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"Hanna-Barbera Storybook Favorites ... Black Beauty/Gulliver's Travels/Last of the Mohicans ... Koch Vision (2007)", May 15, 2007
This review is from: Hanna-Barbera Storybook Favorites: Black Beauty / Gulliver's Travels / The Last of the Mohicans [Animated] (DVD)
Koch Vision present "Hanna-Barbera Storybook Favorites (Black Beauty / Gulliver's Travels / The Last of the Mohicans)" (2007) (150 mins/Color) (Dolby Digital) --- This collection of storybook favorites from animation giant Hanna-Barbera Productions includes timeless adaptations of Anna Sewell's "BLACK BEAUTY", Jonathan Swift's "GULLIVER'S TRAVELS" and James Fenimore Cooper's "THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS" --- Three classic tales brought to life of storybook favorites includes animated adaptations that both parents and children will treasure.
Disc One
Black Beauty (1978) (47 mins/Color) --- Chris Cuddington (animation director), Neil Balnaves (executive producer), Kimmer Ringwald (script), Anna Sewell (novel) ... Alan Young (narrator) --- released October 28, 1978 --- The life of a sweet-temprered colt takes unexpected turns when he leaves to English countryside to become a working horse --- An animated version of the magical story of love between a young girl and her horse.
Disc Two
Gulliver's Travels (1979) (47 mins/Color) --- Chris Cuddington (animation director), Doug Paterson (executive producer), Kimmer Ringwald (script), Jonathan Swift (story), Australian Screen Music (score) --- released in 1979 --- A shipwrecked Englishman washes ashore on a strange and distant land to find himself a giant among the tiny citizens of Lilliput --- Ross Martin is the voice behind this adaptation of Jonathan Swift's timeless tale of adventures in Lilliput.
Disc Three
The Last of the Mohicans (1975) (48 mins/Color) --- Chris Cuddington (animation director), Neil Balnaves (executive producer),James Fenimore Cooper (story), Draper Lewis (story adaption (as Lewis Draper) --- released November 27, 1975 --- Frontier scout Hawkeye and his Mohican friends embark on a mission to lead the daughters of a British fort commander to safety --- The voicework is top-quality, and the percussion-based score is haunting, mysterious, and moody ... The Native-American characters are admirable and strong, which is a refreshing change from most Hollywood depictions ... The action and intrigue is children-friendly, but serious and tense at the same time.
Great job by Koch Vision for releasing "Hanna-Barbera Storybook Favorites (Black Beauty / Gulliver's Travels / The Last of the Mohicans)", the digital transfere with a clean, clear and crisp print...looking forward to more high quality releases...order your copy now from Amazon or Koch Vision where there are plenty of copies available on DVD --- all my heroes have been cowboys!
Total Time: 150 mins on DVD ~ Koch Vision 6452 ~ (4/10/2007)
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Storybook favorites, September 8, 2007
This review is from: Hanna-Barbera Storybook Favorites: Black Beauty / Gulliver's Travels / The Last of the Mohicans [Animated] (DVD)
You'll enjoy these, particularly Gulliver's Travels. Hanna Barbera made a number of these 45 min features throughout the 1970s.
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Great set for the price, family friendly films, April 19, 2010
This review is from: Hanna-Barbera Storybook Favorites: Black Beauty / Gulliver's Travels / The Last of the Mohicans [Animated] (DVD)
This is a nice box set with 3 animated movies for TV made in the late 1970-s by Hanna Barbera studios. The 3 titles are Black Beauty, Gulliver's Travels, and The Last of the Mohicans. They run about 47 minutes each without the commercials. Each movie comes in it own DVD case, and the 3 are in a slipcover cardboard case. Black Beauty is a classic story, the tale of a horse in England who has many negative experiences before finding love in a new owner. The script moves along pretty well, the animation is standard fare for TV.
Gullivers Travels, not to be confused with the older musical Fleisher Studios version, is the well known tale of a man that is shipwrecked on an island, only to find himself prisoner of a race of tiny people called Lilliputions. Good voice acting in this one, decent animation and character design.
The Last of the Mohicans. In frontier America, a half Indian scout heads up a group that is relocating the daughters of a British officer in wartime.
The DVDs played well in both of our players at home, no freezing or other issues. The image looked cleaned up or remastered. These films are a great way to introduce kids to the classic books these films are based on.
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