Shelley Duvall's Faerie Tale Theatre: The Complete Collection

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Shelley Duvall’s Faerie Tale Theatre brings to life
twenty-six of the most magical fairy tales of all time. Directed by such
masters of cinema as Tim Burton and Francis Ford Coppola, and star-powered by
Robin Williams, Billy Crystal, Mick Jagger, James Earl Jones, Howie Mandel,
Christopher Reeve, Susan Sarandon and more, this collection is an unparalleled
treasury of best-loved tales of enchantment, adventure and wonder. Contains 26
Spellbinding Stories Digitally Restored and Re-mastered! Aladdin and His
Wonderful Lamp Beauty and the Beast The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About
the Shivers Cinderella The Dancing Princesses The Emperor’s New Clothes
Goldilocks and the Three Bears Hansel and Gretel Jack and the Beanstalk The
Little Mermaid Little Red Riding Hood The Nightingale The Pied Piper of
Hamelin Pinocchio The Princess and the Pea The Princess Who Had Never Laughed
Puss in Boots Rapunzel Rip Van Winkle Rumpelstiltskin Sleeping Beauty The Snow
Queen Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs The Tale of the Frog Prince The Three
Little Pigs Thumbelina ALSO INCLUDES ENCHANTING EXTRAS: Lost Episode: “Faerie
Tale Theatre’s Greatest Moments” (“Grimm Party”) Vintage Faerie Tale Theatre
Presentation Reel with Shelley Duvall B-Roll Promo Footage 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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Product Details:

• Genre: Kids & Family
• Format: AC-3, NTSC, Box set, Dolby, Color, Restored, Original recording remastered, Multiple Formats
• Contributor: Howie Mandell, Joan Collins, Mick Jagger, Tim Burton, Francis Ford Coppola, Eric Idle, Roger Vadim, Susan Sarandon, James Earl Jones, Christopher Reeve, Robin Williams, Shelley Duvall See more
• Language: English
• Number Of Discs: 7
• Aspect Ratio ‏ : ‎ 1.33:1
• Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
• MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ NR (Not Rated)
• Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.5 x 5.5 x 2.5 inches; 1.1 Pounds
• Director ‏ : ‎ Tim Burton, Francis Ford Coppola, Eric Idle, Roger Vadim
• Media Format ‏ : ‎ AC-3, NTSC, Box set, Dolby, Color, Restored, Original recording remastered, Multiple Formats
• Run time ‏ : ‎ 23 hours and 7 minutes
• Release date ‏ : ‎ September 2, 2008
• Actors ‏ : ‎ Shelley Duvall, Robin Williams, Christopher Reeve, Mick Jagger, Howie Mandell
• Language ‏ : ‎ Unqualified