Pocahontas (DVD, 2005)

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Captain John Smith arrives with a boatload of English settlers in New England - alarming the local Indian tribe. On meeting the chief's daughter, Pocahontas, the two begin an emotional journey which tests her loyalty and shapes the future of two nations...

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ProducerJames Pentecost
EAN5017188812283
eBay Product ID (ePID)30591375

Product Key Features

Film/TV TitlePocahontas
DirectorEric Goldberg, Mike Gabriel
FormatDVD
Release Year2005
LanguageEnglish
FeaturesSpecial Edition\Sing A Long Songs\Music Videos\The Making Of\Creating Pocahontas With Glen Keanes\Early Presentation Reel And James Pentecost Introduction\Storyboard To Film Comparison\Character Design Galleries\Theatrical Trailers\The Premiere In Central Park
GenreChildrens, General, Animation
Run Time81 Mins

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CertificateU
Number of Discs2
ComposerStephen Schwartz, Alan Menken
ReviewsUSA Today - "...Gorgeously aqua, almost chlorinated, color schemes..." -- 3 out of 4 stars, Rolling Stone - ...Disney deserves praise for raising the ante on its ambitions in animation..., Variety - ...The story hooks from the start....The Disney artists have created a vivid palette for the picture. The colors are intense and play with nature...
Additional InformationThe romance between the spirited Indian beauty Pocahontas and the handsome British captain John Smith is painted in dazzling colors and sweeping music. This 33rd animated feature from Disney boasts the voice talents of Irene Bedard, Mel Gibson, Christian Bale, Linda Hunt, and David Ogden Stiers.
ScreenwriterPhilip Lazebnik, Carl Binder, Susannah Grant, Andrew Chapman
Movie/TV TitlePocahontas
VoiceJudy Kuhn, Christian Bale, Irene Bedard, Mel Gibson, David Ogden Stiers, Russell Means, Frank Welker, Linda Hunt
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  • Pocahontas - Poor treatment of history, but entertaining enough

    It goes without saying that ‘Pocahontas’ is not remotely historically accurate and takes enormous liberties with the past. This isn’t automatically a terrible thing, because an animated movie aimed at kids would struggle to depict a clash of civilisations like this in a way that was both true to life and appropriate. Personally, I really like films set in the past even when they deviate a bit, because I enjoy following up the film by looking up the true story and context. But ‘Pocahontas’ is different, firstly because it is a Disney film. The fact that it is a Disney film gives it an extra responsibility, not necessarily to stick strictly to the past, but to leave an accurate impression, because Disney films have a habit of embedding themselves so deeply in popular culture that they become the accepted version. Looking at some of the publicity and behind the scenes stuff made for this film really brought to my attention the thing about it that annoys me most: Disney totally knows that it has this responsibility and they’ve chosen to rewrite history. Disney’s ‘Making of Pocahontas’ documentary vaguely acknowledges that the film is based on Pocahontas folklore as well as the reality, but still makes out that it captures the ‘spirit’ of the real characters. It doesn’t though. Because it is determined to make people believe that the centre of this story is a romance between Pocahontas and John Smith. The problem is, there is no evidence at all that this romance actually happened. The director comments that ‘Pocahontas was a little younger in real life than she is in the film’. Yeah. She was ten or eleven in real life. John Smith’s character is perhaps my least favourite in the film, and is quite unrecognisable from the man who emerges when reading the pages of his own diary. The film goes out of its way to present him as a virtually flawless hero who is also compassionate. As a result, his prejudices don’t fit and the idea that he’s killed many ‘savages’ in the past is not at all believable. This is the kind of problem you come across when attempting to adapt seventeenth century morals for the late twentieth century. I think what frustrates me the most is the fact that the true story of Pocahontas is incredibly interesting, but it isn’t the story that’s told here. In fact, if you removed the totally fictitious romance you could instead tell a suitably cinematic story about the eleven-year-old girl who really was caught between two conflicting societies. Pocahontas was genuinely instrumental in bringing peace between the English and her native tribe, so this should have been presented as the central storyline, rather than just as a by-product of her love for John Smith. But, to end on a positive, I still appreciate the movie for the encouraging message that’s bundled up underneath the romance. ‘If you walk the footsteps of a stranger, you’ll learn things you never knew you never knew’. In a comment on ‘Colours of the Wind’ on YouTube (yeah, I kind of love that song now) one person recalled how they had grown up influenced by a deeply prejudiced father, and it was this film that had made them see things differently. [Review copy and pasted from 'Movie Education' blog]

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  • Sad but thought provoking.

    Quite a sad film but it brilliantly portrays a very brave woman. Well written, good animation, clear voices.

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    Fast and good quality

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  • Great Film

    My disabled daughter loves all things Disney.

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  • Great item

    Arrived on time in great condition

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  • Pocahontas

    Excellent film and was in good condition no complaints

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  • DVD

    Excellent condition. Quick delivery

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