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Peter Pan (Fully Restored 45th Anniversary Limited Edition) (Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection) [VHS] 
Actors : Bobby Driscoll, Kathryn Beaumont, Hans Conried, Bill Thompson, Heather Angel
Director : Clyde Geronimi, Hamilton Luske, Wilfred Jackson
Studio : Walt Disney Home Video
by Walt Disney Home Video
Brand : Walt Disney
Model : 12730
Release Date : 1998-03-03
Publisher : Walt Disney Home Video
Availability : Usually ships in 1-2 business days
EAN : 9780788811722
UPC : 786936057713
Avg. Customer Rating: (based on 285 reviews)
List Price : $26.99
Our Price : $9.85
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Peter Pan has a special place in the realm of classic animated Disney films: it instills an element of childlike wonder. The 1953 version of James M. Barrie's story is colorfully told and keeps on the straight and narrow of the book. Barrie's wondrous focus on child's play is the key to its longevity: kids who don't grow up, shadows that run away from their owners, pirates, a fairy, and the magic ability to fly. In short, you can't help wishing the adventure would happen to you. Fueled by a few memorable songs (the stunner being "You Can Fly") and the strong impression of the pixie fairy Tinkerbell and the goofy Captain Hook, Disney's version of this story neither supplants nor lessens the Broadway version with Mary Martin that was produced for television the same decade. Unlike some classics, Peter Pan never ages along the way. --Doug Thomas |
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THE GOLDEN ERA OF DISNEY ANIMATION: "PETER PAN" |
It is easier to judge Walt Disney's 1953 animated adaptation of James Barrie's "Peter Pan" for what it is; rather than for what it is not. What the film gets right, it gets spectacularly right. Animation is, indeed, the best medium to capture the magical aspects of the story. The sequence where Peter Pan, Wendy, John, and Michael fly from London to Never-Land is stunning. It is almost immediately apparent why "Peter Pan" is one of the finest Disney films of the 1950's. The film gains much of its appeal from the excellent vocal performances of Bobby Driscoll (Peter Pan), Hans Conreid (Mr. Darling and Captain Hook), Kathryn Beaumount, (Wendy) and Bill Thompson (Mr. Smee). The story has plenty of action and adventure, and moves along at a brisk pace. The depiction of the Indians as caricatures instead of characters is painfully, politically incorrect. But one must remember the era in which this film was made. It would be decades before Cathy Rigby's stage revival of "Peter Pan" would correct this sticky situation. But, as the stage and animated films are completely different mediums, the point is moot.
The Disney version of "Peter Pan" is an artistic triumph. It is often delightful, but it is only about fun and games in Never-Land. While Disney captured the magic and fantasy brilliantly, he never grasped the darker, psychologically complex aspects of the story. The Disney version captures Peter Pan as the spirit of youth, joy, and freedom, but lacks the emotional depth of Barrie's original story. The great villain Captain Hook clearly represents the "adult, father figure" who must be destroyed because he's a threat to all the fun and games. There's no romantic tension between Peter Pan and Wendy. There is no acknowledgement of Peter's lonliness or the things he will never have. At the end of Barrie's play, Peter Pan returns to the nursery and discovers Wendy is now a grown-up adult. Disney completely ignored Barrie's ending, and all of its bittersweet implications.
The DVD features an excellent audio commentary by the late Roy Disney, (Walt's nephew), film critic Leonard Maltin, several of the animators, Margaret Kerry (the model for the hot-tempered, jealous pixie Tinker Bell), Kathryn Beaumount-- and even some surprising comments from Walt Disney himself. The short featurette "The Making Of Peter Pan" and the longer documentary "The Peter Pan That Almost Was", are especially informative and entertaining.
The brief life of Bobby Driscoll, more tragic than magic, is a sad footnote to "Peter Pan." Driscoll, who received a special Academy Award for his role in the suspense-thriller "The Window", made immeasurable contributions to the success of Disney's "Song Of The South", "So Dear To My Heart", "Treasure Island" and "Peter Pan." After his Disney contract was dropped (the same month, incidentally, that "Peter Pan" was released), Driscoll descended into drug addiction and spent some time in prison. Driscoll died in 1968, alone and peniless, at the age of 31. Of his movie career, Driscoll remarked, "I was carried on a satin pillow... and then dumped into the garbage." Magic and happiness, it often seems, exist only in the movies. |
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great movie but still old style animation |
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because the cover style, I thought it was going to be a modern animated movie, but it still uses the old style with no "Great" colorful quality image. But it is ok for children. |
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Peter Pan DVD |
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Item arrived timely and in perfect, new condition. No issues incurred when viewing the discs. My Granddaughter was ecstatic to have this video and I was excited to find it for her since it has been put back in the vault at Disney! |
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