Toon Talk: Bambi Platinum Edition DVD - Mar 1, 2005

Toon Talk: Bambi Platinum Edition DVD
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In this ‘Toon Talk’ feature, I’ll briefly highlight a recommended film or DVD, outside of the Disney universe, of similar interest to the main subject.

OK, this one isn’t much of a stretch … after all, how many deer movies are there?

Based on the acclaimed Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings novel of the same name, The Yearling (1946, Warner Home Video) is, like Bambi, much more then a movie about a deer. Sensitive, stirring and timeless, this Clarence Brown-directed drama is actually more akin to Disney’s Old Yeller in several respects, dealing with love and loss in the wilderness.

Nominated for seven Academy Awards (including nominations for Best Picture and its two leads, Gregory Peck and Jane Wyman), the film won two (Color Cinematography, Color Interior Decoration), plus a special award for newcomer Claude Jarman, Jr. as the young Jody Baxter. Jarman would later star in Disney’s The Great Locomotive Chase.

Coming Soon in Toon Talk:

  • The Incredibles comes home in a feature-packed two-disc Special Edition DVD, including the new animated short Jack-Jack Attack (March 15th).
  • From Vanguard Films comes Valiant, a new computer animated comedy about a heroic carrier pigeon voiced by Ewan McGregor (April 15th).
  • Don’t panic! After many years, Douglas Adams’ seminal novel The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Galaxy finally makes it to the big screen (April 29th).

And Coming Soon from Buena Vista Home Video:
  • Christopher Lambert and Emmanuelle Seigner star in the video game adventure Nirvana (March 1st).
  • Molly Ringwald and Eric Bogosian co-star in the comedy In the Weeds (March 1st).
  • Ryan Phillipe and Sarah Polley star in the psychological thriller The I Inside (March 1st).
  • Two recent box office favorites: Renee Zellweger’s comedy sequel Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason; and Ladder 49, the firefighter drama starring John Travolta and Joaquin Phoenix (March 8th).
  • Back to school (in March?) with more TV on DVD favorites: Felicity: The Complete 4th Season, Popular: The Complete 2nd Season and Sweet Valley High: The Complete 1st Season (March 8th).
  • The Baby Einstein Company presents Baby Monet: Discovering the Seasons (March 8th).
  • In the spirit of The Passion of the Christ comes The Gospel of John, newly available on a two-disc set that includes two versions of the film, including a never-before-seen two-hour cut (March 15th).
  • The recent Best Picture Oscar nominee, Finding Neverland, starring Johnny Depp and Kate Winslet (March 22nd).
  • Two new Playhouse Disney DVDs: JoJo’s Circus: Take a Bow and JoJo’s Circus: Animal A Go-Go, as well as two new Disney Learning Adventures DVDs: Mickey’s Around the World in 80 Days and Mickey and the Beanstalk (March 22nd).
  • Tom Sizemore stars as Pete Rose in the ESPN original movie Hu$tle (March 29th).
  • More catalog titles on the way: The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin (starring Roddy McDowell and Suzanne Pleshette), The Barefoot Executive (starring Kurt Russell and a chimp), Lt. Robinson Crusoe, U.S.N. (starring Dick Van Dyke and an island) and Million Dollar Duck (starring Dean Jones and a, well, duck) (April 5th).
  • Robert Redford narrates the nature documentary Sacred Planet (April 5th).

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Kirby is a lifelong Disney fan and film buff. He is also an avid list maker and chronic ellipsis user ...

Took Talk: Disney Film & Video Reviews by Kirby C. Holt is posted whenever there's something new to review.

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-- Posted March 1, 2005

 

 

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