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| Gumboots | 
 enlarge | Actor: Various Artists
Studio: Image Entertainment
Category: DVD
Buy New: $48.95
Buy New/Used from $44.85
Avg. Customer Rating:  (9 reviews)
Sales Rank: 75141
Format: Color, Compilation, Dts Surround Sound, Dvd-video, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: DVD
Running Time: 80 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.3 x 0.6
UPC: 014381031423
EAN: 0014381031423
ASIN: B000059H7X
Release Date: March 20, 2001
Theatrical Release Date: March 20, 2001
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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 Not for all people! June 3, 2002
8 out of 20 found this review helpful
I bought this vidoe out of curiosity, and needless to say it wasn't what I expected. I purchased the video based on the reviews that I read. I guess what is considered good to some people might not be considered good to the next.
If you are a college student or a former college student and you like stomp copetitions or greek shows, then this video might be the video for you. That's basically what it is, stomp dancing.
The singing and dancing to me was really boring, but that is just my opinion.
The best part about the tape is the commontary at the end, when dancers are interviewed, and they tell thier life story and how they got involved in stomp dancing....It's really interesting how they explain how stomping was developed in the gold mines in Africa as a way of communicating. Miners wasn't allowed to talk, so stomping patterns was developed as a way of talking. Rubber boots stomping in water. And some of the old footage of stomping in the video is pretty good too.
Well, I voiced my opinion of what I think about the tape, now it's up to the buyer to decide if he or she wants to purchase the tape or DVD.
 All DVDs should be this good! July 31, 2001
8 out of 9 found this review helpful
DVDs range in quality (not of the material on the DVD, but the quality of the DVD itself) from a low of Kurosawa's wonderful movie Ran, with its' unwatchable color smears and ghosting, to this DVD which has the sharpest images and best production values I've ever seen. The extra material on the DVD is wonderful and the Gumboots show itself are awesome. Think a South African Stomp. If you love dance and harmonizing music, you really owe it to yourself to check this out.
Foot Stompin' May 10, 2001
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Words simply cannot describe what is contained on this DVD! We bought the VHS version and played it every night for a week and just ordered the DVD tonight. If you have ever seen a Black Greek stepshow, this is like the championship level with gospel harmonies mixed in. It is awesome! A must see, over and over and over.....
Fantastic !!!!! March 26, 2001
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I just saw Gumboots live last night. It was fantastic. What Riverdance is to Ireland, Gumboots is to South Africa. If you enjoy dancing and singing you will enjoy this DVD. There is even a little light humor. Very energetic.
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