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The Biscuit Eater

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4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(1)
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In my opinion, this is Disney's best Dog film and my personal favorite of all Disney films. Based on a short story of the same title, Disney edits the film version to make it more fun for children, primarily by letting the dog live in the end of the film adaptation.

The Biscuit eater is a story of two boys, one black and one white, who jointly own and train the protagonist-a bird dog-with the hope of running it in the Grand National Field Trials at the Ames Plantation. Overcoming many obstacles, the dog and the boys persevere and learn valuable lessons along the way. There are beautiful images of the dogs pointing bobwhite quail and the subsequent covey rises.

The Biscuit Eater is also a story from the "Old Disney." Hence, critics who lament the direction the company has gone in recent years will love this older film digitally mastered on DVD.

I saw this movie a long time back, and its very sad
and regardless of amazon.com review, this is an excellent
movie of a love between a boy and a dog.
We all had a best friend at one time or another aka a dog.
The era of this movie was a slow time in america and
its a movie to sit back and relax and feel yourself right there.
Very enjoyable and a tear jerker

First, this DVD is clearly a translation from video, not film. There is no widescreen option. When playing on a high-resolution monitor or television, the scanlines are very noticeable. To top it off though, there are frequently visible artifacts in the movie, which are especially annoying when fading in and out of scenes. In fact, the volume name of the DVD is even misspelled - "BISQUIT_EATER"! I'm really surprised that Disney let this kind of shoddy work make it to market. It must have been a real fly-by-night translation service that they used.

In my opinion, this is Disney's best Dog film and my personal favorite of all Disney films. Based on a short story of the same title, Disney edits the film version to make it more fun for children, primarily by letting the dog live in the end of the film adaptation.

The Biscuit eater is a story of two boys, one black and one white, who jointly own and train the protagonist-a bird dog-with the hope of running it in the Grand National Field Trials at the Ames Plantation. Overcoming many obstacles, the dog and the boys persevere and learn valuable lessons along the way. There are beautiful images of the dogs pointing bobwhite quail and the subsequent covey rises.

The Biscuit Eater is also a story from the "Old Disney." Hence, critics who lament the direction the company has gone in recent years will love this older film digitally mastered on DVD.

What a wonderful story this is about two boys and a hunting dog[Wire Haired Pointing Griffon]. The adults get no where with his training but he responds to the children as it should be. I saw this movie many moons ago and declared I wanted this wirey brown haired dog. Just recently I found what the breed was and purchsed one and to my absolute amazement the dog reacts as the movie portrayed him, right down to eating eggs. It's a very moralistic movie for kids and a lot of laughs and a lot of fun to watch.

Heartwarming and engrossing tale of two boys, one white, the other black, both poor and both determined to prove they can train a dog that their parent's think is worthless.

I actually ordered this DVD not aware it was only a remake of the 1940 movie in black and white that was a lasting memory I had as a young child. In trying to rekindle those memories,I watched about twenty minutes of this version before turning it off. Because the original had left such an indelible memory, I did'nt need to see anymore to know I made a mistake in getting this one. The original starred Billy Lee and Cordell Hickman as the two young boys and I believe it may have even been voted the best piture of 1940. Easily worthy of five stars. This version may still appeal to other people but if they were to see the original I'm sure they'd agree as there's no comparison.

Many movies have appeal for mostly one type of person-- young kids, teenagers, adults, men, women, dog people, non-dog people.This movie is quite remarkable in that it really is outstanding for anyone. Really..

Wonderful story with a lot of depth. Good acting, memorable characters, humor, action, moral decisions to be made, definite but subtle lessons to be learned no matter who you are.

Five star rating. Ten if I could..

Ok. I'll admit this is theoretically about a dog. But you don't find many movies with this genuine depth, let alone one that's fun and suitable for all ages.

1972 Disney movie, set in the 1920's. A bird dog field trial trainer comes up with a dog he can't do a thing with, a total washout whose father was a sheepkiller. But the trainer's young 12-year-old son and his best friend buy back the dog after he is given away and work with him. They believe in him and he in them. And then comes the Big Trial and some serious moral decisions to be made by the boys..and later,one to be made by the mother and father.

This is old style trialing (for we trialers). Handlers wear coats and ties, walking older style pointing, handlers shoot their own birds, dogs retrieve. But the 1920's
style of the trials doesn't take away from the really excellent movie.

Much more than just "a dog movie". The father has to learn about being a dad, the boys have to learn something about being men and the mother something important about being a wife and woman. Great humor from a young Godfrey Cambridge,and great characters throughout. And of course, "Moreover" the German Wirehaired Pointer.

If you haven't seen it, you should. You won't forget "Biscuit Eater". My wirehair gave it to me for my birthday. And it is, by the way, a good quality DVD.

This is a very good family movie. I watched it with my mother age 77 & she really enjoyed it, I did too. I know we will watch it again.