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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0786936768268
Format: Animated, Color, DVD, NTSC
Label: Walt Disney Video
Languages: EnglishOriginal Language
Manufacturer: Walt Disney Video
MPN: D57742D
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: Walt Disney Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: November 11, 2008
Running Time: 344 minutes
Studio: Walt Disney Video
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
Studio: Buena Vista Home Video Release Date: 11/11/2008
Amazon.com:
Film critic and historian Leonard Maltin, who provides introductions for both discs included in The Chronological Donald, Vol. 4: 1951-1961, points out that Walt Disney continued to make Donald Duck cartoons well after his studio had stopped creating titles featuring Goofy, Pluto, and even Disney figurehead Mickey Mouse. Perusing the nearly three dozen items included here, it's easy to see why the "wise-quacking duck" was still in business nearly 30 years after his creation. This stuff is brilliant: clever, funny, endlessly inventive, and sometimes even educational, it simply never gets old. Of course, some are better than others; "Trick or Treat," to name just one, features Huey, Dewey, and Louie, allied with the hag Witch Hazel, taking their Halloween revenge on their mean and stingy uncle, with not one but two original songs, one of them a hilarious "dance" number after Hazel puts a spell on Donald's feet, all crammed into about eight minutes. Elsewhere, we find traditional nemeses like Chip `n' Dale (particularly good in "Working for Peanuts," which was originally produced in 3-D) and Black Pete, as well as a variety of newer adversaries, both "human" and animal, on whom the hot-headed duck unleashes his notorious temper. Of particular interest to some will be the educational shorts like "Mathmagic Land" (at nearly 30 minutes, it's several times longer than the average cartoon in this set), which sports a weird, almost postmodern look and includes jokes about trees with "square roots," information about the value of pi, circles, pentagrams, pentagons in nature, the "golden rectangle" in Greek architecture, and a great deal more, and even some live action footage. Other rarities include "Grand Canyonscope," filmed in CinemaScope (with ample big, wide vistas as Donald lays waste to the Grand Canyon), a look at some storyboards that were never made into a finished product, and more. But the main attraction is Donald. Voiced, as always in those days, by Clarence "Ducky" Nash, the irrepressible duck ("Who's never wrong but always right? Who'd never dream of starting a fight?" goes the theme song) is one of the great creations in the history of popular entertainment. --Sam Graham
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And here we are at the final collection of Donald Duck shorts. The majority of the content here spans the decade between 1951 and 1961. We've got 29 shorts and 2 longer, educational pieces. Finally, the set closes out with 10 short adventures from the Mickey Mouseworks show.
Donald was still in top form when the set starts. He's got some classic battles with Chip 'n' Dale like "Test Pilot Donald," "Out of Scale," and "Donald Applecore." His nephews team up with Witch Hazel in the ... Read More
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I was disappointed when I had to buy this on the secondary market at a premium after speculators snapped up all the available copies. My copy arrived two weeks later, shipped in only a padded bag. Ordinarily, this would be fine, but these DVDs come in a tin container that's easily dented. After viewing the DVD, I am wondering whether I got a pirated copy or not?? Many of the features listed in the product description -- such as Donald in MathMagicLand-- are missing. I wrote to the vendor and never ... Read More
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This DVD is really a Treasure. You can't say that one film is better than the other. They are all good! Put the DVD in your player and enjoy Donald when he is on top!!
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Maybe only Yosemite Sam comes close to the irascible Donald Duck in the cartoon world. Donald was the first thing i ever remember seeing at the cinema when I was 4 years old in a short called "Up a Tree". So i was pleased to see that this cartoon was included in the last of the "Chronological Donald" Treasures completing all of his long frustrating adventures on DVD. I have been a fan of Donald for 54 years now, and unlike some people who say they can't understand what he says (or squawks), it's never bothered ... Read More
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The Disney Treasures collectable series are great! Why this one only had a printing of 35,000 is beyond me, except to provide a demanding market with an increasing value. There are already many breakdowns and revues for this Donold's #4, so I'll just add that I'd been waiting to get Donald in his Mathmaticland on a DVD since I first started collecting these treasures and am glad I finally have one. It's kinda sad that this release catered toward us collectors instead of the public in general, because now a lot ... Read More
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