Rikki Tikki Tavi/Yankee Doodle Cricket
by Chuck Jones
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Actor: June Foray, Les Tremayne, Mel BlancDirector: Chuck Jones
Brand: Lions Gate
Producer: Chuck Jones
Writer: Chuck Jones
Producer: John Allen
Producer: Joseph Aidlin
Writer: George Selden
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 26 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-01-25
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Lions Gate
Movie Reviews of Rikki Tikki Tavi/Yankee Doodle Cricket
Movie Review: Kipling's Mongoose Comes to DVD
Summary: 5 Stars
My CBS-recorded copy was full of drop-outs, so I was delighted to find out this great Chuck Jones adaptation of the Kipling Jungle Book tale was finally on DVD. Although the story is animated in the usual Jones style, it has been done more in an effort to look like book illustrations. Although the mongoose is cute--much more adorable than the real thing--parents should be warned that all these Jungle Book stories have been taken word-for-word from the actual book and not from the cutesy-poo Disney flick, so the cold-and-sinister cobras and other snakes hissing about death may be frightening for very young children.
Included on this DVD is the third story in Jones' Chester Cricket cycle, Yankee Doodle Cricket. I had not seen this cartoon before and was quite disappointed by it, especially after reading a review saying it was the funniest of the three. It has none of the charm and humor of the original Cricket in Times Square or the delightful silliness and holiday spirit of A Very Merry Cricket. Your mileage may vary!
This DVD is practically perfect. There are some dust specks and flecks visible; however the colors and lines are bright and clean and the sound is good. The only downside to this DVD is the interminable previews that you are automatically subjected to. Hint: pressing the menu button on your DVD remote won't help, but once the previews start, you CAN skip through them by pressing the chapter button until you get to the actual menu.
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