Search - Little Women on DVD

MPAA Rating: PG Content Advisory: Excellent For Children Movie Release: 1994 DVD Release: 04/25/2000 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV - Closed Captioned Audio Tracks: English, French, Spanish Subtitles: Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 58 mins Studio: Columbia TriStar Members Wishing: 17 Genres: Drama, Romance, Period Film, Feminist Film, Family Drama, Coming-of-Age See Also: Little Women [Special Edition], Little Women [Collector's Series With Book]

Louisa May Alcott's classic novel about a family of women in Civil War-era New England is again brought to the screen in this adaptation. The focus is on the March sisters, four young girls raised by their mother (Susan Sarandon) after their father leaves for battle as part of the Union Army. At the center is Jo March (Winona Ryder), an idiosyncratic would-be writer said to be based on Alcott herself, but the film also focuses on the stories of her sisters -- the more conventional Meg (Trini Alvarado), the innocent Beth (Claire Danes), and the precocious Amy (Kirsten Dunst and Samantha Mathis, who represent Amy at different ages.) The film spans years, following the girls' struggles with life's challenges and illustrating how their family connection remains strong in the face of tragedies large and small. Australian director Gillian Armstrong emphasizes the story's feminist elements, particularly in Jo's journey to independence. ~ Judd Blaise, All Movie Guide

Winona Ryder - Jo March
Gabriel Byrne - Friedrich Bhaer
Trini Alvarado - Meg March
Samantha Mathis - Amy March (older)
Susan Sarandon - Marmee March
Kirsten Dunst - Amy March (Age 10)
Claire Danes - Beth March
Eric Stoltz - John Brooke
John Neville - Grandpa Lawrence