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Holistic Guidance - The Sword in the Stone (Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection)
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List Price: $22.99
Our Price: $3.91
Your Save: $ 19.08 ( 83% )
Availability: N/A
Manufacturer: Walt Disney Home Video
Starring: Sebastian Cabot, Rickie Sorensen, Karl Swenson, Junius Matthews, Ginny Tyler
Directed By: Wolfgang Reitherman
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Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786300691384
Format: Animated
ISBN: 6300691381
Label: Walt Disney Home Video
Manufacturer: Walt Disney Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Walt Disney Home Video
Release Date: 1993-09-29
Running Time: 79
Studio: Walt Disney Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: 1963-12-25
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Editorial Reviews:
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Based upon T.H. White's beloved novel, this Disney-fied version chronicles the tutoring of the Once and Future King, Arthur, as handled by the magician Merlin. Sword was a portent of things to come, with slapstick upbraiding storytelling, and cultural in-jokes substituting for wonder. But there's much to enjoy here as Merlin shows Newt, the young Arthur, things that will help him become the ruler of the Britons. The transformation sequences, where the boy is turned into a fish, a bird, and a squirrel are vintage Disney. The oft-repeated scene of Merlin battling it out with the mean old Madame Mim still is worth a few chuckles, but it belies the problem with most of the film--the scenes are only there for the chuckles. References by Merlin to television and other items of modern life also mar the generally innocuous landscape. Children will like it, but they won't cherish it. --Keith Simanton
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Liked it since I was a kid
Comment: If you've always liked Disney Classics then this is a must have. The Sword in the Stone has and will always captivate the child in me.
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Summary: Top shelf edition of bottom shelf Disney
Comment: This is a wonderfully produced release of one of the weaker full-length films produced during Walt Disney's lifetime. I know that doesn't mesh with many of the reviews here, but I just find very little to enjoy in this particular film. There is no real story, with a particularly weak script by the usually marvelous Bill Peet (the most versatile individual from the Golden Age of Disney, sometimes designing characters, sometimes writing screenplays, sometimes directing). The film consists of a series of largely unconnected vignettes where Merlin is ostensibly educating the future King Arthur. I did not care for this film when I was a small child and I find that I haven't come to care for it as an adult.
On the other hand, I'm sure that many kids will get a huge blast out of this. One of my daughter's favorite Disney films as a small child was ROBIN HOOD, which is probably my least favorite Disney film ever.
Certainly this release makes the film look more beautiful than it ever has before for home viewing. This was one of the first films I watched on my new high def TV and I was just delighted with how vivid the colors were. As with most Disney rereleases there were also many interesting special features.
I would, however, only recommend this to someone who is a bit of a completist, dedicated to owning all of the Disney films on DVD. There are just so many other films that one ought to own first. Not counting collections of short subjects, there must be a solid fifteen to twenty DVDs that one would want to collect before this one. Still, I'm sure almost any kid will love it. I'm just not confident that most adults will.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Not Up To Your Standards?
Comment: Maybe that's because it's a movie for little kids you twit.
I didn't intend to review this but I see all these jack*ffs slamming a children's cartoon and I just had to say something.
"What do you get when you mix TH White and Disney and BLAH BLAH DIDDLEY BLEH!"
Oh you witty rascal you.
Shut up. Just shut up.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Very happy tp add to my collection
Comment: Old Disney movie that is fun to watch. Glad to have in DVD format for my collection of Disney movies
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Summary: Yay
Comment: I love this movie, i am so glad that it is released again for Disney lovers everywhere
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