Johnny Tremain
by Robert Stevenson
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Actor: Hal Stalmaster, Jeff York, Luana Patten, Richard Beymer, Sebastian CabotDirector: Robert Stevenson
Brand: Buena Vista Home Video
Cinematographer: Charles P. Boyle
Editor: Stanley E. Johnson
Producer: Walt Disney
Writer: Esther Forbes
Writer: Thomas W. Blackburn
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 80 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-08-02
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Product features:
- Return to the days that sparked the American Revolution, now on Disney DVD for the first time! Meet young Johnny Tremain, a silversmith's apprentice with dreams of learning the trade and making his own way. When a terrible injury ends his hopes, he joins the emerging Sons Of Liberty. The Redcoats are coming as you journey back to the Boston Tea Party, the midnight ride of Paul Revere, and Lexi
DVD Reviews of Johnny Tremain
DVD Review: Family Friendly Version of the Events Leading to the Revolutionary War
Summary: 4 Stars
Jonathan Lyte Tremain is an apprentice silversmith in Boston in 1773. Johnny's whole purpose in life is to try to become the best silversmith possible. Johnny is quite diligent in becoming a good silversmith. Barely perceptible to Johnny, at first, there are activities around Johnny that are leading to a confrontation between the colonies in America and English soldiers. The confrontation will spark a battle that will eventually lead to the founding of the United States of America.
Johnny Tremain believes he can do more, if only his master Ephraim Lapham (character actor Will Wright, who appeared in nearly 200 films and television shows) would trust him. While trying to prove his ability, Johnny accidentally burns his hand. The skin on his fingers grows together and Johnny is no longer able to be an apprentice to Ephraim Lapham.
Johnny goes to a wealthy man, Jonathan Lyte, for assistance. Johnny's mother told him that Mr. Lyte (Sebastian Cabot, "Family Affair," "Winnie the Pooh" and dozens of other movie and television appearances) was a relative. Of course Mr. Lyte considers Johnny a scam artist trying to blackmail him for money, and Mr. Lyte accuses Johnny of being a thief. Famed attorney Josiah Quincy (Whit Bissell, famous character actor who appeared in more than 275 movies and television episodes) represents Johnny Tremain free of charge, and Johnny's life changes forever.
While Johnny is going through his travails, historic events are in progress around him. Initially Johnny refuses to participate in these events because he believes that if he does his job and becomes a good silversmith then his life will be fine. Johnny believes the people working against the Crown are foolish. However, Johnny's tragic accident gives Johnny a new perspective.
Johnny finds work in a print shop that produces The Boston Observer, where Johnny gets a front seat to the events leading up to the American Revolution. As Johnny becomes more enamored of the concept of liberty and has a greater appreciation for the meaning of liberty, he becomes more involved in the cause. Johnny meets many of the important men leading the cause, including Paul Revere, Samuel Adams, and James Otis. Eventually Dr. Joseph Warren frees the fingers of Johnny's hand and Johnny is able to participate more directly in the activities of the Sons of Liberty.
A shipment of tea has arrived in Boston with a tax imposed on England, a tax that the colonists did not approve. After appealing to the governor of the colony, and losing, the colonists show their disapproval by dumping the tea into Boston harbor, the famed "Boston Tea Party." The movie continues onward to the events at Lexington and Concord and concludes shortly thereafter.
This movie is a relatively sanitized version of the events leading to the American Revolution. The characters are generally larger than life, and many of the grittier details are glossed over. What remains is the story of a group of people who have the goal of gaining representation for the Colonies. The movie does portray the Colonists as having pure motives and being paragons of virtue, and most of the English are relatively heartless with only profit as their goal. Of course these are stereotypes and the truth was much more complex, but the simplicity of the movie reflects on the style of story-telling in the 1950's.
The movie does show people being shot, though in a relatively benign way; i.e., they fall over, though sometimes dramatically. Because of these scenes, this Disney movie may not be suitable for very young family members, perhaps younger than 6 or 7 years old. However, everyone else will find this reminder of the roots of American independence to be interesting and enjoyable.
Enjoy!
Description of Johnny Tremain
JOHNNY TREMAIN - DVD MovieLooking for a way to make the American Revolution come alive for your child? Based on Esther Forbes's book of the same name, Johnny Tremain takes place in Boston from July 1773 through April 1775, and tells the story of a young apprentice silversmith drawn into a fight for human rights. When an accident cripples Johnny Tremain's hand and ends his hopes of becoming a great silversmith, Tremain finds himself without work and accused of a crime he did not commit. Sons of Liberty members Paul Revere and Josiah Quincy are outraged by the circumstantial case against Tremain, agree to represent him free of charge, and win his acquittal in court. Through association with his new friends, Tremain begins to better understand the current political climate, and eventually joins them in the battle for freedom. Tremain's involvement in the emptying of British tea into Boston Harbor, the arrival of the Redcoats in Boston, and the beginnings of the American Revolution at Concord is powerful and moving. The costuming is splendid, the music patriotic, and the dialogue well crafted. The film stars Hal Stalmaster as Johnny Tremain, costars Luana Patten and Jeff York, and runs 80 minutes. This classic Disney film is wonderful entertainment and a fairly faithful representation of a crucial period in American history. (Ages 8 and older) --Tami Horiuchi
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