101 Dalmatians (Two-Disc Platinum Edition)
Walt Disney Studio Home Entertainment
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DVD Details:
- Starring: Marjorie Bennett, Cate Bauer, Tom Conway, Barbara Beaird, Sandra Abbott
- Director: Wolfgang Reitherman, Hamilton Luske, Clyde Geronimi
- Format: Animated, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC
- Rated: G (General Audience)
- Studio: Walt Disney Studio Home Entertainment
- Theatrical Release Date: Dec 01, 1961
- DVD Release Date: Mar 04, 2008
- Run Time: 79 minutes
- ASIN: B000YERP2S
- UPC: 786936735413
- Sales Rank: 142
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    One Hundred and One Dalmatians, 2008-11-19
Walt Disney's "One Hundred and One Dalmatians" is one of the best loved family films of all time, however, when lined up against greats like "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" and "Pinocchio", it is easy to see its shortcomings. Standing alone, it is a highly entertaining adventure that can be enjoyed by anyone and if released today, I believe it would create the same sensation it caused when it premiered in 1961.
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br /The story revolves around two Dalmatians, Pongo and Perdita, and their owners, Roger and Anita, who occupy a modest flat in urban London. Not long after Perdita gives birth to a litter of fifteen puppies, they are abducted by the evil Cruella De Vil, an old schoolmate of Anita's who lusts for a coat made of Dalmatian puppy fur. While the humans mourn, Pongo and Perdita utilize the "Twilight Bark", a canine gossip chain, which leads them to Hell Hall, a deteriorating manor house in the English countryside where the puppies, along with eighty four others are being held captive by Cruella's bumbling assistants, Horace and Jasper. In order to save their children, Pongo and Perdita must seek help from an assortment of neighboring animal friends including Colonel, a sputtering Old Enlglish Sheepdog and a brave cat named Mr. Tibbs, but as time runs out and Cruella's suspisions intensify, the fate of the puppies grows more and more uncertain.
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br /While this all sounds very thrilling, at times the story can be quite dull and uneventful. The entire first act drones along like an infomercial for Prozac and the animation, especially the scenes in Roger and Anita's flat, looks bland and too two-dimensional.
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br /It isn't until the arrival of Cruella De Vil that the plot truly begins to boil. She is the saving grace of the picture and quite frankly, the sole reason to see it. With Betty Lou Gerson's smokey vocal stylings and animator Marc Davis's graceful hand and observant eye, they create one of the great screen villainesses of all time. It is much more than a performance - it is life on the screen.
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