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Got it on DVD, Dustin Hoffman????


Me and my friend borrowed the dvd from some video store and we were really interested when we read on the back that it was produced by Dustin Hoffman and has a special intro "discussing the significance" of the storyline. I am aware that it was a book first so i am a litttle confused. And to add to all this, we couldn't even access this so-called intro!!!
Any help would be much appreciated,
Meg

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In my dvd, it's the first thing that comes on when you watch the movie - so you have to select play first. Hopefully this helps.

He basically discusses the fact about why this was an important movie to make. It's definitely a somber and touching bit. Sets the tone for the movie.

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ah, I see. I'll check it out. Thanks so much kcox06 for your help!

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My DVD doesn't have the intro either, it just goes straight into the film when you press play. I was disappointed, because I am studying it, and I thought that would be very useful. Does anyone know if there is a transcript of it on the net anywhere?
Jess

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i don't know if it is or not, but I can type it up for you tomorrow. Be on the lookout on this thread for it tomorrow.

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"One of the most rewarding thing about being a parent is its cycle of education. You teach your children and, just as often, they teach you. Hello. I'm Dustin Hoffman and, along with Mimi Rogers, as producers and parents, we are proud to be involved in this special showtime presentation of "The Devil's Arithmetic." It's a provocative film about how a teenage girl relives her family's Holocaust experience in a dramatically vivid and sometimes frightening way. When I first brought this script home, I learned from my 10-year-old daughter that it was based on a popular children's book that she had been reading at school. This story has touched the lives of young readers by making history come alive, combining harsh realities with the magical elements of fable. And, as in the book, there are scenes in this film that are disturbing, but they don't begin to show the full extent of the horror that took place during the Holocaust. Violence is often used as a way to entertain our children as fantasy without consequence, but the brutality and the inhumanity of the Holocaust were real, not fantasy, and they affect us today, and they will affect us tomorrow as well. Indifference to hatred and prejudice take root and grow in impressionable minds, and only the light of history can turn the horror of this 20th century into a profound lesson for our children. We must teach them to remember. I now invite you to share with me a young woman's extraordinary journey of discovery, where friendship, love, and courage are the rewards of caring for others, where, each day, the faces of evil determine who will live and who will die. "The Devil's Arithmetic.""

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g'day!
haven't been online in awhile.
thanks for posting that, awesome stuff.
cheers.

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Hofmann's introduction is mentioned on my dvd cover but it's nowhere to be found on the dvd itself either. pretty strange!

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Where did you even FIND the movie?! I can't find it anywhere.

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I bought the DVD for €2.50 at Media Markt

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