Product Details

• Actors: Peter Scolari, Darren McGavin, Catherine Mary Stewart, Moses Gunn, Justin Whalin
• Directors: Will Mackenzie
• Writers: David Obst
• Producers: Jean Higgins, Joe Wizan, Mickey Borofsky, Todd Black
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, 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: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Buena Vista Home Video
• DVD Release Date: February 3, 2004
• Run Time: 93 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0000DZ3EK
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #30,910 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Perfect Harmony" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

PERFECT HARMONY is a moving story in which boyhood friendship and love of music overcome racial prejudice. Set in South Carolina during the 1950s, two boys -- Taylor, the star of his prep school's renowned, all-white boys' choir, and Landy, an orphaned black teenager with a gift for the blues -- develop a friendship in spite of the racial barriers that divide the school and town. Starring Peter Scolari (NEWHART) as the academy's inspirational choirmaster, this impressive work features uplifting music and promises family entertainment at its finest.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

31 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Vintage Disney, February 5, 2002

By	Philip Massey "philipthebiolaprof" (La Mirada, CA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Perfect Harmony [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This movie perfectly exemplifies what the Disney brand used to stand for before Michael Eisner started leading Disney into its present controversial direction: a quality family movie with a heartwarming, redemptive, and educational story; the kind of movie that families used to trust Disney to make consistently. The numerous excerpts of classical music, from Handel's "Messiah" to Haydn's "The Creation," are presented in a very entertaining and lighthearted manner. They are thus an excellent tool to teach younger children about this style of music in a way that's not stuffy or pretentious. My own early introduction to opera and classical music was through the vintage Bugs Bunny cartoons, like "Rabbit of Seville" and "What's Opera, Doc." This movie can serve much the same function for introducing children to oratorios and lieder. In the process, they will also receive a wonderful morality tale about looking beyond our outer differences to the person that's inside.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great movie, March 1, 2005

By	J. Small (PA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I taped this movie off the Disney Channel when I was about 7. I watched it so many times that the tape wore out. A couple of years ago when I saw it was re-released I was thrilled. It is a really great family movie that teaches the importance of accepting other people's cultures.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Disney movie!, July 29, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Perfect Harmony [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This title should be in the directory under the Disney and family genres. Currently, there is another video with the same title from 1995 listed that is actually a classical music video. This movie I highly recommend. Great Disney film.