Product Details

• Actors: Cliff Robertson
• Directors: Will Vinton
• Format: Animated, Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Tapeworm Video Dist
• VHS Release Date: March 11, 1996
• Run Time: 27 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6304039891
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #298,086 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Booklist

"Exquisitely crafted interpretation of a literary classic."

Product Description

Claymation by Will Vinton Studios from the story by Anton de Saint Exupery; Naration: Cliff Robertson

Gold Hugo, Grand Prix of Festival, Chicago International Film Festival

Jack London Award, First in Category

Platinum Eye, Best Film of Year, Association of Media Educators in Religion

Best in Festival, Aspen Film Festival

Best in Festival, Northwest International Film Festival

Notable Children's Film, American Library Association

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Claymation brings a classic to life, May 24, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Little Prince [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Antoine de StExupery's story is nor merely for children, as the author himself states, it is for the child each of us once was. This beautiful movie, from Billy Budd Films, is a wonder of the art of clay painting, quietly moving and lovely. All the usual words, like timeless, classic and unforgetable, apply here. You will watch this film many times, I promise.

17 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars This was disappointing., April 30, 2003

By 

William Tell (Ft. Walton Beach, FL United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Little Prince [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I recently bought this video here at Amazon[.com] after reading the three wonderful reviews.
But this video wasn't what I had expected.

In my opinion, there's quite a few things that make this video a poor choice:
The video is about 27 minutes long. The actual story is more than 2-3 hours long if read through straight, so this video cuts out more than 2/3 of the story from the actual book. I think the story in this video is hurried, which leaves no time to ponder for the imaginary young minds. The video & sound quality is very poor as well.

I recommend getting the Little Prince software by Viva Media/Tivola instead of this video. I think the software is exceptionally good since it includes the book with animation, and it doesn't sacrifice any part of the story.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It was so good i cried, July 13, 2002

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Little Prince [VHS] (VHS Tape)

i love this video it is a favourite of mine i love the charicteristics of it.it move me in every possible way and the animation is exellent.