Product Details

• Actors: Mickey Mouse
• Directors: .
• Format: Animated, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: WALT DISNEY VIDEO
• DVD Release Date: April 7, 2009
• Run Time: 68 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B001PK47GC
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #15,605 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Disney Animation Collection 1: Mickey & Beanstalk" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Studio: Buena Vista Home Video Release Date: 04/07/2009 Run time: 63 minutes

Customer Reviews

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38 of 38 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Nice Collection, But Lacks Extras and No Remastering, April 30, 2009

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tvtv3 "tvtv3" (Sorento, IL United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Disney Animation Collection 1: Mickey & Beanstalk (DVD)

It's a well known fact that the Walt Disney Company is the mastermind of how to make money off of anything. They can package and repackage things over and over and over and over and even though a person already owns three versions of something, they'll buy it again. Kind of like the new Disney Animation Collection. Disney is re-releasing many of the cartoon shorts that first made the studio famous. These shorts have all been released before in one form or the other. I have a feeling that the new re-packaging of these shorts is a prelude to the eventual Blu-ray release of the shorts in a better form a couple years from now.

As far as shorts go, MICKEY AND THE BEANSTALK is a great collection. The collection includes:

"Mickey and the Beanstalk"--a re-telling of the classic story of "Jack and the Beanstalk", but this time with Mickey, Donald, and Goofy as the heroes. This short was originally planned as a feature film, but due to budget constraints was shortened and included as part of the 1947 movie FUN AND FANCY FREE. This version of the short doesn't include the live action narration with Edgar Bergen, but the animated storytelling of Ludwig Von Drake and Herman the Cricket from the 1963 television airing of the short. "Mickey and Beanstalk" isn't just worth watching because it's a good story, but because it's also the last cartoon that Walt Disney himself did the voice of Mickey Mouse.

"The Brave Little Tailor"--of all the Disney shorts I watched as a kid, "The Brave Little Tailor" was my favorite. Mickey stars as the Tailor. The village he lives in is all worried about a giant. Meanwhile, oblivious to the giant worries, the tailor is trying to work but is pestered by a group of flies. He kills seven with one blow and shouts it out his window just after a peasant asks aloud, "Say, did you ever kill a giant." Thinking he means seven giants and not flies, they bring him to the king who promises the tailor the hand of Princess Minnie if he defeats the giant.

"Gulliver Mickey"--first released in 1934, "Gulliver Mickey" is a black and white cartoon that features Mickey retelling part of the story of Gulliver in Lilliput to his nieces and nephews. This short was later featured as a segment in KINGDOM HEARTS 2.

"Thru the Mirror"--first released in 1936 Mickey falls to sleep while reading THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS and has a dream where he enters the looking glass, dances with a pair of gloves and a pack of cards, and is eventually attacked and chased by those same cards.

"Mr. Mouse Takes a Trip"--first released in 1940. Mickey and Pluto need to get from Burbank to Pomona, but dogs aren't allowed on the train as conductor Pete makes perfectly clear. Mickey sneaks Pluto on the train in his suitcase, but Pete finds out and chases them throughout the train.

As a collection of short cartoons, DISNEY ANIMATION COLLECTION 1: MICKEY AND THE BEANSTALK is a great collection. However, the pictures have in no way been cleaned-up or remastered. There's also no extras. If you don't already own these shorts, the DVD is worth buying. However, if you already own these shorts on other DVDs this is one you'll want to pass up.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars ~Classic Disappointment~, May 13, 2009

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W. Malecha "Self-Proclaimed Scholar" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Disney Animation Collection 1: Mickey & Beanstalk (DVD)

I would like to make a couple of things clear before I begin my review.

1.) This review is for 'Mickey and The Beanstalk' Disney animated short only.

2.) I bought this at Target not Amazon.com

I've had for a really long time wanted to buy 'Mickey and The Beanstalk' ever since the VHS tape I had of it was lost in one of my many moves.

So when 'Disney Animation Collection 1: Mickey & the Beanstalk' was released I was ecstatic and bought it for a premium price of $20.

The packaging and title screens are pristine in quality and sound however 'Mickey and The Beanstalk' is not, the animation looks like it hasn't been cleaned up in decades, even the VHS Version was better, the sound is horrific with the music and sounds and sound effects being really loud while the speech is very soft.

I agree with other previous posters to rent before buying because as much of a classic as this is it's not worth $20 and it's probably not worth watching more than twice in a decade.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Mickey & the Beanstalk, May 15, 2009

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Howard F. Kleinkopf (Honolulu, HI USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Disney Animation Collection 1: Mickey & Beanstalk (DVD)

When I purchased this new DVD release, I was expecting the original version I had seen when I was growing up. HA!! What a disappointment!
This version is so heavily edited, and with useless narration by Ludwig Von Drake, that it was hard to watch and enjoy. And when I wrote to the Disney Studio about this version, I was told I was mistaken and that this is the only "true" version. Again, what a BIG DISAPPOINTMENT!!