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DVD Lassie Come Home
Lassie Come Home is a classic for all the usual reasons: its timeless, universal appeal, its first-of-its-kind status, and its exceptional cinematography, direction, and performances. What makes this 1943 charmer especially fun for grownups who haven't screened it since their own preteen, pet-obsessed days, though, is a couple of cute-as-a-button cast members. An adorably over-earnest Roddy McDowall stars as Joe, the mostly hapless lad whom Lassie refuses to part with despite his down-and-out family's decision to sell her, for a paltry 15 guineas, to a wealthy duke; and Elizabeth Taylor, already stunning at around age 10, surrenders a sweet if mawkish performance as Priscilla, the Duke's tenderhearted granddaughter, who lends a hand in Lassie's escape from her family's unkind kennel master and winks her way into winning the fearless pup a permanent place at her true master's side. Beyond that, it's no mystery why generations of dog-loving audiences have marveled at the precocious collie's career--Lassie is a great actor. She so convincingly digs impossible trenches, leaps towering fences, swims raging rivers, knocks out bad guys, and betrays the essence of brokenheartedness with her bedraggled coat and woebegone expressions that it's sometimes hard to shake the suspicion that she's really an incredibly limber person in a cute dog suit. All told, Lassie Come Home delivers a lot to love, not the least of which is the deeply dramatic score--quirky sounding to the modern ear--which returns audiences to simpler, irony-free times, as does the movie's message of loyalty at all costs. --Tammy La Gorce
You know you want it!!!!! So just get it!!! What a classic loved every minute of it
Lassie Come Home
Touching tale gets full MGM treatment, with sumptuous Technicolor and a solid cast, including Donald Crisp and Elsa Lanchester as Joe's parents, and Elizabeth Taylor in her first MGM role. Mc Dowall's performance is heartfelt and restrained for the time, and Lassie, of course, is the dog we'd all love to own.
An Instant Favorite
Lassie, a collie with a golden heart, is one of the main characters of this wonderful film. She will always touch your heart with her pretty brown eyes, silky fur, large heart, and wisdom.
Lassie cannot stay at her home, and she must go with a man to be taken to a cage kennel place. Her boy terribly misses her, and he cannot bear to let her go, yet he must.
Lassie escapes from her cage to a town in which she meets a west highland white terrier, I believe, and befriends him. When a bad man kills Lassie's friend with a stick, I cried my heart out.
When Lassie finds her way home once more, her boy embraces her and loves her. The boy tries to hide her, but the men of the kennel come back to their house, looking for her. The boy doesn't want her to leave again, but the men manage to find her again and take her back.
Lassie finds her way back, this time released far away from her home. She must find her way back, an adventure that you will never forget.
Lassie will always touch your heart, and you will always remember it as one of your favorites. A wonderful family film, full of love, adventure, sadness, and the sense that bonds boy and dog together.
Peril lurks behind every scene resolution in the 1946 hit Courage of Lassie. After an odd, peaceable-kingdom beginning, Lassie is shot by Carl Switzer, the kid who used to play Alfalfa (really!), and rescued by Elizabeth Taylor. She inexplicably names Lassie "Bill" (maybe in revenge because Lassie got on the movie's title) and trains him to be a sheepdog. Bill gets hit by a truck, then impressed into service in the U.S. war effort in the Philippines. Presaging Rambo, Bill becomes a war hero, yet returns home from the front a broken dog and is considered a menace to society. The war scenes are a bit too grueling for a family film (at least with very young children). Bill gets shot (again) and has to do a reconnaissance mission that Joseph Conrad would admire. Taylor... More Info about this DVD Director(s): Fred M. Wilcox DVD Release Date: 24 August 2004
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This classic family film made a star of 12-year-old Elizabeth Taylor in the title role as spunky Velvet Brown, a girl who's determined to enter her horse, Pie, in the Grand National Steeplechase. Critic Pauline Kael called it "One of the most likeable movies of all time." Mickey Rooney costars as a young man who helps Velvet train Pie for the big race. At the last minute, Velvet herself has to ride Pie in the tournament and cuts her hair to pass for a jockey. Anne Revere won an Oscar as Velvet's mother, as did editor Robert J. Kern, who cut together a terrifically exciting horse race. Donald Crisp and Angela Lansbury are also featured as members of the Brown family. --Jim EmersonMore Info about this DVD Actor(s): Mickey Rooney - Elizabeth Taylor Director(s): Clarence Brown DVD Release Date: Released the 06 February 2001 Usually ships in 24 hours
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In this movie, Lassie actually plays Laddie, Lassie's harum-scarum son who can't seem to do anything right, but Joe Carraclough stands by him, even when he is called up to do service in World War II. When Laddie stows away in Joe's bomber and is shot down with his beloved master, the search is on: separated from Joe, Laddie does his best to catch up with him, inadvertantly leading the Nazis directly to his master. This is an adventure film, not a sentimental story like its predecessor LASSIE COME HOME, but that's fine--I'm just marking it down a little for those four child actors who find Laddie after Joe disappears. These have to be the worst child actors in MGM history. Every minute with them is excruciating. Thank God they are gone from the story after about 15-20 minutes. Otherwise a... More Info about this DVD Director(s): S. Sylvan Simon DVD Release Date: 24 August 2004
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This 1994 update on the Lassie legend stars Thomas Guiry as a troubled city kid whose family retreats to the country, where he befriends the famous collie and changes for the better. Conflict develops when a ruthless sheep rancher causes trouble for everyone. Director Daniel Petrie (The Bay Boy) aims only to revive the healthy spirit of previous Lassie films (and the television series) in a new milieu, and toward those modest ambitions--predictable plot and all--he succeeds. Guiry is unusually good in what many young actors would have taken to be just another blossoming-teen part. --Tom KeoghMore Info about this DVD Actor(s): Tom Guiry - Helen Slater Director(s): Daniel Petrie DVD Release Date: Released the 13 May 2003 Usually ships within 24 hours
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