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Stories to Remember - Noah's Ark

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I bought this video after borrowing it many, many times from the library. My son enjoys it so much. He loves the animals. The narration by James Earl Jones is wonderful -- very calming.

I am a Hebrew School Teacher and shared this movie with my class. It was true to the story and not overdramatized. The musical score was beautiful. I would reccommend the movie be shown to a young audience (Under 10).

I love the TRUE story of Noah's Ark. This video shows the ark in a colorful way. James Earl Jones made a wonderful narrator; the music was wonderful. It lookes as if it took alot of animators, paint, and time just to draw the animals. I liked the scene when the dove returned to the ark with an olive leaf. This movie is one of the best Noah's Ark films ever!

I purchased this DVD for the Wednesday evening Children's class at my church, as we're currently studying stories in Genesis. This is biblically accurate, the animation is classic, and the narration by James Earl Jones excellent. The children seemed to really enjoy it and were able to put visual pictures with the story we have been discussing.

First off, great production values all the way around. But the thing that makes this version stand out is some of it's mildly disturbing aspects which surprised me.

Here we see that there were many more animals than would fit on the ark. We even see Noah actively pushing some out! Then we see many animals lined up outside hoping Noah will let them in. We even see a mother elephant try to comfort her baby elephant by hugging him with her trunk a la Dumbo. Then we see them, still standing in line, as water rises around them. It's kind of upsetting because we know all those animals are about to drown, even the babies!

We see this happen with people to, but that doesn't hit quite as hard as the animals.

Noah's sons don't wear shirts which isn't really disturbing, just kind of weird.

Lastly, once the animals leave the ark on Errarat...we see that the ark is full of poo! It's in piles all over the place and even dripping off the railings! We get extended shots of several locations of the ark with poo all over the place. What a strange thing to focus on!

Aside from these few bizarre items, it's a well-produced and engaging telling of the story.

Our family really enjoys this version of the Noah story. It does not have dialogue, but is narrated by James Earl Jones. The animation is high quality, very beautiful. It is 48 minutes long, and definitely good enough for viewing multiple times. This was also shown on the animated series, "Long Ago and Far Away".

I just LOVE James Earl Jones---mainly thanks to Darth Vader, but that's a different matter---and the illustration is so artistic.