Product Details

• Actors: Liesel Matthews, Eleanor Bron, Liam Cunningham, Kate Maberly, Maggie Smith
• Directors: Agnieszka Holland, Alfonso Cuarón
• Writers: Caroline Thompson, Elizabeth Chandler, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Richard LaGravenese
• Producers: Alan C. Blomquist, Amy Ephron
• Format: Closed-captioned, 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
• Rating: G (General Audience)
• Studio: Warner Home Video
• DVD Release Date: January 31, 2006
• Run Time: 199 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (34 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000E0WJOG
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #4,884 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "A Little Princess / The Secret Garden" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

Two of Frances Hodgson Burnett's most treasured children's novels come to the screen in wondrous adaptations. Alfonso Cuaron (Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban) directs A Little Princess, the magical story of a girl who uses her powers of imagination and zest for life to overcome hardships at a stern boarding school. And three lonely children are forever changed as they learn to trust each other while restoring and taking refuge in The Secret Garden. Agnieszka Holland (Europa Europa) directs and Francis Ford Coppola executive produces a luminous film in which magic and hope bloom.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

31 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful!, August 22, 2006

By	80sGuy (Los Angeles, CA USA) - See all my reviews

We first saw "A Little Princess" on HBO and knew right away that it's a "must add" DVD to our collection, even better...a DVD with two of Frances Hodgson Burnett's classics. Any adult can relate to the two movies here and the stories are beautifully told on film adapted from the books. There are other versions which we haven't see and am pretty sure they're all as good. My girlfriend became very emotional [about Sarah Crewe] and loved it (she's a kid at heart) I'm glad she did, because essentially, I wanted this movie for her because she is my little princess.

The double-featured disc is a great value, but a widescreen format would be a good option, there isn't one despite the description from the case stated that there is both full-screen & widescreen versions: this is pretty misleading because I believe the two formats were meant for the 'Theatrical Trailers' and NOT for the movie if you read carefully along the print. Also, printed inside on the center hub of the disc, it states that both versions are 'Full Screen', by then this is too late to sort out the confusion if you are very particular about having the widescreen format...so I'll minus one star for this making a total 4 out of 5.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Two great movies for the price of one!, May 15, 2006

By	JKSobonya (East Norriton, PA USA) - See all my reviews

Two of my all-time favorite movies on one DVD, with special features and trailers to boot - could it get any better? I argue, it cannot!

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Misleading Claim!, October 10, 2008

By	W. Chapman (Sacramento, CA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Like others here, I was disappointed to find that neither film was presented in the letterbox format despite the claim on the box, so I sent an e-mail to WHV to complain about it. I was told that they would replace what I had with two DVDs covering the individual titles once they received it from me in the mail. I thanked them and suggested they keep the product off the market since the letterboxing mentioned on the cover was incredibly misleading. Shortly after I received the two DVDs, I discovered that "The Secret Garden" and "A Little Princess" had been available in a similar double-feature set but presented on TWO discs instead of one. Apparently some genius in Warner's marketing department came up with the idea of saving money by reducing the two DVDs down to one but neglecting to take into consideration that a format would have to be sacrificed in the process. They just kept the text from the original set's packaging, which is pretty damn lame if you ask me. And to make matters worse, I still see this thing being sold in large quantities at Safeway and Target stores as well as here on Amazon even though WHV obviously know they've got what I consider to be unmarketable merchandise on their hands. At least Amazon lets you know that you're getting the fullscreen format with this one.