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Summary: What happened to the original version????
Review: Playing the movie, we discovered to our great surprise that it is not the original 1946 movie but a recently modified version with few missing parts, including the main reason for us to buy it for the first place...
Does the sensor cut Disney's animations too?!
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Summary: Censorship in the Millenium!
Review: Several years ago, when I watched this animated musical on the Disney channel, I was thoroughly entertained and couldn't wait for it to be released in video (this was before DVD.) Luckily, it was replayed a few years ago and I was able to tape it. I have enthusiastically shown it to my six and three-year old children and when their twin brothers are old enough to focus on TV, they may view it, too. Apparently though, Disney feels that the 1940's version is too risque for my family, because, in addition to completely omitting the first vignette (The Martins and Hatfields, I believe ,) they also altered " All the Cats Join In" by removing the curved outline of the bust of the girl who jumps out of the shower. I cannot imagine who decided that such an innocuous image should be removed- but it certainly concerns me that an innocent, entertaining cartoon was butchered. So, my family watches the original version I taped from cable TV years ago. When it wears out, we'll have to settle for the "updated" year 2000 version. Shame on you, Disney!
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Summary: It's Better Than Fantasia 2000
Review: Share in Walt Disney's extrordinary vision of pairing imaginative stories with spectacular music in Disney's 8th full-length animated classic, availible for the first time ever. In the tradition of Fantasia, Make Mine Music is a glorious collection of nine musically charged animated shorts featuring such fun-filled favorites such as "Peter And The Wolf," narrated by the beloved voice of Winnie The Pooh. In addition, you'll enjoy such classic cartoon hits such as "Casey At The Bat," "The Whale Who Wanted To Sing At The Met" and "Johnny Feodora And Alice Bluebonnet," the whimsical adventure of two hats who fall in love in a department store window. Every member of your family will bond to a favorite within this musical medley of fun and fantasy from Disney!
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Summary: Let's make mine a complete copy...
Review: The eighth "canon" movie released by Disney, it's easy to see that this was to be a more modern version of Fantasia. What to expect: "A Musical Fantasy - Blue Bayou" = This great version of swans in their natural environment was originally supposed to be part of "Fantasia", with the music of "Clair De Lune" by Debussy, but was cut due to length. The new music was added to this short before the theatrical release. "A Jazz Interlude - All the Cats Join In" = What can I say about this number? It almost seems like it should have been cut instead of the rather cute "Martins and McCoys" segment. Rather dated by today's standards. "A Ballad In Blue - Without You" = Andy Russell provides the narration and song for this rather charming and sad tale. "A Musical Recitation - Casey at the Bat" = Jerry Colonna was well cast as the narrator of one of America's finest baseball stories. Well worth watching - especially if one has "Melody Time" and it's sequel to this cartoon, "Casey Bats Again", also voiced by Colonna. "Ballade Ballet - Two Silhouettes" = Rotoscoped from images of real ballet, "Two Silhouettes" provides an "intermission" of sorts between "Casey" and the rest of the movie. Dinah Shore provides vocals. "A Fairy Tale With Music - Peter and the Wolf" = Sterling Holloway provides one of the greatest narrations of his career with this fine rendition of one of the only classical musical numbers that is supposed to have a story told with it. Well worth the price of admission alone. "A Jazz Interlude - After You've Gone" = another intermission? "A Love Story - Johnnie Fedora and Alice Bluebonnet" = Oddly enough, this is the other main reason I bought this disk. The story of two hats originally in a haberdaher's shop, the story of love found, love lost, and love regained always will have a special place in some corner of my heart. "Opera Pathetique - The Whale Who Wanted to Sing at the Met" = Nelson Eddy provides the narration for this segment that ends the movie on a sad note. We are warned at the onset that this will be an oprea in the style of "Pathetique" - and "Pathetique" operas always have rather unhappy endings. However, this segment was one of the two that I originally bought this disc for - the segment of Willy doing "Mephistopheles" is great. And the remaing cartoons, "Music Land", "The Band Concert" and "Farmyard Symphony" add some real luster and more musical numbers to this disc. I found "Music Land" a charming way to have a transition between Fantasia, with all classical music, and this movie, with more 'modern' (for the time) numbers. "The Band Concert" is Mickey Mouse at his very best, and the Disney animator's finest moment. "Farmyard" adds another Disney classic cartoon to the mix we already have. But I would have rather they cut all the cartoons, and allowed the "Martins and McCoys" segment to remain. This disc still could have had the original "Martins and McCoys" segment, even as an "additional feature", and will be forever incomplete without it, unless it is later added back in for a "Masterpiece" edition. Still worth adding to a collection of Disney shorts made into feature films.
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Summary: Make Mine Music's Missing Melody
Review: The picture is beautiful, the stories wonderful. All of them that is except the one they left out. I was extremely dissapointed to find the short "The Martins and the Coys" was not included on the DVD format. If they had room to include two Silly Symphonies and an entire Mickey Mouse short, why not include the whole movie. I hope we don't see a trend established.
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Summary: A great collection of classics all on one DVD!
Review: This DVD is in the tradition of "Fantasia" with its musically-charged animated shorts. You get 10 shorts and three generous extras - "The Band Concert" Cartoon, "Farmyard Symphony" Cartoon and "Music Land". It is beautifully restored with the picture and sound being crisp and clear. It is a high value assortment of 'classic' Disney shorts that are quite historical in their own way. The DVD features favorites such as "Peter and the Wolf," narrated by the well known voice behind Winnie the Pooh. Additionally, you'll enjoy such classics as "Casey at the Bat," "The Whale Who Wanted to Sing at the Met," and "Johnnie Fedora and Alice Bluebonnet," the rather far-out story of two hats who fall in love in a shop window. However odd the stories may sound, they each offer nice morals and child friendly material. You have to appreciate that this is Olde Worlde Disney, but you will not be disappointed. Glorious music and colour! Eye candy! Please note, although the sound is GREAT, it is in original mono format. This does not depreciate the title however!
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Summary: A great collection of classics all on one DVD!
Review: This DVD is in the tradition of "Fantasia" with its musically-charged animated shorts. You get 10 shorts and three generous extras - "The Band Concert" Cartoon, "Farmyard Symphony" Cartoon and "Music Land". It is beautifully restored with the picture and sound being crisp and clear. It is a high value assortment of 'classic' Disney shorts that are quite historical in their own way. The DVD features favorites such as "Peter and the Wolf," narrated by the well known voice behind Winnie the Pooh. Additionally, you'll enjoy such classics as "Casey at the Bat," "The Whale Who Wanted to Sing at the Met," and "Johnnie Fedora and Alice Bluebonnet," the rather far-out story of two hats who fall in love in a shop window. However odd the stories may sound, they each offer nice morals and child friendly material. You have to appreciate that this is Olde Worlde Disney, but you will not be disappointed. Glorious music and colour! Eye candy! Please note, although the sound is GREAT, it is in original mono format. This does not depreciate the title however!
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Summary: Average entry, shameful editing
Review: This is an average Disney film, filled with an almost equal amount of interesting and ho-hum segments. This would be enough to merit a 3.5 star review. However, it has been shamelessly edited from the original to remove a segment about feuding hillbillies with guns. This is a gross example of policital correctness run amok without any intelligence behind such a decision. Absolutely disgusting.
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Summary: Another Shot At "Fantasia"
Review: Walt's original dream for "Fantasia" was to keep adding new segments to it, and removing older ones. "Fantasia" was a failure, but other packaged features before this film had been a hit("Saludos Amigos" and "The Three Caballeros"). The best part about this film is that it contains a deleted scene from "Fantasia" set to new music, "Blue Bayou." If you are a "Fantasia" fan, I recomend this film to you. I wish Disney would have not edited it, but I don't understand why they would go through the trouble to delete things from it, but they wouldn't fix the picture and sound.
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Summary: Another Shot At "Fantasia"
Review: Walt's original dream for "Fantasia" was to keep adding new segments to it, and removing older ones. "Fantasia" was a failure, but other packaged features before this film had been a hit("Saludos Amigos" and "The Three Caballeros"). The best part about this film is that it contains a deleted scene from "Fantasia" set to new music, "Blue Bayou." If you are a "Fantasia" fan, I recomend this film to you. I wish Disney would have not edited it, but I don't understand why they would go through the trouble to delete things from it, but they wouldn't fix the picture and sound.
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