happy ending.
*Today the boy portrayed in the movie is an internationally acclaimed writer. I highly recommend it for family viewing.
The Island on Bird Street October 24, 2008
C. A. Luster (Burke, VA USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Young Alex finds himself in a predicament when his Uncle is shot and his father hauled off by the Germans during WWII in occupied Poland. Afterall any Jewish children are carted off to work camps or death camps. He manages to illude the Germans and create his own island of refuge as he reads "Robinson Cruesoe". His white pet mouse "Snow" substitutes for Friday. His daily rummaging for food and clothing nearly gets him caught more than once so he decides to build his own treehouse of sorts. I highly recommend this movie. The whole cast is great in addition to Jordan Kiziak as Alex, we have Patrick Bergin as his father and Jack Warden as his Uncle. Based on a true story I found it compelling and fascinating. Good quality DVD with great replayability. If you enjoyed this catch "Joyeux Noel" and "Silent Night".
CA Luster
 good show August 8, 2008
robert W. Trojanowski (OKC)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Im polish,so im bias toward this movie,all joking aside it is a very good film you will like it for sure!
Moving tale of the will to survive May 21, 2008
Richard Street (Dallas)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
This almost feels like a foriegn film yet is in English and the actors have mixed accents. It is the story of a young Jewish boy in the getto areas of Warsaw during the German occupation of WWII. He is forced to become creative and resourseful to keep from being sent off to a concentration camp for a questionable fate. The mood and settings are very realistic and expertly filmed. The entire film takes place within a few block radius. Most of the ordeal the boy endures is written in facial expressions and sutle moments of joy and despair. The story is a moving testament to the human spirit in the midst of the atrocities of war. The sound track is classical in nature and builds slowly. The piano movements are as memorable as the violin solos of Shindler's List. A very nice piece of film making.
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