Product Details

• Actors: Louise Cheka, Kevin Sommier, Ariane Aggiage, Isabelle Volpe, Ivanah Coppola
• Directors: Dominique Monfery
• Writers: Andrew Sabiston, Brenda Clark, Charles Tellac, Jean-Jacques Pron, John van Bruggen
• Producers: Christian Davin
• Format: AC-3, Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 5.1), Spanish (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo)
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: G (General Audience)
• Studio: Hbo Home Video
• DVD Release Date: May 22, 2007
• Run Time: 76 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000NTMA1K
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #30,930 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Franklin and the Turtle Lake Treasure" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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FRANKLIN AND THE TURTLE LAKE TREASURE - DVD Movie

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18 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Franklin and the Turtle Lake Treasure, January 11, 2008

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Dianne Torrey - See all my reviews
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I thought that this DVD was very well done. The animation is different from the typical Franklin story, even his other full-length stories. The characters are "more animated", for lack of a better description. For example, instead of the usual stone-faced Bear character, he makes funny faces. The music is also different-not annoying like the other full-length stories. Franklin and Harriet are not whiney, spoiled, and annoying like they usually are.
The problem lies in the story itself. Granny is dying of some unknow ailment and it seems that Franklin must find this magic talisman to save her life. That's quite a bit of pressure on a child, I would say. My daughter did not like that at all. We also get to hear Granny's story of hiding this talisman in a time capsule when she was a child, which is fine until you see the forest around her small pup tent erupt in flames, and watch as it creeps closer to her family's cabin where her parents are sleeping. She escapes to a row boat on the lake and watches and waits till the fire is gone. Then she sums up the story by saying that "she lost everything in that fire", and then went to live with some other family member. It's a pretty gruesome way to make the time capsule a challenge to find for Franklin! I wonder what the authors were thinking when they wrote this story line. I thought that killing off parents was just a favorite Walt Disney device. My daughter does not want to watch this again, it upset her so much. And even though it is a very well-done cartoon, I can't say that Franklin is one of my favorites, so it's not likely that anybody else will be watching it again either.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best Franklin Movies., March 24, 2010

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A. Alger (Indianapolis, IN USA) - See all my reviews
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I have to disagree with some other reviewers who think this movie is to gruesome or mature for preschoolers. Me and my daughter have watched this movie several times over the past 3 years and love the movie. It teaches that no matter how impossible a task as long as you work together and don't give up you can accomplish anything. Just like people shield their children from bambi cause his mom dies. Thats your choice. But to bash a movie because it's more of a serious story than your child can handle doesn't mean other children can't handle it. It's a great story, a great theme and a great moral lesson of never giving up. I for one think calling the movie gruesome due to a fire or grandma getting sick is a little overkill.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Tender Lessons, November 3, 2007

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M. Rubin "Tulip Sleuth" (Orange County, CA) - See all my reviews
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I was also, a bit surprised at some of the mature areas of this
film, but I felt it had a tender manner of dealing with the situations.
Perhaps this Franklin isn't meant for super small children - yet I didn't find
it offensive at all. My daughter really likes this dvd.