The Emperor's New Clothes
by David Irving
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Actor: Clive Revill, Lysette Anthony, Robert Morse, Sid Caesar, Susan BerlinDirector: David Irving
Brand: CAESAR,SID
Writer: David Irving
Producer: Itzik Kol
Producer: Menahem Golan
Producer: Patricia Ruben
Producer: Yoram Globus
Writer: Anna Mathias
Writer: Len Talan
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language); Spanish (Dubbed)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dubbed, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 85 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-08-09
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
DVD Reviews of The Emperor's New Clothes
DVD Review: That Thumping Sound You Hear is Hans Christian Anderson Rolling in His Grave
Summary: 1 Stars
Years ago, Shelley Duvall's "Fairy Tale Theater" presented a charming version of "The Emperor's New Clothes." There were no subplots involving a princess with the con artists, no strange sound effects and, best of all, no songs! It was adorable.
The same cannot be said for this unfortunate waste of DVD discs. Who were they trying to market this for? There are double entendre jokes clearly aimed at adults that fall flatter than Sid Caesar's delivery. There are "funny" sound effects to indicate what the guards are doing and this is supposed to make it cartoony and therefore of interest to children. Not.
The acting is consistently charmless, leaden, and mean. What were the actors caught in this nightmare thinking? I've seen children's theater where broad gestures and expressions are necessary. The broad acting here only points up how horribly bad the whole is.
Because the source material is SO slim, a whole ghastly subplot about the princess, an unsuitable prince, a young con artist and the inevitable love triangle has been plastered on--and it doesn't improve the original. The ugly prince was not funny, he was revolting. The young lovers were ridiculously overwrought and...and...and it was all so unnecessary.
And then there are the songs! Bad rhymes strung together and set to insipid, sugary tunes. Slapping one's hands over one's ears is the best reaction and protection from this kind of musical abuse. There is nothing clever in the tunes or the lyrics...they are simply painful.
There were opportunities for originality: the emperor might have found the whole situation amusing, might have learned a lesson, might have become a whole character. Perhaps the ugly prince might have realized what a bad match it was...or maybe he could have been, at least,nerdish and smart, instead of being played as a mentally challenged freak.
But no, the creators went for the lowest common denominator and what they thought would be easy laughs. (There is nothing easy about the humor here--it is nonexistent.) There are simply not enough words to describe the badness of it. Save yourself and your children and purchase the Fairy Tale Theater version or something (anything)else instead. One star shown only because there are no negative one hundred stars.
Description of The Emperor's New Clothes
No Description Available.Genre: Feature Film Family
Rating: G
Release Date: 10-APR-2007
Media Type: DVD
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