Product Details
- Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
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- Binding: VHS Tape
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- Director: Ammar Alsharbaji
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- EAN: 0800961501000
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- Format: Animated, Color, NTSC
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- Label: Star Animation
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- Manufacturer: Star Animation
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- Number of Items: 1
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- Product Group: Video
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- Publisher: Star Animation
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- Release Date: 2000-09-01
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- Studio: Star Animation
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- Title: The Jar - A Tale From The East
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- UPC: 800961501000
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Avg Customer Rating: 
Product Description: Appearances to the contrary, The Jar does not seal itself off from non-Muslim children; there's nothing overly spiritual, after all, in teaching the merits of honesty and hard work. Take away the chadors, replace the village's earth-brown buildings with rows of grassy green lawns abutting white colonials, and sub out Eastern names like Ahnad for Andy, in fact, and you'd be left with a thoroughly mainstream American kids' cartoon. What's inside the title jar is treasure--enough sparkly, shimmering jewels to make a family of meager means, like Ahmin's, rich. His wife and two sons, one a supercharged preschooler and the other a responsible, right-minded teen, tally up the bounty, dollar signs in their eyes, when older son Hasan discovers the jar in a wall while fixing up the family's new home. Trouble is, Ahmin's conscience comes a-calling. The way he sees it, Al, the man who sold his family the property, is the jar's rightful owner. And the way his greedy neighbor Ahnad sees it, anyone dumb enough to return a jar of jewels is a prime candidate for five-fingering. Musical numbers punctuate the jar's bumpy journey to Al's house; Ahmin croons of doing his best to serve his neighbor and please his God, and Ahnad moonwalks his way through a number about how he's "a real cool dude," despite others' observations that he's "mean" and "rude." In the end, the good guys get to greet Mecca with clear minds; Ahnad's not so lucky. While The Jar's message is bell-clear and uncontroversial, teetering toward the weird for non-Muslim 2- to 8-year-olds may be the meek roles assigned to women in this hour-long show, which is nonetheless culturally valuable. --Tammy La Gorce
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Customer Reviews
Non-denominational and Empowering
Despite the Editor's comments about women, I went ahead and bought this movie. I found the women characters to be strong and involved in the plot of the movie, not meek. Perhaps the editor thought women working on the farm or in the house is demeaning somehow, but I saw these women having pride in their contributions and work. Just because it's women's work doesn't make it any less important. The plot moves because of Adnan's wife's courage. And Muriel puts up strong arguments against Amin's concience. So my daughters can watch this movie without harm of negative role models.Also, there is hardly any emphasis in Islam in this movie. Arab christians, who are about 50% of the Arab population, can see themselves in this movie. Half the characters have non-Muslim names. "God" is mentioned in English. The women wear scarves, not chadors or burqas. Christians and Hindus who live in similar village settings often do cover their heads like their Muslim compatriots. The characters refer to the values of working hard, being honest, pleasing their Lord, and so on, which are universal values.
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Perfect for ALL ages
The Jar was amazing-definitely a welcomed change. This movie had the kids glued to the t.v. screen, with nothing I wouldn't want them to see or hear. It gave them entertainment they love, while instilling in them the ethics and principles of honesty and trust. I hardly ever feel this way about a movie.
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best movie for kids
Jar is one of the best movies I have bought for kids. It is entertaining with nice songs and promotes a main good quality of life.
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Excellent movie for children
This movie is an excellent movie for children. I am not the one to support many movies for children, but there are many lessons that can be learned from this video. None of that violence that kids already get too much of. I reccomend this video for anyone that has children.
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