Product Details

• Actors: Walter Pidgeon, Gilles Payant, Émile Genest, Janette Bertrand, Georges Bouvier
• Directors: Norman Tokar
• Format: Color, Letterboxed, Original recording remastered, Special Edition, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Starz / Anchor Bay
• VHS Release Date: January 25, 2000
• Run Time: 89 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00003L9AZ
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #142,866 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

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Editorial Reviews

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Disney has always done right by the classic "boy and his dog" adventure, and Big Red, adapted from the popular novel by Jim Kjelgarrd, is no exception. Wealthy sportsman Walter Pidgeon buys a beautiful Irish setter to turn into a champion show dog and hires spunky young Gilles Payant, a French-speaking country boy teaching himself English, to care for the dog. But boys will be boys and as Gilles and the setter run through forests, chasing critters and rolling down hills, Red loses all interest in show business discipline as he bonds with the kid. Pidgeon makes a gentle and understanding paternal father figure who grows to love the uneducated but hard-working lad, who grows from impulsive adolescent to courageous young man, but apart from a shattering accident that leaves Red near death, there's little real excitement to the lolling tale. Disney house director Norman Tokar proves more adept in filming the stately wilderness landscape than developing the dramatic possibilities of the script, but there's a charm to the innocent scenes of the boy and his dog at play in the great outdoors. It's a nostalgic world of blue skies, green meadows, rushing rivers of blue and white water, and mountain peaks shooting into the sky. What more could a boy and his dog ask for? --Sean Axmaker

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Big Red, April 9, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Big Red (1962) [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Wow! what a lovely family film about a beautiful Irish Red Setter and a boy who cares for him. It is based on the characters in the James Kjelgaard books but is NOT a film of the book "Big Red". But do not let that put you off! The scenery is breathtaking, the storyline is great family and dog lover fare and the acting beautiful and innocent

I have been searching for this film for 5 years and the wait was well worth it. This is one for the dog lovers and famalies with young children who love dogs.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Indescribable Beauty, March 22, 2000

By	john scaturro - See all my reviews

This review is from: Big Red (DVD)

I must have watched this picture a million times, and still never get tired of it. It has the same affect on me today and my child. The scenery is breathtaking, as is the music and acting. Anyone who owns,or has ever owned an Irish Setter, understands what this movie means to them. It really catches your heart and trully shows what love there can be between a boy and his dog.I own the VHS as well as the DVD which is fantastic. Should anyone know of the whereabouts of the boy who played Rene (Gilles Payant),please email me at [e-mail] Thank you

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars big red, July 2, 2000

By	Jerry Bare (saint petersburg, fl United States) - See all my reviews

This is a must see for anyone who loves animals. I first seen this movie in 1962 and it is still my number one favorite.