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Summary: This is the best movie I ever watched.
Review: I recomend this movie for everyone
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Summary: Dog was killed in a film...
Review: I saw this as a kid and still love it, but why all the bad remarks about a dog being killed? People are shot or killed in nearly every movie you see. Its a part of life.
Thumbs up.
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Summary: Great Dog movie
Review: I saw this movie when i was about 6 or 7...when i first saw the cover i thought it would be the stupidest movie id ever see, but since it was there in my house i thought i might as well see it, and i fell in love with it, it was the most heartworming movie id ever seen, and even today i watch it and im not tired of it..its a must see movie. I read the book,and i aslo read "Savage Sam" the sequel to the book, and i know the movie exists but no matter where i look i cant find the movie, both versions are very heartworming and if u dont see it ure missing out on something great.
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Summary: the dog croaks
Review: I was sorely disappointed that the director killed the dog. I mean how many dogs back then contracted rabies from their owners?
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Summary: Good but Sad!
Review: I'm a Tommy Kirk fan and I thought Old Yeller was a very good movie and I really enjoyed it for the most part but it was also a very sad movie and I remember when I was a little girl that I cried my eyes out at the end but It's still a wonderful classic.
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Summary: Yet another in a long line of bad DVD's from Disney
Review: It's almost hard to fathom a studio having so little respect for its classic movies. This "Vault Disney" release of "Old Yeller" is a perfect example.The "Vault Disney" releases are promoted as "high end", supposedly better than the cheapy "movie-only" releases of many of Disney's live action movies. From the initial opening credits, with the worst example I have seen of "grain" in a picture outside of a non-major-studio release, I knew this was going to be another Disney disaster. Though the grain subsided SOMEWHAT, the softness of the picture throughout was not even close to what I would expect of a classic movie release. While my widescreen television is relatively small, I'd hate to see how bad this picture would look on a large widescreen display. In addition, the chintzy packaging for these movies is hardly up to "special edition" quality either, and the majority of the extras are nothing more than more "Disney" horn-blowing. I will commend them for the inclusion of one of Pluto's best cartoons {"Bone Trouble"}, and for the current-day interview with Tommy Kirk {whom I would have NEVER recognized}. However, all in all, Disney should be ashamed at the quality on such a classic film release.
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Summary: Yet another in a long line of bad DVD's from Disney
Review: It's almost hard to fathom a studio having so little respect for its classic movies. This "Vault Disney" release of "Old Yeller" is a perfect example. The "Vault Disney" releases are promoted as "high end", supposedly better than the cheapy "movie-only" releases of many of Disney's live action movies. From the initial opening credits, with the worst example I have seen of "grain" in a picture outside of a non-major-studio release, I knew this was going to be another Disney disaster. Though the grain subsided SOMEWHAT, the softness of the picture throughout was not even close to what I would expect of a classic movie release. While my widescreen television is relatively small, I'd hate to see how bad this picture would look on a large widescreen display. In addition, the chintzy packaging for these movies is hardly up to "special edition" quality either, and the majority of the extras are nothing more than more "Disney" horn-blowing. I will commend them for the inclusion of one of Pluto's best cartoons {"Bone Trouble"}, and for the current-day interview with Tommy Kirk {whom I would have NEVER recognized}. However, all in all, Disney should be ashamed at the quality on such a classic film release.
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Summary: Great DVD: both the movie and the extras
Review: Old Yeller is as wonderful and colorful here as ever, but what distinguishes this DVD for the real fans and for the new viewers alike are the extras. Older viewers who grew up with the cast in this movie as well as the Mickey Mouse Club (Tommy Kirk, Kevin "Moochie" Corcoran), Davy Crocket (Fess Parker), and other movies (Dorothy Maguire) will be thrilled to see their "friends" in outtakes and (all but Dorothy Maguire, who has passed on) reunion discussions. The making-of stuff is newly-produced and wonderfully insightful for old-time Disney fans. Newer fans will like other features as well, including a featurette on the "Golden Oak Ranch," the Disney-owned ranch where it was filmed. It was cool to learn about all the movies (Disney and non-Disney alike) that have been filmed there, and continue to be. They really went all-out on the DVD. I agree with all of the previous positive reviews of the film itself. It still stands up. But I just wanted to point out the wonderful extras on the DVD! Good show!
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Summary: Added feature makes it even better................
Review: The added feature at the end of the film about the making of Old Yeller is wonderful. Fess Parker(the father) and Tommy Kirk (Travis) talk about their experiences making the film as well as other information on the making of the film such as how the sound effects were made and how the part of Yeller was cast. The film follows very closely Fred Gipson's book.
This refers to the 40th anniversary edition.
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Summary: Howling good time
Review: The book that the story is based on by Gibson will long be remembered as a classic. Disney respected the book in their film, and made a movie that is many great things.
And their DVD treatment of the film is also the way a classic should be treated. Disney pulled out all the stops for the DVD's in their new "Vault Disney Collection" which has 4 different releases as of 1/29/03. I have always loved this movie, and you can read all the great things about the film from other reviewers and from the vhs reviews. First and most importantly it's WIDESCREEN, maybe for the first time outside if a theatre. What a difference it makes, the film is beautiful in scope to see it as it was intended. I think all DVD's should be seen in their original aspect.
And what's more is the EXTRAS!! WOW, they put it all in here.
The 2 disc set has much more than is listed here or even on the packaging. It is loaded with suprise features, but you have to hunt for them. Look for tiny arrows in unusual places. One of the bonus features is a complete vintage episode of the Walt Disney television show from 1957, the episode called, "Best Doggone Dog in the West". It has half the episode devoted to a studio behind the scenes promotion of the film, featuring Dorothy McGuire as our narrator. The other half is an great old feature called "Arizona SHeepdog", that ran in theatres in 1955 in front of longer movies. (By the way, this episode was altered in 1961, and the Old Yeller segment was replaced with a 101 Dalmations segment.) There are about 3 hours worth of extra material here. Several featurettes and archive galleries with studio fan cards, costume design sketches, lobby cards, invitations, film production letterhead, posters, magazine ads, screenplay, and the complete exhibitors campaign book; audio features with production photos and behind the scenes shots with the sounds of Radio Spots from the original release, two songs, a foley sound effects demonstration, and 2 interactive "Sound Studio" demonstrations. Also more production archives; included is the fan letters sent to Gibson the author; a news story from TV about the unveiling of the memorial to Old Yeller in Gibsons home town, which Disney studio participated in; a documeentary on the writer; a short video called "Dogs" ; recent interviews with cast members; My favorite, a nice featurette on the famous Golden Oak Movie Ranch owned by Disney where this film and so many others were filmed. I had always wanted to see it and my wish came true; more is the 1961 Disney Studio Album which is a photo album/video showcasing all the Disney Studio created in 1957 from Parks, to TV, to theatre; A really neat extra is the actual recording of the original kids storybook album released as merchandising, narrated by Fess Parker. There is another documentary on the making of the film; Also included here as a real treat is the original theatrical Pluto cartoon "Bone Trouble" released with the film in 1957, so you can see it the way you did back when, or show the kids the way it used to be when you went to the movies and you saw more than commercials before the movie. To find all of these extras is not easy, so make sure you poke around and push on every icon you can and be sure to even play the things that do not sound interesting to you since they can lead to another submenu of goodies. I challenge anyone to watch this without getting caught up in the story, or to keep from singing the great title song. Thank you! Thank you, whoever at Disney pushed to treat this DVD like this. The extras have caused me to rave about the Vault Disney series to everyone I know and buy extra copies for my loved ones as Christmas presents. I hope all Disney fans buy tons of these so Disney understands it is worth putting the extra work into a DVD. On the other hand I and my friends have refused to buy some of the disney discs they have rushed to the market lately with no extras and no widescreen. Are you listening Disney?? If I could give it 10 stars I would, well worth the price!
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