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Ellis Island

starring: Mandy Patinkin

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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: A&E
EAN: 9780767044516
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
ISBN: 0767044517
Label: A&E Home Video
Manufacturer: A&E Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: A&E Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: February 25, 2003
Running Time: 150 minutes
Sales Rank: 32656
Studio: A&E Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: February 04, 2003



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Even the most hard-hearted will get misty eyes when the elderly Irish immigrant tells of his first view of Ellis Island and the 'golden lady' in New York Harbor. People were weeping with joy he recalls still tearing up and he couldn't help but fall down in prayer. To newcomers in the early 1900s the United States was a land of hopes and dreams and Ellis Island was the gateway offering new soil for their first step. This film--produced for and first broadcast on the History Channel--documents in full detail the life of the way station. What started out as a modest outpost became a monumental processing center where during its 62-year history nearly 12 million people were poked prodded tested and graded to see if they were fit for citizenship. Those with mental or physical illnesses were marked with chalk X's and sometimes shipped home. Rich with personal accounts and rare footage and photos Ellis Island is a fitting tribute to the island and the era. It takes special care to document the shameful anti-immigrant sentiment that led to quotas and eventually the island's ruin and closure in 1954. Never again would new Americans be fed donuts and milk in the waiting room. --Jennifer VogelSystem Requirements:Copyright 2003 A&E Home Video.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DOCUMENTARIES/MISC. Rating: NR UPC: 733961704297 Manufacturer No: AAE-70429

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Even the most hard-hearted will get misty eyes when the elderly Irish immigrant tells of his first view of Ellis Island and the 'golden lady' in New York Harbor. People were weeping with joy, he recalls, still tearing up, and he couldn't help but fall down in prayer. To newcomers in the early 1900s, the United States was a land of hopes and dreams, and Ellis Island was the gateway, offering new soil for their first step. This film--produced for and first broadcast on the History Channel--documents in full detail the life of the way station. What started out as a modest outpost became a monumental processing center where, during its 62-year history, nearly 12 million people were poked, prodded, tested, and graded to see if they were fit for citizenship. Those with mental or physical illnesses were marked with chalk X's and sometimes shipped home. Rich with personal accounts and rare footage and photos, Ellis Island is a fitting tribute to the island and the era. It takes special care to document the shameful anti-immigrant sentiment that led to quotas and, eventually, the island's ruin and closure in 1954. Never again would new Americans be fed donuts and milk in the waiting room. --Jennifer Vogel



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Rating: 2 out of 5 stars - Ellis Island
This was the wrong movie. I'm looking fofr the mini series Ellis Island.
Oliver Abshire


Rating: 2 out of 5 stars - Educational, but dragging
An adult might like it, but you can get the same info reading online articles about emigrees and Ellis ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Watch it and weep...
"My father hugged my mother and told her, 'you don't need to be afraid ever again. We're in America now.'"
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