The Little Mermaid (Limited Issue)

The Little Mermaid (Limited Issue)
by Ron Clements, John Musker

The Little Mermaid (Limited Issue)

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Actor: Christopher Daniel Barnes, Jodi Benson, Paddi Edwards, Pat Carroll, Rene Auberjonois
Director: John Musker, Ron Clements
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; Spanish (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Format: Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: Letterbox, 1.66:1
Running Time: 83 minutes
DVD Release Date: 1999-12-07
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Studio: Walt Disney Video
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DVD Reviews of The Little Mermaid (Limited Issue)

DVD Review: A wonderful re-mastered movie from Disney
Summary: 5 Stars

I bought this edition of The Little Mermaid for my four-year old grandchild. As usual,the DVD did not disappoint. It is beautiful to watch and, of course, the songs were just as wonderful as they were years ago. The animation is wonderful and beautiful. I believe my granddaughter has watched it about five times in 3 days! I would recommend this to any child 4 and over who loves Ariel and who loves music! It is still a Disney classic for the whole family.

DVD Review: Mixed up address
Summary: 5 Stars

The product was new and sealed as they said. And had it gone to the correct address I'm sure it would have gotten here on time (it was supposed to be a present). We had a bit of confusion with the mailing and it took it almost a month to get here. Other than that I was pleased with the actual movie.

DVD Review: The Little Mermaid
Summary: 5 Stars

Happy with the product and most especially happy with fast shipping and handling. Thank you.

DVD Review: Little Mermaid
Summary: 5 Stars

I was very pleased with the quality of this DVD. It was in brand new condition as advertised. The product arrived quickly. I would order from this seller again.

DVD Review: Looks and plays like new!
Summary: 5 Stars

Received the video in a very timely manner and it was exactly as advertised! I would purchase from this vender again and recommend them to others.

Description of The Little Mermaid (Limited Issue)

From the moment that Prince Eric's ship emerged from the fog in the opening credits it was apparent that Disney had somehow, suddenly recaptured that "magic" that had been dormant for thirty years. In the tale of a headstrong young mermaid who yearns to "spend a day, warm on the sand," Ariel trades her voice to Ursula, the Sea Witch (classically voiced by Pat Carroll), for a pair of legs. Ariel can only succeed if she receives true love's kiss in a few day's time and she needs all the help she can from a singing crab named Sebastian, a loudmouth seagull, and a flounder. The lyrics and music by Howard Ashman and Alan Menken are top form: witty and relevant, and they advance the story (go on, hum a few bars of "Under the Sea"). Mermaid put animation back on the studio's "to do" list and was responsible for ushering Beauty and the Beast to theaters. A modern Disney classic. --Keith Simanton

Fans awaiting a revamp of The Little Mermaid on DVD should be pleased to know that the new, fully restored version gets the treatment it deserved all along. The Special Edition is presented in 1:78 aspect ratio, as opposed to the original 1:66 presentation, and gone is the grainy original transfer, which had Ariel's mottled complexion looking like she spent some time in a tanning bed. Various crew members chime in on the audio commentary track, but most dominant is composer Alan Menken, who adds in previously taped interviews with the late lyricist Howard Ashman (a welcome surprise). There's also a 45-minute "making of" documentary in which everyone from animators to Jeffrey Katzenberg and Leonard Maltin reflect the limp state of Disney animation before Mermaid kicked off its "golden reign" of the early '90s. Another revelation: Katzenberg nearly eliminated "Part of Your World" from the movie after a hyperactive kid sitting in front of him appeared restless during a test screening.

Other features: a documentary on Hans Christian Andersen, and the tragedy of his personal life that inspired his much darker original ending. (The mermaid, unable to stab the prince in the heart after he marries another, turns into sea foam.) Included is an animated short of Andersen's "The Little Match Girl," a tale so depressing--again, reflecting the loneliness in Andersen's own life--it's not really clear how it ever became a "beloved bedtime story." There's also a sing-along feature, which jumps right to the musical numbers with words appearing onscreen. Deleted scenes include one unused song, "Silence is Golden," and various early sketches of alternate takes. One curious addition is a virtual Little Mermaid amusement park ride, which was originally proposed for Disneyland but failed to come to life. (Seems digitizing the experience for people to "ride" in their living room was the consolation prize.) The only blasphemous feature is a music video of "Kiss the Girls," reimagined as a Hilary Duff-esque rock song--minus the charming calypso beat that made it famous(!)--sung by the Hilary Duff-esque Ashley Tisdale (High School Musical). Aside from that, if you own The Little Mermaid in its 1999 incarnation of DVD, get the special edition and leave your old one for the kids (or the dog) to scratch up. --Ellen A. Kim

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