Toon Talk: Walt Disney: On the Front Lines DVD - May 10, 2004

Toon Talk: Walt Disney: On the Front Lines DVD
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The Toon Talk Top 10 - War is Heck:

In addition to Victory Through Air Power, the following Disney films were set (at least partially) in wartimes:

  1. Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier (1955): The Mexican-American War.
  2. Johnny Tremain (1957): The American Revolutionary War.
  3. Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971): World War II.
  4. Treasure of Matecumbe (1976): The American Civil War.
  5. Good Morning, Vietnam (1987): The Vietnam War.
  6. Operation Dumbo Drop (1995): The Vietnam War.
  7. Pearl Harbor (2001): World War II.
  8. Return to Neverland (2002): World War II.
  9. Cold Mountain (2003): The American Civil War.
  10. The Alamo (2004): The Mexican-American War.

Coming Soon in Toon Talk:

  • Parts 3 and 4 of the long awaited ‘third wave’ of Walt Disney Treasures DVDs, available May 18th: The Chronological Donald Volume 1 (35 shorts from 1934 to 1941) and Tomorrowland: Disney in Space and Beyond (six nostalgic episodes featuring vintage Ward Kimball animation and Walt’s introduction of EPCOT).
  • Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy and Cameron Diaz are joined by John Cleese, Julie Andrews and Antonio Banderas as Puss in Boots in DreamWorks’ Shrek 2, the sequel to the blockbuster Oscar-winner, now opening May 19th.
  • Return for another trip Around the World in 80 Days, the latest re-telling of the Jules Verne classic, starring Ella Enchanted’s Steve Coogan, Shanghai Knights’ Jackie Chan and Iris’ Jim Broadbent, June 16th.

And Coming Soon from Buena Vista Home Video:

  • Also available May 18th, the special edition two disc DVD release of this year’s hockey crowd-pleaser Miracle, starring Disney Legend Kurt Russell.
  • June 1st: From the vaults, such Disney favorites as Candleshoe (starring Jodie Foster and David Niven), A Far Off Place (Reese Witherspoon and Maximilian Schell), Flight of the Navigator (Joey Cramer and Sarah Jessica Parker), the original Freaky Friday (Jodie Foster and Barbara Harris) and the classic Sherman Brothers musical The Happiest Millionaire (Fred MacMurray, Tommy Steele, Leslie Ann Warren, John Davidson, Greer Garson and Geraldine Page), as well as a Freaky Friday two-pack DVD set (including both the original and the remake) and the Herbie the Love Bug Collection, a five disc set including the Love Bug Special Edition and it’s three theatrical sequels. Also available: Ernest Goes to School (Jim Varney), A Saintly Switch (Vivica A. Fox), Power Rangers: Dinothunder and special edition sets for Miramax’s Flirting with Disaster (Ben Stiller), Cop Land (Sylvester Stallone) and the contemporary classic Trainspotting (Ewan McGregor).
  • Brazil’s surprise Oscar nominee City of God finally arrives on DVD June 8th.

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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 May 10, 2004

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