Product Details

• Actors: Edgar Bergen, Dinah Shore, Charlie McCarthy, Mortimer Snerd, Luana Patten
• Directors: Bill Roberts, Hamilton Luske, Jack Kinney, William Morgan
• Writers: Eldon Dedini, Harry Reeves, Homer Brightman, Lance Nolley
• Format: Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, THX, NTSC
• Rated: G (General Audience)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Walt Disney Home Video
• VHS Release Date: July 15, 1997
• Run Time: 73 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (50 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6304400225
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #74,914 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Fun is probably worth the purchase for "Mickey and the Beanstalk," the second half of this combo-film. "Beanstalk" includes the last performance by Walt Disney of Mickey Mouse. It also has Donald Duck and Goofy as comrades who climb the beanstalk in their back yard to face Willy the Giant. This segment actually achieves the goals of the film's title. The first half, however, is "Bongo," the story of a addlepated circus bear. "Bongo" is more poky and interest-free. Dinah Shore warbles and narrates the segment, and it goes on much too long for its purpose. Don't trade your cow in for it. --Keith Simanton

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

33 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Only the best movie that I have ever seen, December 8, 2001

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Fishbroomz (Pineapple, Rhode Island USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fun and Fancy Free (Disney Gold Classic Collection) (DVD)

Okay, I have been reading the other reviews on this movie, and they all say things like "went on for too long"..."Way overhyped"...and things like that. I beg to differ. The two movies in this wonderful DVD, Bongo and Mickey and the Beanstalk, are two family classics. As a child, I watched these two movies (on VHS, of course) over and over and over again. Willy the Giant characterizes my childhood in three words..."Potroast! Chocolate potroast!" And now, I know for a fact that my two little brothers have memorized the whole movie of Mickey and the Beanstalk. I don't want to ramble on forever, but I just want to say that these two are the best movies that I have ever seen, and I have seen a lot of movies.

22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of Disney's most under-rated classics., September 11, 2000

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"toonstuff" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fun and Fancy Free (Disney Gold Classic Collection) (DVD)

Actually, unknown might be a better word to use. This movie is rollicking fun from beginning to end, and features some wonderful animated moments. This is the original home of the featurettes "Mickey and the Beanstalk" and "Bongo", which are presented in their entirety. If you're looking for something a little different... an alternative to the animated Broadway musical... this is it. Highly recommended.

50 of 58 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Might not be the version you remember..., June 25, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Fun and Fancy Free (Disney Gold Classic Collection) (DVD)

If like a lot of people you first saw "Mickey & the Beanstalk" not in theaters but on television (usually preceding a feature, like "Dumbo") you are in for a bit of a surprise.

This DVD contains the theatrical version, where the animation is interspersed with live-action footage of people at a party, who are "telling" the story. This also means the wonderfully soothing TV-version narration (provided by Sterling Halloway, also voice of Pooh) is gone. The end result is that the cartoon drags on unnecessarily as the action is constantly interrupted by the live-action segments. Additionally, the live actors tend to get a bit chatty with their narration, and some of the humor they try to inject hasn't aged well. With the capacity of the DVD medium, why couldn't the TV version be tacked on as an extra?

Still worth owning (the beautiful animation and music can't be derailed even by the mediocre live action footage)--but be warned.