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The Little Prince

starring: Cliff Robertson
directed by: Will Vinton

The Little Prince  
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0018713506153
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Label: Billy Budd Films
Languages: English (Original Language),
Manufacturer: Billy Budd Films
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Billy Budd Films
Region Code: 1
Release Date: January 08, 1979
Running Time: 27 minutes
Studio: Billy Budd Films
Theatrical Release Date: January 08, 1979


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Based on the classic story by Antoine de Sainte-Exupery

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Average Rating:  out of 5 stars

Rating:  out of 5 stars - Amazing images while still staying true to the story.
I saw this when it first came out over 20 years ago and I have been looking for it for quite a while. Although the film is a short it follows the story fairly accurately. It is more than amazing claymation, the backgrounds are equally amazing with swirling patterns in pastels, acrylics and water colors. This story is truly delightful, important and heart-wrenching. Do not simply dismiss this as a simple children's tale, adults need this more than most kids.



Rating:  out of 5 stars - Brilliant adaptation with surrealist undertones
This trippy claymation adaptation of Antoine de Saint-Exupery's classic tale of The Little Prince is both stunning to watch and emotionally memorable. The narration by Cliff Robertson helps keep the story going, and since most of his dialouge is straight from the book, it provides the insights and intricacies of the human heart that can never be perfectly transferred to the screen.

The way that this adaptation makes use of color and sound could only be from the 70s, and while this is ... Read More



Rating:  out of 5 stars - Unique in presentation and execution, but little more...
Few seem to remember this claymation version of "The Little Prince," which unfortunately isn't too surprising, even though the art itself is executed wonderfully. The original book is much too strong to be solidly translated into a narrated eye-candy short. This was bested a thousand-fold both by the other work of Will Vinton's studio (see "Martin the Cobbler," "Dinosaur," and perhaps even the California Raisins specials) and by the animated show a few years later, which proved far more poignant despite ... Read More



Rating:  out of 5 stars - 10 stars
one of the most amazing things ever produced by Man. love it. i have wanted it ever since I first saw it, and now I have it. yeah!!! :))


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