Here Comes Peter Cottontail

Here Comes Peter Cottontail
by Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr.

Here Comes Peter Cottontail
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Actor: Danny Kaye, Iris Rainer, Jeff Thomas, Joan Gardner (II), Paul Frees
Director: Arthur Rankin Jr., Jules Bass
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Unknown; Spanish (Dubbed), Unknown
Format: Color, Dubbed, DVD-Video, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 150 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-02-15
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Classic Media

DVD Reviews of Here Comes Peter Cottontail

DVD Review: Here Comes Peter Cottontail
Summary: 4 Stars

This is a classic holiday film that possesses the same quality as the original Rudolph. Vincent Price is a great villain as usual.

DVD Review: Great Easter Movie
Summary: 5 Stars

I bought this for my kids to watch. I remember it from when I was a kid. They loved it. They liked it better than the new Peter Cottontail Movie. I liked it too!

DVD Review: Only Rank & Bass Easter Classic charms
Summary: 5 Stars

Although "Amimagic" studios Rank & Bass produced over a dozen Christmas specials, they only made one Easter show and this is it! Charming re-imagining of the Peter Cottontail fable, with a year's worth of kid appeal. We follow Peter, who overslept and missed his attempt to become Official Easter Bunny, as he travels through one-year's time and almost every major holiday on the calendar. Think "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town" meets "Holiday Inn." I only wish the cute music packed an Irving Berlin punch.

DVD Review: Great Easter time classic
Summary: 5 Stars

My child loves this video & it's great to see it again since it was once upon a time broadcasted on TV.

DVD Review: Totally Delightful Easter Special From The Classic Team Of Rankin And Bass
Summary: 5 Stars

To me this delightful Easter special is everything that Easter should be for young children and adults alike. Coming from a far more innocent age of television "Here Comes Peter Cottontail", is one of the greatest creations from the Rankin and Bass team of animators who brought us of course the immortal television classics "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer", and "Frosty the Snowman". Taking Easter as their theme here they have created a memorable lead character in the delightful Peter Cottontail and this special was a regular feature of our Easter viewing when I was growing up for many years. I still treasure this special now as an adult and in the beautifully restored DVD version of it now available I still marvel at the truly superb animation created here by this legendary team without the assistance of any computers. Definately an Easter classic, this funny and warm hearted story has most surely stood the test of time. In between my more religious themed viewing over this holiday I always include "Here Comes Peter Cottontail", and the other Rankin and Bass Easter themed special "The Easter Bunny is Comin' To Town", in my regular viewing and it's always a joy to revisit these "old friends", each Easter.

Description of Here Comes Peter Cottontail

Have you ever wished for a classic Easter special to show your kids? Here Comes Peter Cottontail is a Rankin & Bass production that bears a marked similarity to the beloved Santa Claus Is Coming to Town. Narrator Seymour?S. Sassafrass, voiced and sung by Danny Kaye, takes young viewers on a tour of the mythical April Valley and relates the story of how Peter Cottontail almost failed in his quest to become Chief Easter Bunny. Sassafrass peers into his magic egg, and viewers are introduced to Peter Cottontail--a spunky, ingenious young rabbit who is boastful, is prone to fibbing, and lacks a sense of responsibility. In order to become Chief Easter Bunny, Peter Cottontail must defeat the evil Irontail in a contest to deliver the most eggs on Easter Sunday. Through his trials, Peter Cottontail discovers the value of ingenuity, the importance of placing duty before pleasure, and the folly of self-conceit.

Here Comes Peter Cottontail features catchy songs, great 1970s stop-motion animation, and a fun Easter tale. Parents will find themselves reminiscing over holidays gone by or wondering how they missed this show in their own childhood. The 2 and up crowd will be begging for another showing long after the Easter candy is a distant memory. --Tami Horiuchi

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