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16 out of 16 people found the following review useful:
Review of film, 26 January 2004

Author: russ_josephson from Kodiak, Alaska

I saw this film when it first came out and still am impressed by it. I have wanted to get a copy of it for years, but never got around to it. Now that I am teaching classes in U.S. History and Government, I will be looking in earnest for a copy of the film. Joe Hill doesn't appear in the textbook used at this high school. I feel it is important for the students to know about the labor movement history of this country, including the story of Joe Hill and the I.W.W.

I have researched Joe Hill in the past and I believe that this film does a good and fair job of telling his story. I highly recommend it to a general audience and especially to high school students.

8 out of 8 people found the following review useful:
Joe Hill aka Joel Emanuel Hägglund, 20 April 2003

Author: Movie-Man (soderberg@softhome.net) from Sweden

Brilliant story about swedish-american agitator Joe Hill. Haven't seen this for a few years now, but I still remember Thommy Berggrens acting and the superb script of this Widerberg Classic! Widerberg has a certain way of making us interested in the stories. His storytelling is a little cold and has a documentary feel over them. He has shown that in movie after movie. This is one of the better ones! I'll finish off with Joe Hill's last words...

"don't mourn - organize!"

9/10

6 out of 6 people found the following review useful:
Fable of the unjust execution of an early American labor hero, 25 January 1999
Author: David Gardiner from London (England)

I first saw this one when I was young and passionate about building a just society - loved it. Saw it again recently on TV - didn't think it would stand up, but it did. I still cried. It's a well-scripted, beautifully-crafted little gem that has something genuine to say and says it powerfully and clearly. Would make a great double-bill with "Winstanley". Full of optimism and idealism for making the world a better place. Also very sad and tragic. Old-fashioned socialism, but superbly well packaged. Heart in exactly the right place (with a target pinned over it).

5 out of 5 people found the following review useful:
Need a copy of this film, 31 December 2004
Author: edwardkal-1 from United States

Does anyone know where I can find a copy of this film? I saw this film back in 1971 and I thought it was a very good representation of the labor movement in the United States. I have been looking for a copy of this film since then but have not been able to find a copy of it. I even called the original distributor in the US and was told that the master copy was destroyed. They told me that a copy may be available in a film library. But I think the film is still being shown in Europe. I would like to get a hold of a copy of this film because my father played a small part in it, and I would like to show the film to my children.

3 out of 3 people found the following review useful:
Superb film, a haunting and inspiring story - and worthy of seeing again after 38 years., 12 April 2010

Author: henry_cliff from United Kingdom

I saw this film in 1972 in Dublin and was knocked out. I watched it twice through in the cinema that day, never thinking that 38 years later I would never have had the chance to see this film again.

I remember it as fairly glossy in production values but moving despite that - and the music score, especially the Joan Baez theme, being absolutely perfectly matched with the story line.

I have tried for some time to obtain a copy either in VHS or DVD of this film, without success. It is amazing that it is not available, given the combined quality of this film and the earlier Elvira Madigan, let alone Bo Widerberg's other masterpieces.

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