Product Details

• Directors: Hector Villalobos
• Format: NTSC, Color
• Language: Spanish
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Madera Cinevideo
• Run Time: 13 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: B001KMRDCU

Editorial Reviews

En esta suite de la película "El pequeño tren de la Caipira", es recreado que sirve de presentación del compositor Héctor Villalobos y su obra a través de técnicas fotográficas y de animación. Se presta especial atención a la utilización de los afro-brasileñas en instrumentos de percusión esta bien conocida historia musical. ENGLISH: In this movie suite "The small train of the Caipira," is recreated which serves as a presentation of the composer Hector Villalobos and his work through photographic techniques and animation. Special attention is given to the use of Afro-Brazilian percussion instruments in this well-known musical history.

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3.0 out of 5 stars The product information here on Amazon is TOTALLY wrong, October 25, 2011

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Sam Franklin "gangsteroctopus" (The Valley, SoCal) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: El Pequeno Tren [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I've tried to correct it, but whoever's in charge there doesn't seem to think I'm right, I guess, so I'll using a product review to get the right information out there.

This is a 1985 production from the folks at Harmony Gold (the people who brought you Robotech and "Shaka Zulu," among many other fine programs). It runs 90 minutes, is animated and appears to have been produced for a Spanish-speaking market (based on the fact that all of the signs in the cartoons are in Spanish). Composer Hector Villa-Lobos had NOTHING WHATSOEVER to do with this production (seeing as he had been dead for over two decades at the time).

Here is a plot summary from the back of the box: "THE LITTLE TRAIN takes us to fantasy land where we visit some of the favorite children's stories, such as Little Red Riding Hood, The Little Soldier [it's actually The Steadfast Tin Soldier] and the Three Little Pigs, accompanied by a host of entertaining characters, among them a family of rabbits who behave like humans, a lion who thinks he's a rabbit, and a villainous wolf that causes all kinds of trouble."