Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #323 in VHS
• Released on: 1994-11-28
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Formats: Black & White, HiFi Sound, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Number of tapes: 1
• Running time: 174 minutes

Customer Reviews

Masterpiece
I first seen this extraordinary movie while I was behind the Iron Curtain, holding no hope to be a free man...a Stavros like millions others. Little that I knew at the time that my dream would come through and one day I would be an American, almost the same way as the protagonist of this masterpiece. Forgive my obvious bias, do yourself a favor and see this movie.

not on DVD yet?
I still can't figure out why this film is not on DVD yet while so much absolute tripe is. Which lobby, which studio exec is denying the public this remarkable film? It is a bit long, but that just means you can hit the pause button and get yourself another cup of Uzo!

pure black and white poetry
I myself like Stavros the hero of 'America america' set upon an adventure filled with hardship and pain and found salvation in America. You see this film is one of the most underated pieces of cinema ever to pass through a film reel, and finding a copy ( especially in England) is akin to a herculian task. It took me several months to find out it was never released over here under its origional title and was never released on video. So i set my sights across the pond and found it on amazon. This is my tale.
Thankfully stavros's tale is more entertaining than mine and Kazan is more skillful in his presentation of it than I of mine. Kazan tells the personnal tale of his uncles journey from turkey to america. kazan excells when working from his own experiences and this film is no exception. kazan really understands the leads plight and his emotional connection shines through and rubs off on the viewer, you cant help but be affected by his plight.
The film is espesially relevant now in the uk, as our newspapers are clogged with biased debates on britains liberal imergration laws, i wish there waas a national re-release of this picture so to educate people on the truth behind many refugees, it creates a true sympathy that would be as moving today as then.
Critically this film did well and many directors such as scorsese rate it as inspirational, but it isnt a well known film and that upsets me, so buy it and love it and make me happy
And you can now buy it on region 2 dvd from amazon in france.