Product description

The Hunchback Of Notre Dame [1996]

Price: £0.98
RRP: £14.99
Average customer rating: 4.5

Binding : VHS Tape
EAN : 5024165704578
Label : Walt Disney Home Video
Manufacturer : Walt Disney Home Video
Publisher : Walt Disney Home Video
Release date : 2000-05-22
Title : The Hunchback Of Notre Dame [1996]
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Audience rating : Universal, suitable for all
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Languages : Array
Number of items : 1
Original release date : 1996-07-19
Running time : 87
Studio : Walt Disney Home Video
Theatrical releaseDate : 1996-06-21
Number of discs : 1

Customer reviews

review by: date: 2008-05-08 rating:

!! a.w.e.s.o.m.e !!
I grew up watching only a few films and the Hunchback of Notre Dame was one of them.
I used to get my mam to rent it from the local video shop over and over again, and in the end the owner just ended up giving us the video.
Sadly, since my VHS player stopped working last year, i have had to convert all my videos onto DVD, which is a pain and costs money.

I think the Hunnchback of Notre Dame is an amazing story! Especially for children and especially for those growing up in the world today. I believe, and know, the moto to the story is dont be afraid of who you are, be proud. And since there's a lot of people today that are afraid to be themselves. I think this story is s good lesson!
The film has an amazing storyline..okay a little sad and it did & still does make me shed a tear but it's still a fantastic story!

I just cant wait till I get this film on DVD!!!
And..for those of you wondering, I am 18!
It doesnt matter how old you are, all that matters if you can relate to the characters and dont judge the sing-songs in the film!

review by: puddin date: 2007-07-20 rating:

bloody hell
This film blew my mind it made me cry buckets and the songs were fabby doodle. I think it is a great adaptation of the book as it is so accurate, even though I havn't read it. I think although quasimodo is a nice guy he's a bit ugly ain't he. By a long way I think the goat was the best character as it was so realistic to an actual goat and the person who made the noises was brillient and the goat is drop dead gorgeous. woo hoo whop whopwhoppie

review by: date: 2006-12-13 rating:

A darker Disney by far
Although none have truly embraced the full scope of Victor Hugo's sweeping novel (although the 1956 version comes close), there's never been a bad version of The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Disney's 1996 version is one of the very best. It has its flaws, but it's still the studio's last great animated feature, with a visual audacity and a surprising darkness that's often breathtaking. It may opt for an even happier ending than usual, but there's plenty of real dramatic power here. Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz's mostly excellent score may have the odd crowd-pleaser that lowers the tone a tad, but there's a striking and powerful grandeur of ambition to many of them - after all, who'd have expected a Disney villain to sing of his tortured sexual desire (Heaven's Light/Hellfire) and of his burning need to either sleep with the heroine or kill her? The computer enhanced crowd scenes and the sweeping three-dimensional camerawork are amazing to see, the design is superb and there's an intelligent use of colour and weather that the studio's subsequent efforts seemed to lose. Only the wiseacre gargoyle sidekicks feel out of place, although the film at least discreetly suggests that they are mere figments of Quasimodo's imagination. One of the most impressive of Disney's animated features, and certainly the most undervalued.

Although far from the excellent laserdisc special edition Disney released in the US several years ago, there are a few decent extras on the UK disc, including an alternate song and some interesting demo footage of the computer animation techniques.

review by: Elizabeth date: 2006-08-21 rating:

The Hunchback of Notre Dame
The Disney classics 'Alice in Wonderland' and 'Bambi' are my favourites; I feel modern Disney lacks substance, when compared to the older movies. But this is possibly the best of the newer Disney offerings. Exciting and colourful, this tale never gets dull. It tells the story of the disfigured but gentle hunchback bell-ringer of Notre Dame, who has been raised by Frollo - a religious official. The hunchback Quasimodo is befriended by the beautiful gypsy-girl Esmerelda at the Festival of Fools. Both Quasimodo and dashing ex war-captain Phoebus fall in love with the feisty girl, resulting in a complicated love triangle. Frollo (the scariest Disney villain I have ever encountered) is deeply immoral and insanely religious, wishing to eliminate the outcast gypsies (whom he feel corrupt the Parisians); and hides a dark secret concerning the past of Quasimodo. It ends on a magnificent and thrilling finale. The graphics are intricately detailed; Notre Dame cathedral itself is breathtakingly beautiful. The music is rather good too. Parents be discerning when showing this to young children; this is the most dark 'adult' Disney film I have seen so far, with such painful scenes as when the townsfolk publicly humiliate Quasimodo by throwing things at him; and the cruel persecution experienced by the gypsies. There is also that dramatic scene where Frollo ironically acknowledges his lecherous desire for Esmerelda and will burn the whole of Paris down to find and kill her. In conclusion, it is a deep & thoughtful yet entertaining film which young and old alike can enjoy; it deals with many tender social issues. Definitely a keeper, watch this if you can.

review by: date: 2006-04-04 rating:

Technically very good but ....
The Disney version is technically very good. The animation is excellent and the music is catchy and singable. The voiceovers too are excellent. Having said that I must comment on the adaptation of the story line. I don't beleive that turning stories like these into 'happy fairy tales' is being true to the memory of the person who wrote the book. Victor Hugo had a specific message to tell in Hunchback. It does not end happily. It was never intended to end happily, that is what makes this story so powerful. Disney should have retained the original ending and not sugared it up for children. Not only does it make a mockery of Hugo's original story but it also makes the assumption that children cannot cope with unhappy endings. This trend of making endless streams of 'happy' movies for children gives children a false sense of life. If they had wanted to make a story like this with a happy ending, they should have written one and not drawn upon Hugo's literary masterpiece.

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