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Shelley Duvall's Faerie Tale Theatre: The Complete Collection | 
| Directors: Tim Burton, Francis Ford Coppola, Eric Idle, Roger Vadim
Actors: Shelley Duvall, Robin Williams, Christopher Reeve, Mick Jagger, Howie Mandell
Studio: KOCH Vision
Category: DVD
List Price: $99.98
Buy New: $51.49
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Rating:  15 reviews
Format: Box Set, Color, Dolby, Dvd-video, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 7
Running Time: 1387 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.6
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.6 x 2.4
MPN: KCHDKOC6544D
UPC: 741952654490
EAN: 0741952654490
ASIN: B001AZIRV8
Theatrical Release Date: 2008
Release Date: September 2, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Product Description
This award-winning series produced by shelley duvall brings to life 26 classic fairy tales in one star-powered critically acclaimed collection. Also includes story book and game. Studio: Koch International Release Date: 09/02/2008 Run time: 1326 minutes
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One of the first gems of the cable TV age, Faerie Tale Theatre brings 26 classic tales to life. Produced over a five-year span (1982-87) for Showtime, FTT brought together creative dramatics and whimsical writing with some of the top talents of the day. Executive producer/host Shelley Duvall (who was coming off her breakout role in The Shining) shepherds this mix of theatrical simplicity and grand storytelling for these oft-told tales ("Goldilocks and the Three Bears," "Little Red Riding Hood," "Hansel and Gretel," "Sleeping Beauty," and the like) for kids and their parents. Since they are not elaborately produced, FTT may be a hard sell for some smaller members of the family at first, but most should be hooked, even older kids who may pooh-pooh fairy tales. There's always a slight twist that makes these productions fresh. The cast is amazing, especially when you think how lightly cable television was thought of in the '80s: Jeff Bridges, Bud Cort, Liza Minnelli, James Coburn, Susan Sarandon, Christopher Reeve, Klaus Kinski, Billy Crystal, Matthew Broderick, Gregory Hines, Eric Idle, Robin Williams, and Mick Jagger are some of the talented--and varied--actors appearing. Crystal's take on the smart "Little Pig" (with Jeff Goldblum as the wolf) and Williams's "Frog Prince" are two comic gems. Malcolm McDowell, right in the middle of his career high-point of playing baddies, brings flair to the Big Bad Wolf, while his then-real-life wife Mary Steenburgen beautifully counterpoints as Red Riding Hood. The casting of Vincent Price and Vanessa Redgrave in "Snow White" is inspired. Also impressive are the directors Duvall pooled: Tim Burton ("Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp"), Francis Ford Coppola ("Rip Van Winkle") Peter Medak (three episodes), Nicholas Meyer ("Pied Piper"), and Roger Vadim ("Beauty and the Beast"). You can go on for days about these wonderful tales, most totaling around the 45-minute mark, but it's better just to get the set and start wherever you'd like; you will get to the end sooner than you think. --Doug Thomas
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| Customer Reviews: Read 10 more reviews...
 What a disappointment November 24, 2008
Thomas M. Snyder
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I can't believe that this series got released AGAIN on DVD without the closed caption tracks from the VHS and original broadcast. Does it really cost that much more to include the CC? It's not like they have to create it from scratch. It had already been done. My wife dearly loves these episodes, but her deafness prevents her from getting the full enjoyment out of them without closed caption. We bought the previous set from Starmaker only to be let down by the lack of CC. We had really hoped that Koch Vision would step up and release this new set with the captions intact. I believe it's a law now that all tv's manufactured for sale in the USA have to have the CC decoder built in. Why can't the media have the same specifications?
Amazing. November 1, 2008
Imparo (Chicago IL)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
These are the best representations of the fairy tales. A must see for all children.
 Living on a Dream October 30, 2008
William R. Kolbe
I have been a fan since these films were first made. I had most of them on an old format which we call "needle-vision." I was a real pleasure to get them on DVD. I'd also recommend The Storyteller by Jim Henson's group.
Any Age Will Enjoy October 21, 2008
Dorothy Thompson (Thousand Oaks,Ca USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Years ago I purchased these stories in VHS for my small granddaughter.
they are wonderful and the added benefit is the well known actors in roles unlike their usual roles played. I now purchased them in DVD as I consider them to be a hand me down family treasure for future little ones in our family. Thank you Shelley Duval.
 Not Sure about it yet. . . . . . October 9, 2008
Richard K. Mcpherson (TX)
3 out of 9 found this review helpful
My sister and I loved watching these episodes when we were kids. I was so excited when I found them all in this complete collection. We put in the first one and were shocked at the language and improper lines. We don't remember that being in there because if it had been, there would have been NO WAY our mom would have let us watch it. We stopped that one and watched the 2nd and 3rd episode on the Disc 1 and there was no language; they were ok. So far so good. If there is anything else improper we will try to return it.
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