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Directed by Rob Minkoff
Featuring Matthew Broderick, James Earl Jones & Jonathan Taylor Thomas
Walt Disney Home Video
Released: 1995-03-03
VHS Tape
![The Lion King (A Walt Disney Masterpiece) [VHS]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/211R1ZAHMFL._SL160_.jpg) | List Price: $26.99*
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Not an ideal choice for younger kids, this hip and violent animated feature from Disney was nevertheless a huge smash in theaters and on video, and it continues to enjoy life in an acclaimed Broadway production. The story finds a lion cub, son of a king, sent into exile after his father is sabotaged by a rivalrous uncle. The little hero finds his way into the "circle of life" with some new friends and eventually comes back to reclaim his proper place. Characters are very strong, vocal performances by the likes of Jeremy Irons, Nathan Lane, and Whoopi Goldberg are terrific, the jokes are aimed as much (if not more) at adults than kids, the animation is sometimes breathtaking, and the music is more palatable than in many Disney features. But be cautious: this is too intense for the Rugrat crowd. --Tom Keogh |
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Directed by Clyde Geronimi
Featuring Kathryn Beaumont, Richard Haydn & Jerry Colonna
WALT DISNEY
Released: 1998-03-31
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![Alice in Wonderland (Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection) [VHS]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Q4EFN8QVL._SL160_.jpg) | List Price: $24.99*
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Imaginatively rendered but slightly chilly, this 1951 Disney adaptation of the Lewis Carroll classic is also appropriately surreal. Alice (voiced by Kathryn Beaumont) has all the anticipated experiences: shrinking and growing, meeting the White Rabbit, having tea with the Mad Hatter, etc. Characterization is very strong, and the Disney team worked hard to bring screen personality to Carroll's eccentric creations. For a Disney film, however, it seems more the self-satisfied sum of its inventiveness than a truly engaging experience. --Tom Keogh |
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Directed by Kirk Wise
Featuring David Ogden Stiers, Paige O'Hara & Richard White
Walt Disney Home Video
Released: 1992-10-30
VHS Tape
![Beauty and the Beast (A Walt Disney Classic) [VHS]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/21F120J7XDL._SL160_.jpg) | List Price: $2.00*
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Directed by Clyde Geronimi
Featuring Ilene Woods, Eleanor Audley & Rhoda Williams
Walt Disney Home Video
Released: 1995-10-04
VHS Tape
![Cinderella (Walt Disney s Masterpiece) [VHS]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51JRS7PR6VL._SL160_.jpg) | List Price: $44.99*
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Disney's adaptation of the beloved fairy tale became a classic in its own right, thanks to some memorable tunes (including "A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes," "Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo," and the title song) and some endearingly cute comic relief. We all know the story--the wicked stepmother and stepsisters simply won't have it, this uppity Cinderella thinking she's going to a ball designed to find the handsome prince an appropriate sweetheart, but perseverance, animal buddies, and a well-timed entrance by a fairy godmother make sure things turn out all right. There are a few striking sequences of pure animation--for example, Cinderella is reflected in bubbles drifting through the air--and the design is rich and evocative throughout. It's a simple story padded here agreeably with comic business, particularly Cinderella's rodent pals (dressed up conspicuously like the dwarf sidekicks of another famous Disney heroine) and their misadventures with a wretched cat named Lucifer. There's also much harrumphing and exposition spouting by the King and the Grand Duke. It's a much simpler and more graceful work than the more frenetically paced animated films of today, which makes it simultaneously quaint and highly gratifying. --David Kronke |
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Directed by John Lasseter
Featuring Tom Hanks, Don Rickles & Wallace Shawn
Walt Disney Home Video
Released: 1996-10-30
VHS Tape
![Toy Story [VHS]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51RC8ZR6KBL._SL160_.jpg) | List Price: $22.99*
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There is greatness in film that can be discussed, dissected, and talked about late into the night. Then there is genius that is right in front of our faces--we smile at the spell it puts us into and are refreshed, and nary a word needs to be spoken. This kind of entertainment is what they used to call "movie magic," and there is loads of it in this irresistible computer animation feature. Just a picture of these bright toys reawaken the kid in us. Filmmaker John Lasseter thinks of himself as a storyteller first and an animator second, much like another film innovator, Walt Disney.
Lasseter's story is universal and magical: what do toys do when they're not played with? Cowboy Woody (voiced by Tom Hanks), Andy's favorite bedroom toy, tries to calm the other toys (some original, some classic) during a wrenching time of year--the birthday party, when newer toys may replace them. Sure enough, Space Ranger Buzz Lightyear (Tim Allen) is the new toy that takes over the throne. Buzz has a crucial flaw, though--he believes he's the real Buzz Lightyear, not a toy. Lasseter further scores with perfect voice casting, including Don Rickles as Mr. Potato Head and Wallace Shawn as a meek dinosaur. The director-animator won a special Oscar for "the development and inspired application of techniques that have made possible the first feature-length computer-animated film." In other words, the movie is great. --Doug Thomas |
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Directed by Ash Brannon
Featuring Tom Hanks, Joan Cusack & Don Rickles
Disney/Pixar
Released: 2000-10-17
VHS Tape
![Toy Story 2 [VHS]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51HC6Y0XNVL._SL160_.jpg) | List Price: $22.99*
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A landmark in filmmaking with cutting-edge animation and the voice talents of Tom Hanks and Tim Allen, TOY STORY introduced Woody the Cowboy and Buzz Lightyear, a space age action figure. Along with a supporting cast of funny friends, TOY STORY will entertain the entire family with action, adventure, and sidesplitting laughs. Joining the original voice cast in TOY STORY 2 is a roundup of unforgettable new characters including Jessie the Cowgirl and Stinky Pete the prospector! Winner of the Golden Globe(R) award for Best Picture, this box office smash is full of laugh-out-loud humor, wonderful music, and eye-popping animation! |
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Directed by Clyde Geronimi
Featuring Barbara Luddy, Peggy Lee & Bill Baucom
Walt Disney Video
Released: 1998-09-15
VHS Tape
![Lady and the Tramp [VHS]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51WGYVH00PL._SL160_.jpg) | List Price: $26.99*
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Disney's first animated feature in CinemaScope is now available in widescreen presentations on video, and it is definitely good to get the whole picture. One of the studio's most original and charming movies, the 1955 film tells the story of a rakish, street-smart dog named Tramp, who helps an aristocratic pooch named Lady out of some trouble and then commences a romance with her. Sweet, funny scenes abound, and the combination of innocence and sophistication would have done well in a live-action picture. Peggy Lee cowrote the songs and provides the voice of the Siamese cats in one of the film's best-known musical sequences. This newly restored version spruces up both sonics and visuals, and a letterbox version is available. --Tom Keogh |
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Directed by John Musker
Featuring Scott Weinger, Linda Larkin & Frank Welker
Walt Disney Home Video
Released: 1993-09-29
VHS Tape
![Aladdin (A Walt Disney Classic) [VHS]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61F14ZAHR6L._SL160_.gif) | List Price: $24.99*
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Disney's 1992 animated feature is a triumph of wit and skill. The high-tech artwork and graphics look great, the characters are strong, the familiar story is nicely augmented with an interesting villain (Jafar, voiced by Jonathan Freeman), and there's an incredible hook atop the whole thing: Robin Williams's frantically hilarious vocal performance as Aladdin's genie. Even if one isn't particularly moved by the love story between the title character (Scott Weinger) and his girlfriend Jasmine (Linda Larkin), you can easily get lost in Williams's improvisational energy and the equally entertaining performances of Freeman and Gilbert Gottfried (as Jafar's parrot). --Tom Keogh |
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Directed by Ron Clements
Featuring Rene Auberjonois, Jodi Benson & Paddi Edwards
Disney
Released: 1998-03-31
VHS Tape
![The Little Mermaid (Fully Restored Special Edition) (Disney s Masterpiece) [VHS]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51TBKF9ZGWL._SL160_.jpg) | List Price: $26.99*
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Fans awaiting a revamp of The Little Mermaid on DVD should be pleased to know that the new, fully restored version gets the treatment it deserved all along. The Special Edition is presented in 1:78 aspect ratio, as opposed to the original 1:66 presentation, and gone is the grainy original transfer, which had Ariel's mottled complexion looking like she spent some time in a tanning bed. Various crew members chime in on the audio commentary track, but most dominant is composer Alan Menken, who adds in previously taped interviews with the late lyricist Howard Ashman (a welcome surprise). There's also a 45-minute "making of" documentary in which everyone from animators to Jeffrey Katzenberg and Leonard Maltin reflect the limp state of Disney animation before Mermaid kicked off its "golden reign" of the early '90s. Another revelation: Katzenberg nearly eliminated "Part of Your World" from the movie after a hyperactive kid sitting in front of him appeared restless during a test screening. Other features: a documentary on Hans Christian Andersen, and the tragedy of his personal life that inspired his much darker original ending. (The mermaid, unable to stab the prince in the heart after he marries another, turns into sea foam.) Included is an animated short of Andersen's "The Little Match Girl," a tale so depressing--again, reflecting the loneliness in Andersen's own life--it's not really clear how it ever became a "beloved bedtime story." There's also a sing-along feature, which jumps right to the musical numbers with words appearing onscreen. Deleted scenes include one unused song, "Silence is Golden," and various early sketches of alternate takes. One curious addition is a virtual Little Mermaid amusement park ride, which was originally proposed for Disneyland but failed to come to life. (Seems digitizing the experience for people to "ride" in their living room was the consolation prize.) The only blasphemous feature is a music video of "Kiss the Girls," reimagined as a Hilary Duff-esque rock song--minus the charming calypso beat that made it famous(!)--sung by the Hilary Duff-esque Ashley Tisdale (High School Musical). Aside from that, if you own The Little Mermaid in its 1999 incarnation of DVD, get the special edition and leave your old one for the kids (or the dog) to scratch up. --Ellen A. Kim
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Directed by Clyde Geronimi
Featuring Rod Taylor, Cate Bauer & Ben Wright
Walt Disney Home Video
Released: 1992-09-15
VHS Tape
![101 Dalmatians (Walt Disney s Classic) [VHS]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/2143N17AQ9L._SL160_.jpg) | List Price: $24.99*
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Full of boundless adventure and boisterous fun, Disney's 17th animated masterpiece is the original film classic starring 101 of the world's most lovable, huggable Dalmatians and their hilariously evil captor, Cruella De Vil! A charming London neighborhood is home to Roger and Anita, whose beloved Dalmatians, Pongo and Perdita, have become the proud parents of 15 puppies. But when Cruella and her bumbling henchmen, Horace and Jasper, unexpectedly appear, the pups soon disappear -- along with every other Dalmatian puppy in town! Now Pongo and Perdita must rally their animal friends and use the power of the "Twilight Bark" to find Cruella's secret hideaway and free the puppies. Featuring the unforgettable toe-tapping song "Cruella De Vil," 101 DALMATIANS is one of the most cherished and sought-after Disney classics of all time -- and among the last films to bear the personal touch of Walt Disney. |
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