AMERICAN REBEL: The Dean Reed Story | 
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Category: DVD
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Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 32241
Format: Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), German (Original Language), Italian (Original Language), Russian (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language)
Region: 0
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 5.3 x 0.6
UPC: 883629023670
EAN: 0883629023670
ASIN: B000GYI25U
Release Date: July 13, 2006
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New on DVD for the first time! January 2006. With new and improved titles and sub-titles.Dean Reed was an international superstar in much of the world. His records sold millions and his films were the biggest box office hits behind the iron curtain. This film traces his odyssey from Denver to Hollywood, from South America to Helsinki, from Italy to Russia and finally to Berlin. It explores Reed's career as singer, actor, writer, director and political activist. His story is told in his own words, music, film clips, and archives from around the world. Included are interviews with his mother Ruth Anna Brown, his father Cyril Reed, acting coach Paton Price, Hollywood friend Phil Everly, wife Renate Blume and others. This 1985 cult classic was filmed in the USA, Chile, Argentina, Germany, Italy, Russia and the Middle-East. AMERICAN REBEL was completed some six months before Reed's mysterious death in 1986, at the height of the Cold War. Despte his world fame he remains relatively unknown in his homeland, the USA. In English, segments in other languages (Spanish, Italian, German and Russian) are subtitled in English. Please note AMERICAN REBEL is available in NTSC format only (USA and Canada) at this time. International buyers should check to make sure that the USA format will work on their equipment. CREDITS Producer/Director: Will Roberts Associate Producers: Ann Donohoe, Jennifer Dorn, Jane Hollo, Neil Jacobs, Christine Rath Cinematography: Hiernan Correa, Michael Gregor, Vladimir Gusev, Joshua Hanig, Dieter Mesa, Bob Moore, Igor Murayev, Juan Priego, Christine Rath Sound Recording: Akif Abulayev, Steve Budde, Susan Chong, John Denis, Werner Laube, Christine Rath, Moises Rodriguez, Will Roberts, Dieter Silbernagel, Boris Veliulov Editor: Brian Cotnoir Narration: Will Roberts, Ellen Wood Interpreters: Eugenie Aeich, Helmut Bohme, Anita Gonzolez, Pavel Korchagin, Maria Maluenda, Dan Olson, Andreas Prasse, Christine Rath, Galina Veryovkina Composers: Dean Reed, Neil Jacobs, John Rosenburg (and others) This product is manufactured on demand using DVD-R recordable media. Amazon.com's standard return policy will apply.
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Just when you think you've heard it all . . . August 9, 2008
Mark S. Crawford (Nashville, TN United States)
As a university music professor who teaches a class about the history of popular music, I was rather surprised and intrigued to come upon the story of Dean Reed. I must admit, I had never heard of him. When I travel I always try to visit local museums, grave sites, etc., that relate to popular music, and when recently planning to visit Denver, CO, Reed's name began to appear in my on-line searches. For those who like a good story with lots of twists, Reed's is one to explore. It's amazing (to me) the kind of career he had. Do the same conditions exist today to produce another person like Reed? In many ways, he predates artists like Bono, who realize life is not about taking, but about giving. Very interesting DVD. Get the books, as well!
American Rebel May 19, 2007
Ottoman
The film reflects the story of an amazing American hero called Dean Reed who travelled the world singing and promoting world peace. The film is a documentary which talks about his life and his political journey. Unfortunately he was much more popular outside of the US than inside and he was often threaten by American reactionary elements who never accepted his left wing views.
A must see for progressive thinkers.
Accurate and Wonderful February 24, 2007
CS (Huntsville, AL)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is an accurate picture of Dean Reed's life and life in general behind the "Iron Curtain". This documentary is kept plain and simple and to the point, no opinionated propaganda, just the life of an American socialist (not communist - that is two different things)who lived and stood for and fought for his ideas. Every-day life in (mostly) East Germany is shown through this film. This is a historical document, that perfectly captured the images of the past, a past that is also my own past.
The Best Introduction to Dean Reed February 22, 2007
Bartleby the Scrivener (Mayberry, SC)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This documentary film, made in 1985 with its subject's input, is the best introduction to the life and work of Dean Reed (1938-1986). Reed was an American rock singer/actor who turned Communist in the early 1960s and found fame throughout the Iron Curtain world in the 1960s-1970s. He sang a wide range of material (rock, folk & country), acted in South American, Italian and East German films and TV (eventually directing a few films himself) and was a loyal Red political activist. A household name throughout the Communist world, he was all but unknown in his home country. He died under mysterious circumstances in East Berlin in 1986.
This well-made film features interviews with archival performance footage, clips from Reed's films and TV shows, interviews with Reed's parents, fans and friends (including Phil Everly of the Everly Brothers), as well as Dean Reed himself. And of course, plenty of Dean Reed music.
Reed deserves to be remembered. If you don't know who Dean Reed was, this is the place to start learning.
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