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Max Fleischer's Color Classics: Somewhere in Dreamland
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0089859052422
Format: Animated, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Label: VCI Entertainment
Languages: English (Original Language),
Manufacturer: VCI Entertainment
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: VCI Entertainment
Region Code: 1
Release Date: July 30, 2002
Running Time: 270 minutes
Studio: VCI Entertainment
Theatrical Release Date: January 17, 1936
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Editorial Review:
This comprehensive collection of Max Fleischer cartoon masterpieces presents over 30 rarely seen Technicolor animated shorts, produced during the golden age of animation. Fleischer created the "Color Classics," a twisted collection of musical cartoons, to showcase his patented "Stereo-optical Process" that created the illusion of depth by animating his characters over three-dimensional, live action backgrounds. In this special digital picture and sound restoration, you'll discover a menagerie of wonderfully bizarre new characters and a massive dose of the Fleischers' surreal humor. Highlights include "Greedy Humpty Dumpty," "The Cobweb Hotel," "Ants In The Plants," and "The Fresh Vegetable Mystery." Featured are two Academy Award Cartoon Short Subject nominees - "Educated Fish" (1937) and "Hunky and Spunky" (1938) - as well as famed Fleischer femme fatale Betty Boop ("Poor Cinderella") and Grampy ("Christmas Comes But Once A Year"), and a potpourri of great song cartoons such as "Dancing On The Moon," "Hold It," "An Elephant Never Forgets," and "Small Fry." This collection is a dream come true for cartoon aficionados and Fleischer fanatics, young and old alike! Animated characters: BETTY BOOP, GRAMPY, HUMPTY DUMPTY, HUNKY and SPUNKY and more! Bonus Features: Commentary by animation historian Jerry Beck| Rare production artwork still frame gallery| Documentary about the Fleischer studio| Cartoon Menu. Specs: 2-DVD9s; Dolby Digital Mono; 270 minutes; Color; 1.33:1 Aspect Ratio; MPAA - NR; Year - 1934-1941; SRP - $19.99.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Silly Symphonies quality these are not...but rare and enjoyable nonetheless
Popping this DVD into your player and starting it up leads to a bit of an initial disappointment when you figure out that the video quality is a Grade D relative to the Grade A transfers in the Disney Silly Symphony sets. That being said, the video quality issues do not appear to be a result of laziness but longstanding neglect in the original films. So, while the video quality is lacking, it is an understandable evil. The video commentaries make up for the video issues and the subject matter ... Read More
Rating: - Fleischer's Rotoscope - the Golden Years
An excellent compilation of Fleischer's early color work which once and for all proves his pre-eminence as the greatest early American animator. The sophistication, the sly politics and the wonderful use of new technologies
make his competitors seem much less important than revisionist Disney historians would have us believe.
Sadly, the only thing missing with this dvd treat is a hard copy of some sort - at least a list of titles would help! Nada; niente; rien. For those of us who have ... Read More
Rating:  - Great collection, bad video quality
There is no mistake this is a great collection of classics cartoons by Max Fleischer. But it would have been great if they were restored digitally as Disney did with their Silly Symphonies. Some of the cartoons are blurry in some parts or too dark to the point that you don't know what is on screen. I wish this would have been explained in another review before I bought this set! The funny thing is that there's a docummentary that explains why a cartoon is missing and why the others are in so bad shape. ... Read More
Rating:  - Lost treasures...
Long before the rise of the Disney empire, animation had Max Fleischer and his whimsical illustrators producing some of the best cartoon shorts of all time. This collection contains most of them. It acts as a dipstick of American history. Innocence, whimsy, charm and naivity are clearly brought to life, with a depth not seen since.
I remember watching these gems early in the morning with my mother describing the time period to me. The 1930s come to life with singing, dancing and hope that ... Read More
Rating: - Dreams do come true
This is the cartoons that blew me away when i was just a little kid. The
incredible songs and musical scores mixed with the good messages comming
from different situations brough tears to my eyes many times. And now
40 years after...the tears still flow.
Great stuff, good looking restored cartoons.
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