JFK - Reckless Youth

Customer Reviews:

The DVD is now the complete movie - it's been corrected.......2007-03-23

I bought the DVD when it first came out and just got around to watching it (it IS 3 hours, and I'd seen it when it originally aired), and discovered I had a defective DVD. Thanks to reading the below comments, I knew it was a manufacturer's error and contacted the manufacturer's customer service, asking if the problem had been corrected and, if so, would they exchange it. Within the hour, they sent me an email requesting an address to replace the disc. I've just watched the new and improved DVD, so buy with confidence! (And the movie is really well done.)

Misleading--this is only the second half of the series........2005-12-24

This series was originally on public television, and the original story encompassed JFK's life from childhood through his election to Congress. This DVD was a disappointment as it begins at the period just prior to WW2, leaving out some fascinating material dealing with Old Joe's ambassadorship to Great Britain, which was a fiasco, and other interesting components of JFK's early life.

Setting that aside, this one is worth owning and viewing. It gives a balanced view of the famous "PT109" incident, as well as of JFK's first run for Congress. Just know that this DVD is not the complete "JFK: Reckless Youth" series.

Only 1/2 the Mini-Series!.......2005-10-07

Previous reviewer is correct, this release contains only the second half of the mini-series. The box clearly states 183 minutes, yet the one disc contains only 91. It should have been a two disc set. Someone at MPI really blew it on this one. The film film itself is not bad...

Only Half The Story.......2005-09-17

This much delayed release of the 1992 mini-series is one that I hade long awaited. However, my expectations have turned to dismay as the disc appears only to contain the second half of the show.
Despite the packaging and disc listing a running time of 180 minutes, my copy, purchased in Cambridge, Mass, runs for merely 91 minutes.
Inquiries to the manufacturer have proven to be less than helpful, and I am therefore unable to recommend a purchase of what should have been a welcome addition to the DVD market for this title.
I look forward to the rectification of this over-sight by the disc manufacturer, but fear that it may be a long time coming.

Hmmmm. I wonder if this will be like another Patrick Dempsey..........2005-09-15

Campus flick where he teaches everybody the 'cool, new dance' he got from a National Geographic type show? Okay, I'm just saying Patrick Dempsey? Uber-nerd from the 80s? As JFK? Well, I'm quite sure he's buried his past in film to be the right man to play JFK. Okay, just as long as JFK doesn't give money to the most popular girl in school so she'll look like she's dating him. Who knows - maybe Kirstie Alley will appear as Marilyn Monroe, so Patrick and her can have a 'comic-reteaming' after another movie they did in the 80s (Loverboy). Okay, okay, just as long as JFK doesn't hit it off with one older woman, and through the grapevine, become a gigolo of sorts who just talks to and dances with the older women - you know, what gigolos did in the 80s. It was all so watered down. Just like this. You've been warned!

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JFK: Reckless Youth
Starring: JFK-Reckless Youth
Manufacturer: Tango Entertainment
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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ASIN: B000JLQQ8U
Release Date: 2007-05-22

JFK: Reckless Youth (True Stories Collection)

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The DVD is now the complete movie - it's been corrected
Misleading--this is only the second half of the series.
Only 1/2 the Mini-Series!
Only Half The Story
Hmmmm. I wonder if this will be like another Patrick Dempsey...

JFK: Reckless Youth (True Stories Collection)
Starring: Patrick Dempsey , Terry Kinney , Loren Dean , Yolanda Jilot , and Robin Tunney
Director: Harry Winer
Manufacturer: Mpi Home Video
ProductGroup: DVD
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ASIN: B0009OUBFQ
Release Date: 2005-09-27

Description

Based on Nigel Hamilton's best-selling biography, JFK: Reckless Youth will astonish, entertain and inform everyone interested in John F. Kennedy, 36th President of the United States. Superbly portrayed by Patrick Dempsey, the film traces the first 30 years of Kennedy's life with illuminating depictions of many little-known events, particularly his mischievous days as a college student and ladies' man, his continuing competition with his brother Joe Jr., and his love affair with Dutch journalist Inga Arvad. The mini-series also recounts JFK's conflict with his father, the tour of Europe that led to his novel, Why England Slept, how he dealt with increased pressure to end his relationship with Inga (the FBI believed her to be a Nazi spy) the PT 109 story, and his first political campaign.