Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1898 in DVD
• Released on: 2006-08-21
• Rating: Universal, suitable for all
• Format: PAL
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1

Customer Reviews

flawed rerelease of classic childrens film
This film is one of the all time best 'book to film' transformations, being so faithfull to the source material. Clarity of both picture and audio cannot be faulted. This film is presented in 4:3 format, but was framed for a widescreen release so press zoom on your TV remote, you wont miss any action.Sadly, this DVD release is badly let down by the mistaken lack of end credits, and 'Swallows and Amazons Forever' logo as the film finishes.(to get a clean print a prefinished neg may have been used). This simple mistake is unforgivable as it is difficult to believe it will be correctly released for many years, and how difficult would it have been to include the BBC reunion of key cast members shown recently? To sum up, great childrens film, very poor effort at a DVD release.

Flawed Release
Got to agree with an earlier review. This is a wonderful children's film badly let down by this release. There are no extras on the DVD but what really rankles is the fact that someone has seen fit to omit the end credits. It simply beggars belief! It is not as if they don't exist. My old VHS copy had them and someone else, presumably similarly angered, has uploaded them onto Youtube. May something unfortunate happen to the idiot responsible for butchering this film!

Faithful Adaptation Gets the Tone Just Right
Considering how often book adaptations get everything wrong, I can hardly complain about this film version of one of my favorite books. What is captured so well is the innocence of the story. There is a strong appeal to the easy going nature of the adventures in these books, and the film captures that aspect perfectly. The child actors are very well cast and play their parts as well as probably is possible. It probably could have done with 15 more minutes to fully round out the story, but on the whole I have nothing to really complain about. As others noted, the DVD is very Spartan, but this didn't take away from my enjoyment of this wonderful film.