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Summary: A delight from start to finish!
Review: I can always judge a movie by the feeling it leaves me once itis over. POLLYANNA sends you away with a light heart full of optimism and cheer that is all too rare in today's world. Some may accuse the film as being "another one of those Disney feel-good movies." What's wrong with that? We get enough reality with our everyday lives. This movie just provided me with 2 hours of pure joy that life sometimes has in short supply. Haley Mills' charming character unassumingly spreads some sunshine in a small town trapped under a cloud of gloom. How many of you feel that way sometimes? Watching this movie is just a nice way to bring some of that sunshine to your corner. Manufactured? Perhaps. But so what? When you're in the dark, you don't wait around for the sun to come up--you turn on the electric light! END
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Summary: Oldy But Goody
Review: I grew up watching Pollyanna, so I decided that I HAD to have it for my collection. I just re-watched it yesterday and remembered why it was one of my favorites. Pollyanna's parents die and she must go live with her rich aunt Polly. Pollyanna is so optimistic, but everyone in Harrington Town is so pessimistic and it's all because of strict aunt Polly. Pollyanna tries to turn the town around by teaching them the glad game - basically the idea of being optimistic. It's a cute story and teaches a good lesson. My only complaint - for a Disney movie it is LONG! 2 hours and 15 minutes.
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Summary: Oldy But Goody
Review: I grew up watching Pollyanna, so I decided that I HAD to have it for my collection. I just re-watched it yesterday and remembered why it was one of my favorites. Pollyanna's parents die and she must go live with her rich aunt Polly. Pollyanna is so optimistic, but everyone in Harrington Town is so pessimistic and it's all because of strict aunt Polly. Pollyanna tries to turn the town around by teaching them the glad game - basically the idea of being optimistic. It's a cute story and teaches a good lesson. My only complaint - for a Disney movie it is LONG! 2 hours and 15 minutes.
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Summary: One of the best DVDs I've ever purchased
Review: I love the film "Pollyanna" and have been waiting for the DVD for what seems like forever. I am very impressed by it! The picture and sound quality are amazing - so much better than the copy I have taped off TV from the late 80s. The film is presented in widescreen but I've realized not a lot goes on on the sides of the picture in this particular movie; in other words, you really don't get much more action with widescreen than you would have with the pan & scan video or a TV-taped version. However, this IS the film as the director intended it, and I think that's great. This DVD (actually two DVDs!) contains so much great stuff, I can't even list it all here. Let's just say amazon.com's list doesn't even get INTO what's on this DVD. There are so many little treasures, and something for everyone - Disney fanatics, Hayley Mills fans, movie freaks, and (natually!) Pollyanna fans. My favorite features so far are the featurette on Pollyanna advertising, the one about how they restored the picture/film to make the colors how they should have been, and the one about Pollyanna merchandise. Plus, the audio commentary by Hayley Mills and the (now late) David Swift is insightful and interesting. I would also recommend the "Parent Trap" DVD for more of the same fun. The Disney co. really went all out for these DVDs and they are well worth the money. And if you've never seen the movie - it's an adorable family flick that I've loved for nearly 14 years. I hope you like it, too!
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Summary: Wish it were just like the Book
Review: I really like this movie but I just wish that some of it is like the book. When my teacher was done with the book, I looked foward to seeing the movie. But when I was seeing the movie, I really wish that I saw parts of the book.
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Summary: This Movie Brings Back Such Fond Memories
Review: I remember for Christmas one year My Parents got me the following DISNEY MOVIES. One And Only Genuine Origional Family Band
Follow Me Boys!
BON VOYAGE!
Pollyanna And I love all of them but my ultimate top favorite was Pollyanna I got the same edition as pictured above the Old white clamshell release with A Little Mickey Mouse at the Top. Well My Favorite Seen was when Pollyanna (Haley Mills) and Jimmy Bean (Kevin "Moochie" Corcoran) went to Mr. Pendergast and Jimmy was trying to climb the tree. My Favorite Actoress in this classic Disney film though was Jane Wyman as Aunt Polly. I also liked Richard Egan as Dr. Chilton. But one of the best roles other than Aunt Polly, and Pollyanna was played by Nancy Olson (SMITH!, Absent Minded Professor, Snowball Express) as Nancy. I still remember sitting by the television set. With the Video case in my hand watching in awe. At this classic Disney Film. This movie has never gone out of circulation with Disney. It is one of the few that hasn't. Those films are what started me collecting Disney. I still have those 4. And I have alot more of the old white clamshell releases of The Old Disney Films. Well Disney did a great thing when they put this classic film on Disney. I know that there has been a debate that They shouldn't have had Haley Mills sing America The Beautiful. But why don't people grow up. She did a great job and she put feeling into it. She wasn't one of those stuped singers that sings it without meaning. She sang it with meaning. This Is A Movie To Remember. If the had a 10 star rating on here. I would give it 10 stars. Other Tha Follow Me Boys! This Is the best Disney Film ever created.
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Summary: One of the Best!
Review: I saw Pollyanna for the first time when I was a little girl. I am 23 now and I STILL watch it once a week or so! Movies like this just aren't made anymore. People today would probably say it is sacchrine-sweet and cheesy. I disagree. This is a movie you can laugh and cry while watching. The cast is absolutely superb, especially Hayley Mills. If you enjoy Pollyanna, you need to see Summer Magic and That Darn Cat, in that order. You can watch as Mills grows up! :)
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Summary: Another Disney Classic Bites The Dust
Review: I suppose I am being just a tad unfair with my title for this review. "Pollyana" was a film that looked so God awful back when it was first released on VHS in the early eighties that I really didn't hold out much hope for it on DVD. The story, by Eleanor S. Porter, is, of course, about a poor orphan who comes to live with her up tight aunt in a stiff community of social climbers. But through her sheer will and pleasantness, Pollyana overcomes even the most hardened cynic in the town. It's a wonderful story and a great cast. But the transfer continues to look dated. Colors are often weak or pasty. There are quite a few scenes that appear soft or slightly out of focus. Pixelization and edge enhancement intrude in the background information, making the overall visual experience pretty run of the mill. The audio is dated but well represented. As with other discs in the "Vault Disney" series, "Pollyana" is given a royal treatment with enough extra features for two movies. Once again, more should have been done with the print before rushing it out on DVD. I concede that a lot has been done already. But this disc needs much more.
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Summary: The Glad Movie Everyone Should See!
Review: I was 9 years old the first time I saw Pollyanna on the Wonderful World of Disney back in the early 1970's. I had read the book and was thrilled to see it on the screen. Haley Mill's performance is outstanding and is worthy of an Academy Award nomination. Jane Wyman, Agnes Moorehead and Adolph Menjou also give first rate performances as Aunt Polly, Mrs. Snow and Mr. Pendergast. Throughout the circumstances of life Pollyanna has a choice: she can either give into the circumstances which surround her while adopting the attitude of defeat or rise above the circumstances and "be glad". This is a movie which will inspire you!
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Summary: one of the first movies that I really LOVED
Review: I was 9 years old when I saw Pollyanna for the first time. My mom and I rented it. Anyway, I was really impressed with it. The whole movie was great! I actually watched it several times during the few days that we had it! My favorite part of the whole movie is when the whole town comes to see Pollyanna before she leaves the "Glad Town"!
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