I love this movie so much

Wonderful Movie

Such a frustrating disappointment

Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

When Marco Polo was aired in the 80s, I was totally in love with the movie in every aspect of it, the music, the places, the peoples and the cultures... One strange thing about it is, after the 80s show time, the movie basically went disappeared, not a word of it, not a copy can be bought, not a rental can be found, not even in the public library, or not in what so ever in the US!! it seems as if it is never existed! Luckily, thanks to the nowadays internet, I got a hold of a copy in ebay, and hey, my son watched it and liked it very much! I don't know what is going on, it is a great movie, and I hope it will be made available to every body in the US, after all, it was a big budget movie, why waste it? Thanks.

This DVD needs to be produced in DVD format. This epic story line is excellent and well written. There can not be enough said about this production as the all-star cast weaves the tale of the Marco Polo's life, the political and economic reasons began his journey, and the problems he encountered the from start to finish. Ken Marshall's portrayal of Marco Polo developing from young Marco beginning his journey to a more mature Marco through the friendships and experiences that he encounters is excellent. I remember Sada Thompson's great performance as Marco's Aunt Flora. The location shots will take the watcher round the world without ever leaving a seat. The richness of costumes and many locations thrust the watcher back into the time of Marco Polo. It has been a while since I have watched Marco Polo, but I still remember the pageantry, the great performances of each actor, and the the fact that this could also be a documentary -drama about Marco Polo. The watcher can truly develop a picture of the life and times of Marco Polo. NBC really needs to find this in its archives and re-issue this Emmy winning epic in DVD, perhaps for a 25 year anniversary!

...and it's a true shame this wonderful miniseries hasn't been reissued on DVD or even on video. I was fortunate enough to record it the one time it repeated on NBC (in 1984), and I recently transferred that copy to SVHS in an attempt to preserve it a bit longer. I really hope some day the studios will get their acts together and give this wonderful miniseries the legacy it deserves: on DVD.

I have seen this TV mini series when it first aired over WOR-TV in New York City in 1982, over one of the first home satellite TV receivers. I was fortunate to record in VHS format this mini series on my Video Tape Recorder, although the quality is far from good. I still find this feature made for TV one of the greatest reenactments of Marco Polo ever. Even today with Hollywood relying on Computer Graphics and Blue Screen can't compare to the cinematography of Marco Polo of 1982. Why this feature was never released in Motion Picture Theaters or made available on commercial grade VHS or DVD or even re-aired over TV has me baffled. Yet this will always remain in my film library as a Classic film