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List Price: $32.99Amazon.com's Price: $25.99 You Save: $7.00 (21%)Prices subject to change.
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Buena Vista Home Video
EAN: 0786936716344
Format: Animated, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Label: Walt Disney Video
Manufacturer: Walt Disney Video
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: Walt Disney Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: December 11, 2007
Running Time: 234 minutes
Sales Rank: 14231
Studio: Walt Disney Video
Theatrical Release Date: October 17, 1927
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Studio: Buena Vista Home Video Release Date: 12/11/2007 Run time: 234 minutes
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Before Mickey, there was Oswald: By 1926, Walt Disney's first series, the live-action/animation "Alice" comedies, had run its course. Under pressure from distributor Charles Mintz and Carl Laemmle of Universal, Disney and his artists created Oswald the Lucky Rabbit in 1927. Within months, Moving Picture World praised the cartoons' "astounding feat of jumping into first-run favor overnight." During the "Oswald" series, Disney's talents as an organizer and story man began to emerge; his friend and head animator Ub Iwerks designed Oswald's appearance and imbued him with a jaunty style of movement. But in 1928, Mintz took the character away from Disney. To replace Oswald, Walt created Mickey Mouse.
This important collection includes the 13 surviving silent "Oswald" shorts (of 26). Many of them feel like rough drafts for later Mickey cartoons. When Oswald enters a trans-Atlantic race in "The Ocean Hop," the antics he performs in his airplane prefigure the ones in "Plane Crazy." In "Sky Scrappers," Oswald takes a job on a construction site where his girlfriend (an unnamed cat) sells box lunches, anticipating the Mickey and Minnie cartoon "Building a Building" (1933)--down to the opening shot of a dinosaur-like steam shovel at work. The silent "Oswald" shorts have rarely been seen since they were first released 80 years ago: Some viewers may grow impatient with these relatively crude cartoons, but they remain intriguing examples into Walt Disney's early work.
Leslie Iwerks' informative documentary The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story (1999) traces the life of her grandfather. One of the greatest talents of the silent cartoon era, Ub Iwerks animated the first Mickey shorts and "Silly Symphonies" almost single-handedly. Iwerks left Disney to start his own studio in 1930. Although it attracted an impressive array of talent, it closed in 1938. Two years later, Iwerks returned to Disney, where he won two Oscars for innovations in visual effects technology. Hand suggests that the Iwerks cartoons were too sophisticated for the era of the Hays Code. But for all his talent as an animator and technical innovator, Iwerks was not an effective director: His studio's cartoons simply weren't very good. Included on this disc are three "Alice" comedies, "Plane Crazy," "Steamboat Willie," and "The Skeleton Dance," which showcase Iwerks' endearingly bouncy animation. (Unrated: suitable for all ages: cartoon violence) --Charles Solomon
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I don't know what happened here. The brightness of the videos goes from light to dark to light to dark...etc. Not just on one DVD but on both of them. Really distracts from the films. Perhaps it is just so many of these DVDs were made? Quality control doesn't seem to be present here. Oh...it is not just on the films, but also on the present day interviews. I've never had this situation on my DVD player before. I returned the 1st set I got, & tried again. Same problem with the 2nd set.
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The history of Oswald the Rabbit is as eccentric as the character itself. Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks created the character in 1927 but they were created specifically for Universal Studios. With some 26 shorts created, Disney sought an increase in their budget for the series. He was not only turned down but instead had his budget cut by 20%. When Disney scoffed he was basically told too bad because Universal owned the character and had actually already hired away most of the animators who worked on ... Read More
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If you are a Disney enthusiast or a student of animation, this is a must have. Its also very funny. My kids (2 and 4 years old) love these cartoons even though they are "silent." Many of the gags used in these shorts show up in later Mickey Mouse and other Disney cartoons. See if you can find them...
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finally home Oswald is home.. and I found theis old cartoons so funny.. just love it..
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The best thing about any Walt Disney Treasures set is the introduction by Leonard Maltin. I'll confess, I own several of these sets, but have watched nary a one all the way through. One thing is certain, though, and that is that I've seen Maltin's introductions a few times. He has such an enthusiasm for all things Disney, and his introductions do a spectacular job of preparing the viewer for the following footage, as well as provide insights into the wonderful world of Walt Disney that give the ... Read More
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