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List Price: $59.99Amazon.com's Price: $44.99 You Save: $15.00 (25%)as of 11/21/2009 14:22 EST details
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0786936791877
Format: Box set, Black & White, DVD, NTSC, Original recording remastered, Restored
Label: Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Languages: EnglishOriginal Language
Manufacturer: Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
MPN: DISD101865D
Number Of Items: 6
Publisher: Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Region Code: 1
Release Date: November 03, 2009
Running Time: 945 minutes
Studio: Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
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Studio: Buena Vista Home Video Release Date: 11/03/2009 Run time: 945 minutes
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Like Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier, Disney's Zorro transcends nostalgia. From the thrilling theme song ("Out of the night / When the full moon is bright / Rides the horseman known as Zorro….") to the lively sword fights and swashbuckling derring-do, this rousing 1957 series has lost none of its entertainment value for old or young. The 39-episode first season, presented in glorious black and white and complete with "be with us next week" teasers, unfolds in three story arcs. The first, Zorro's origin story, is best. The setting is Spanish California in 1820. Don Diego de la Vega (Guy Williams, like Fess Parker, an unknown actor catapulted to icon status) has been urgently summoned from Spain by his father to return home to Pueblo de Los Angeles, where the tyrannical Capitan Monastario has unleashed a reign of terror and injustice. Diego, a man of action, passes himself off as a bookish man of letters and by night dons a cape and mask to become the outlaw Zorro ("the fox"), champion of the oppressed. The other two story arcs concern a conspiracy to rule Southern California led by the shadowy Eagle.
Zorro was Walt Disney's first prime-time half-hour series and it benefits greatly from Disney's keen eye for casting, storytelling genius, and high production values. The cast includes Henry Calvin as the bumbling and rotund Sergeant Garcia and Gene Sheldon as Diego's trusty, mute right-hand man Bernardo (the two actors were later paired as the Laurel & Hardy-esque characters in Disney's Babes in Toyland). Zorro deftly blends action and comedy in its first season, with no mushy romance to slow things down. The dialogue is at once kid-friendly (younger viewers may appreciate it when in one episode Sergeant Garcia reads a Wanted poster aloud), but not condescending. Diego/Zorro possesses a rapier-like wit with which he handily disarms his foes.
This collectible Walt Disney Treasures set contains rarely seen archival goodies and rarities, including a clip from a 1957 anniversary episode of the Disneyland TV series in which Walt regales the Mouseketeers with a preview of Zorro. There is a featurette about the Zorro legend and the enduring character's various incarnations on the page and screen, and a new-to-home video 1960 two-hour two-parter that features Rita Moreno and Gilbert "The Cisco Kid" Roland as a dashing bandit leader. Fans eager to savor "new dangers and new thrills in the adventurous life of Zorro" should proceed directly to The Complete Second Season. --Donald Liebenson
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I grew up knowing Walt Disney's Zorro TV show more from the famous theme song than the show itself. There were reruns in syndication and a revival on The Disney Channel (with special emphasis on the Zorro episodes featuring Annette) but I don't think I saw more than a handful, I must admit. I missed the show at the peak of its initial success in the late '50s.
That's why I wanted to experience every episode from both seasons on the new Walt Disney Treasures releases. I must say, after ... Read More
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I have been collecting the Walt Disney Treasures for years and it is only fitting a classic Walt Disney show like this be added into the collection. I look forward to what will be coming out in the future. It would be nice to see "Song of the South" re-released in its entirety, but we will see what Disney has in store for us next. Those who remember the show will love this collection. My personal favorite on every disc is the special features. Disney always manages to find old archival footage that ... Read More
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Great box with cool pin. Very fun for us baby boomers who made zees on everything. I even had a Zorro lunch pail!
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I have just finished watching both sets of this classic series and I can't say enough how thrilled I am to finally have all the episodes in their original black and white format.
For me, this is a vast improvement over the colorized version first made available in France and then through the Disney Movie Club. I was always irritated by the color bleeding into areas it shouldn't have, especially in the trees. These transfers are amazing. I am hoping that these sell out so that once again ... Read More
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First, I just received my order of the First Season of Disney's ZORRO. It's great, fond memories of watching these shows on TV as a kid came rushing to mind, prompting my return to amazon for the second season. I was shocked to see that not only had the price of season 2 jumped to $44.99, the price of season one had jumped to $49.99 when I just paid $36.99 a few days ago. I will wait. If the price gets reduced, I may consider a purchase of season 2. If the stock sells out before a price reduction, I will ... Read More
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