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Little Prince [VHS]

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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.

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.

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.

Few seem to remember this claymation version of "The Little Prince," which unfortunately isn't too surprising, even though the art itself is executed wonderfully. The original book is much too strong to be solidly translated into a narrated eye-candy short. This was bested a thousand-fold both by the other work of Will Vinton's studio (see "Martin the Cobbler," "Dinosaur," and perhaps even the California Raisins specials) and by the animated show a few years later, which proved far more poignant despite the target audience of children. While ultimately better than the '74 live-action movie, it does nothing more than add an abridged, artsy spin to a story that's superior in its original text format.

Those who love claymation and/or anything having to do with The Little Prince will find more to savor here; devotees of the original book or the animated "The Adventures of the Little Prince" may see this as a denigration in an artful guise.