Woody Woodpecker and Friends Classic Cartoon Collection: Volume 2
by Walter Lantz
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Actor: Mel BlancDirector: Walter Lantz
Brand: UNIVERSAL STUDIOS HOME ENTERTAIN.
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled)
Format: Animated, Box set, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 507 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-04-15
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Universal Studios
Movie Reviews of Woody Woodpecker and Friends Classic Cartoon Collection: Volume 2
Movie Review: My 4 year old loves it!
Summary: 5 Stars
I loved Woody Woodpecker as a child and since my 4 year old loves Tom & Jerry & Bugs Bunny, I fugured she might like this too. I was so right! She loves this DVD set. I was not worried it might look grainy or have bad sound but it is great. I had doubts at first because of the price but you get three DVD's and since she loves it, it's so worth the money. I'm also happy we can watch it together and equally enjoy it.
Summary of Woody Woodpecker and Friends Classic Cartoon Collection: Volume 2
It's time for more crazy tricks and treats with your favorite feathered friend in The Woody Woodpecker and Friends Classic Cartoon Collection: Volume 2! 75 hilarious theatrical cartoons from creator Walter Lantz are presented completely uncut and digitally remastered including 3 Academy Award nominees. Enjoy the side-splitting fun and wacky adventures of Woody along with Chilly Willy Andy Panda Wally Walrus Buzz Buzzard and Woody's nephew and niece - Knothead and Splinter. Featuring rare Musical Miniature and Swing Symphony cartoons plus appearances by Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Windy the Bear Maggie and Sam and Inspector Willoughby this outrageous collection is non-stop fun for fans of all ages!Format: DVD MOVIE Genre:?CHILDREN/FAMILY Rating:?NR UPC:?025195026925 Manufacturer No:?61103378The second installment in "The Walter Lantz Archive" includes 45 Woody Woodpecker cartoons from 1952 to 1958, and an assortment of films made between the early '30s and the mid-'60s. During the '50s, when the Warner Bros. directors were crafting some of the funniest cartoons ever made and MGM's "Tom and Jerry" series was winning Oscars, the Lantz shorts ranked as second-rate at best. Although some talented artists worked on them, the Woody films from this era feel stale and formulaic: the gags lack punch and the character never develops as a personality. Five Oswald the Lucky Rabbit films qualify as genuine rarities. Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks created the character; Universal's Carl Laemmle took Oswald from Disney and ultimately gave him to Lantz. "Carnival Capers" (1932), "Five and Dime" (1933), and "Wax Works" (1934) reveal just how strongly the early Oswald resembled Mickey, down to the two-button shorts and chunky shoes. But the animation remains crude, rubbery and weightless. The most interesting of these cartoons is "Puppet Show" (1936), which juxtaposes live action footage of marionettes with drawn animation of the same characters. At this point, Oswald, who pulls the puppets' strings, had been re-designed to look like a white Easter Bunny. "A Haunting We Will Go" (1939), starring Li'l Eight Ball, a forgotten stereotypical African American boy, exemplifies the dubious ethnic humor that was popular at the time in America. The extras include a dozen of Lantz's short explanations of the animation process from "The Woody Woodpecker Show." (Unrated, suitable for ages 10 and older: cartoon violence, alcohol and tobacco use, ethnic and racial stereotypes) --Charles Solomon
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