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The Sword In The Stone/Robin Hood [DVD] [1963]

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Binding : DVD
EAN : 8717418168360
Label : Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainm
Manufacturer : Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainm
Publisher : Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainm
Release date : 2008-08-18
Title : The Sword In The Stone/Robin Hood [DVD] [1963]
Actor : Array
Audience rating : Universal, suitable for all
Format : Array
Number of items : 2
Original release date : 1963-01-01
Region code : 2
Running time : 156
Studio : Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainm
Theatrical releaseDate : 1963

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Amazon.co.uk Review
pibThe Sword in the Stone/i/bbr As far as Disney is concerned, iThe Sword in the Stone/i was a portent of things to come, with slapstick upstaging storytelling, and cultural in-jokes substituting for wonder. Based on TH White's beloved novel iThe Once and Future King/i, this Disney version chronicles King Arthur's boyish adventures. There's much to enjoy here as coach Merlin the magician shows the young Arthur, nicknamed Wart, the skills that will help him become the future 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 mean old Madame Mim still is worth a few chuckles, but it underlines the problem with most of the film--most of its scenes are only played for laughs. References by Merlin to television and other items of modern life also mar the generally innocuous landscape. Younger children will like it, while older kids will find it slower compared with recent Disney films. --iKeith Simanton/i pibRobin Hood/i/bbr A minor classic from Disney, this 1973 all-animal, all-animated musical version of the familiar story is more charming than one might expect. Perhaps it's the warm, chummy take on key relationships within the legend--the way Robin Hood (Brian Bedford) gets twitterpated whenever the subject of Maid Marian (Monica Evans) comes up or the way best pal Little John (Phil Harris voicing a variation on his own Baloo from The Jungle Book) admonishes the Sherwood Forest hero, "Aw, Rob, why dontcha just marry the girl?" (Then, of course, there's the canny "casting" of the romantic leads as foxes: Robin the sly one and Marian the, well, foxy one). The rest of the vocal cast is lively and eclectic: Peter Ustinov, Andy Devine, Terry-Thomas, George Lindsey. Roger Miller provides the songs and voice for the minstrel character Allan-A-Dale. The film is ably directed by Wolfgang Reitherman, whose decades of work in Disney's animation division helped create the studio's rich legacy. --iTom Keogh/i

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review by: date: 2009-02-02 rating:

Disney's two best movies together
I loved these when I was a kid, have bought them for my son in the hope he will too. Children's movies just aren't like this any more.

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