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Title:
Faerie tale theatre [DVD]
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[DVD]/ a presentation of Gaylord Production Company ; a Platypus/Lion's Gate production ; executive producer, Shelley Duvall ; Mercury Pictures, Inc.
Publication Information:
Port Washington, NY : Distributed by Koch Entertainment, [2008]
Physical Description:
7 videodiscs (1387 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 collector's storybook (112 pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm) + 1 3-in-1 card deck (9 x 7 x 2 cm)
ISBN:
9781417230631
General Note:
26 episodes of the award-winning television series Faerie tale theatre originally produced by Platypus Productions and Gaylord Productions from 1982-1985.
Special features: Disc 7. Vintage presentation reel; B-roll promo footage.
Abstract:
This award-winning series brings to life 26 of the most magical classic fairy tales of all time, now digitally remastered.
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Title on container: Shelley Duvall's Faerie tale theatre
Contents:
Disc 1: The tale of the frog prince / teleplay and directed by Eric Idle (c1983) -- Rumplestiltskin / teleplay by Gerald Ayres ; directed by Emile Ardolino (c1982) -- Rapunzel / teleplay by J. David Wyles ; directed by Gilbert Cates (c1982) -- The Nightingale / teleplay by Joan Micklin Silver ; directed by Ivan Passer (c1983) (198 min.).
Disc 2: Sleeping Beauty / teleplay by Jeffrey Fiskin ; directed by Jeremy Kagan (c1983) -- Jack and the beanstalk / teleplay by Mark Curtiss & Rod Ash ; directed by Lamont Johnson (c1982) -- Little Red Riding Hood / teleplay by J. David Wyles and Mark Curtiss & Rod Ash ; directed by Graeme Clifford (1983) -- Hansel and Gretel / teleplay by Patricia Resnick ; directed by James Frawley (c1982) (214 min.).
Disc 3: Goldilocks and the three bears / teleplay by Mark Curtiss & Rod Ash ; directed by Gilbert Cates (c1983) -- Princess and the pea / teleplay by Mark Curtiss & Rod Ash ; directed by Tony Bill (c1983) -- Pinocchio / teleplay by Mark Curtiss & Rod Ash ; directed by Peter Medak (c1983) -- Thumbelina / teleplay by Maryedith Burrell ; directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg (1983) (199 min.).
Disc 4: Snow White and the seven dwarfs / teleplay by Robert C. Jones ; directed by Peter Medak (1983) -- Beauty and the beast / teleplay by Robert C. Jones ; directed by Roger Vadim (c1983) -- The boy who left home to find out about the shivers / teleplay by Bruce Franklin Singer ; directed by Graeme Clifford (c1983)-- The three little pigs / teleplay by Mark Curiss & Rod Ash ; directed by Howard Storm (c1983) (208 min.).
Disc 5: The Snow Queen / teleplay by Maryedith Burrell ; directed by Peter Medák (c1983) -- The pied piper of Hamelin / teleplay by Nicholas Meyer ; directed by Nicholas Meyer (c1984) -- Cinderella / teleplay by Mark Curtiss & Rod Ash ; directed by Mark Cullingham (c1984) -- Puss in boots / teleplay by Jules Feiffer ; directed by Robert Iscove (c1984) (205 min.).
Disc 6: The emperor's new clothes / teleplay by Mark Curtiss & Rod Ash ; directed by Peter Medák (c1984) -- Aladdin & his wonderful lamp / teleplay by Mark Curtiss & Rod Ash ; directed by Tim Burton (c1984) -- The princess who had never laughed / teleplay by David Felton ; directed by Mark Cullingham (c1984) -- Rip Van Winkle / teleplay by Mark Curtiss & Rod Ash ; directed by Francis Ford Coppola (c1985) (202 min.).
Disc 7: The little mermaid / teleplay by Anne Beatts ; directed by Robert Iscove (c1985) -- The dancing princesses / teleplay by Maryedith Burrell ; directed by Peter Medák (c1984) -- Faerie tale theatre's greatest moments (161 min.).
Credits:
Producers, Jonathan Taplin, Shelley Duvall, Bridget Terry, Frederic S. Fuchs ; production designer, Jefferson Eliot, Michael Erler ; costume designer, J. Allen Highfill, John Hay, Terence Tam Soon, Sam Kirkpatrick ; music director, Van Dyke Parks ; music by Lennie Niehaus, Stephen Barber, Frank Serafine, Robert Folk, Peter Davison, Rob Meurer, James Horner, Jimmy Webb, Tom Scott. David Newman, Michael Convertino, Carmine Coppola.
Performer:
Host, Shelley Duvall ; Tale of the frog prince: Robin Williams, Teri Garr, Rene Auberjonois ; narrated by Eric Idle . Rumplestiltskin: Ned Beatty, Shelley Duvall, Herve Villechaize, Bud Cort. Rapunzel: Jeff Bridges, Shelley Duvall, Gena Rowlands ; narrated by Roddy McDowall. The Nightingale: Mick Jagger, Bud Cort, Barbara Hershey, Edward James Olmos, Mako. Sleeping Beauty: Beverly D'Angelo, Bernadette Peters, Christopher Reeve, Rene Auberjonois, George Dzundza, Carol Kane, Sally Kellerman, Richard Libertini, Ron Rifkin. Jack and the beanstalk: Dennis Christopher, Elliott Gould, Jean Stapleton, Mark Blankfield, Katherine Helmond. Little Red Riding Hood: Malcolm McDowell, Mary Steenburgen, Frances Bay, Diane Ladd, Darrell Larson, John Vernon. Hansel and Gretel: Ricky Schroder, Joan Collins, Paul Dooley, Bridgette Andersen.
Goldilocks and the three bears: Tatum O'Neal, Hoyt Axton, Alex Karras, Brandis Kemp, Carole King, John Lithgow, Donovan Scott. Princess and the pea: Tom Conti, Liza Minnelli, Beatrice Straight, Pat McCormick, Tim Kazurinsky, Nancy Allen, Charlie Dell, Diane Stilwell. Pinocchio: James Coburn, Carl Reiner, Paul Reubens, James Belushi, Lainie Kazan, Michael Richards, Vincent Schiavelli, Avery Schreiber, Vito Scotti. Thumbelina: Carrie Fisher, William Katt, Burgess Meredith ; narrated by David Hemmings. Snow White and the seven dwarves: Elizabeth McGovern, Vanessa Redgrave, Rex Smith, Michael Preston, Vincent Price. Beauty and the beast: Klaus Kinski, Susan Sarandon, Stephen Elliott, Angelica Huston, Nancy Lenehan, Stanley Wilson. The boy who left home: Dana Hill, Christopher Lee, Peter MacNicol, David Warner, Jeff Corey, Jack Riley, Gary Springer, Frank Zappa ; narrated by Vincent Price. Three little pigs: Billy Crystal, Jeff Goldblum, Valerie Perrine, Stephen Furst, Larry Hankin, Doris Roberts, Fred Willard.
Snow queen: Melissa Gilbert, Lance Kerwin, Lee Remick, Lauren Hutton, Mary Jackson, Linda Manz, Bobby Porter ; narrated by Shelley Duvall. Pied piper: Eric Idle, Tony Van Bridge, Keram Malicki-Sanchez, Peter Blais, Peter Boretski, James Edmond, Tom Harvey, Kenneth Wickes, Chris Wiggins. Cinderella: Jennifer Beals, Matthew Broderick, Jean Stapleton, Eve Arden, James Noble, Tim Thomerson, Jane Alden, Edie McClurg ; narrated by Joseph Maher. Puss in boots: Gregory Hines, Ben Vereen, George Kirby, Brock Peters, Alfre Woodard, Fuddle Bagley, Tony Cox, Daniel Frishman, Stan Haze, Darrow Igus, DavidMcCharen, Milton Murrill, Peter Risch, John Schuck. Emperor's new clothes: Alan Arkin, Art Carney, Dick Shawn, Georgia Brown, Barrie Ingham, Taylor Negron, Clive Revill ; narrated by Timothy Dalton. Aladdin: Valerie Bertinelli, Robert Carradine, James Earl Jones, Leonard Nimoy, Rae Allen, Joseph Maher, Ray Sharkey. Princess who never laughed: Ellen Barkin, Howard Hesseman, Howie Mandel, Barrie Ingham, Mary Moronov ; narrated by William Daniels. Rip Van Winkle: Harry Dean Stanton, Ed Begley, Jr., Mark Blankfield, Hunter Carson, Tim Conway, Roy Dotrice, Albert Hague, Christopher Penn, John P. Ryan, Glenn Withrow, Talia Shire.
Little Mermaid: Pam Dawber, Helen Mirren, Treat Williams, Karen Black, Brian Dennehy, Donna McKechnie, Laraine Newman. Dancing princesses: Lesley Ann Warren, Peter Weller, Roy Dotrice, Starr Andreeff, Laura Harrington, Sachi Parker, Viveca Parker, Lora Staley, Murphy Dunne, Max Wright, Ian Abercrombie, Zelda Rubinstein.
Technical Details:
DVD; region 1, NTSC; full screen presentation ; 5.1 Surround sound and 2.0 Dolby digital, digitally remastered.
Language:
English audio.