This film was released in 1980 (as stated), three years after my younger daughter was born. I taped it on TV, and she watched it avidly for many years. It became a milestone in our family life. Within a year of first seeing it, my daughter knew every line of the script, and we would watch her watching the movie, her lips moving, speaking all the parts...(she was of course, going to marry Ricky Schroder). She still has the tape, and even at 30 years of age, still watches it from time to time. But it is sadly worn, and like another reviewer, I too long for it to be re-released on DVD. It is a beautifully made story performed equally beautifully by a superb cast. It is an exiting tale for all ages, with a feel good ending reminiscent of a kinder and more gentle age. May it last forever, and if anyone knows where it may be purchased, either new on tape, or even if it has indeed been released on DVD...please, PLEASE let me know...Enjoy! Brian Arpel
August 2011. I wrote in the above review, (written June 2007) that I hoped this movie would be, or had been released on DVD. I have since discovered that it was indeed released on DVD sometime in the 80's. It was only released as a 'give away' with a Sunday edition of one of the major London newspapers. It was never released, (to my knowledge), into the general retail area. I managed to track down two copies of the DVD in the USA, (from memory, I think it was on Amazon.com but I can't be sure). My daughter, now aged 34, who was around 7 at the time we were watching the video tape, recorded from TV, has one of the copies on DVD and I have the other.
August 2011. I wrote in the above review, (written June 2007) that I hoped this movie would be, or had been released on DVD. I have since discovered that it was indeed released on DVD sometime in the 80's. It was only released as a 'give away' with a Sunday edition of one of the major London newspapers. It was never released, (to my knowledge), into the general retail area. I managed to track down two copies of the DVD in the USA, (from memory, I think it was on Amazon.com but I can't be sure). My daughter, now aged 34, who was around 7 at the time we were watching the video tape, recorded from TV, has one of the copies on DVD and I have the other.