Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #124469 in DVD
• Released on: 2004-10-05
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Formats: Closed-captioned, Color, Full Screen, Widescreen, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 120 minutes

Amazon.com
Jackie O. never wrote an autobiography. "Life comes first," she said. This two-hour documentary tries to find the Jackie behind the headlines and deftly uses the press coverage she came to scorn to create a full-bodied profile. Jackie seems to be guiding the video through excerpts from her journal, which a narrator gives voice to. The film footage is focused on her--her 1953 wedding to John F. Kennedy, being interviewed in French, leading a television tour of the White House, riding an elephant while visiting Nehru, or later in life campaigning to save Grand Central Station. The production also covers familiar turf--the Kennedy and King assassinations, her marriage to Onassis--but it is fascinating to hear the words she wrote about these events and the interviews from big names who knew her then. Personal historical documents provide poignance, such as a poem she wrote for JFK on their first anniversary. "The trouble with me, I'm an outsider, and that's a very hard thing to be in American life," she wrote. This video is a rare, intelligent glimpse of one of the most famous and private women of our time. --Valerie J. Nelson

People Magazine, November 1999
Show of the Week

New York Daily News
A brilliant woman who overcame almost unthinkable tragedies to become a highly effective champion of culture, historic preservation, and quality books.

Customer Reviews

BEST JACKIE FILM EVER
The writer/producer of the film has completed an in depth view of Jacqueline as a wonderful book editor. Read 'Jackie Beyond the Myth of Camelot' if you wish to discover all the authors Jackie edited. Book includes Peter, Beard, Louis Auchincloss, Peter Sis, dancers Martha Graham, Judith Jamison, Balanchine, and Edvard Radzinsky, and over forty fascinating authors, poets, photographers, and artists.

Very informative
This is a great video. It shows many rare clips I'd never seen before. Though I'd already read a few books on Jackie I still learned new info. Covers her life from birth to death (not just the presidency years). I highly recommend it for both ardent fans, and people just learning about her.

Still a Deal at PBS
This is an excellent production.

You can pay the resellers $80 here, or still get it for $20 at PBS.