The Velveteen Rabbit
by Mark Sottnick
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Actor: Meryl StreepDirector: Mark Sottnick
Producer: Mark Sottnick
Writer: Mark Sottnick
Editor: C.W. Rogers
Producer: Clay V. Stites
Producer: Joel Tuber
Writer: Margery Williams
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 30 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-02-11
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Studio: Sony Wonder (Video)
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Summary: 3 Stars
The Velveteen Rabbit was my absolute favorite story growing up, even though it always brought me to tears. I have been lookingn to aquire a new copy of the story for a while to replace my original copy that was lost a few years back. But when I spotted this DVD version I was thrilled at the idea of actually watching the story.( *This may contain a few spoilers for those who actually may not be familiar with the story* )
This DVD/VHS version is satisfactory though not great. I was very relieved that the beautiful story wasn't turned into a silly cartoon--which was my biggest fear. The 'animation' isn't really animation. Every scene is beautifully sketched out but this is also sometimes a problem. They are merely sketches and I found myself having to squint a bit to see the details in the pictures because they are often very lightly done and you see a lot of white of the paper. I think this would have made for great illustration for a book version but on DVD it seemed a little too simplistic, even for an adult's taste. I can't help but wonder if such light, minimal settings would be enough to hold the attention of a younger child not yet familiar with the story.
As for Meryl Streep's illustration and the musical score, I may be a bit biased. As a child I obtained my copy of the story through Troll Books and it also came with an audio cassette to listen along to. Although I no longer have that cassette either I can still remember bits and pieces of the narration on the cassette and I feel that this doesn't quite meet the standard set from that long ago narraration. Meryl streep has a sweet and pleasant voice but she doesn't do a particularly great job of voiceing the charactors.
The musical score is minimal but fails to convey the change of the mood of the story, such as a pivotal scene where the velveteen meets two real rabbits. The mood of that scene goes from fairly happy to very somber and melancholy, but the musical score fails to note this change, which is disheartening since that was one of the things I was looking forward to most. But I think the biggest disappointment of all was the mishandling of the scene where the Velveteen rabbit is in the sack contemplating better days. Not only does the music and narraration fail to pick up on the emotion of scene that always leaves me almost hysterically in tears( Yeah, I'm a sensitive person ) but it seems to me that several lines( important ones! ) of the story are missing, rendering it disappointingly incomplete. I am quite certain that the rabbit contemplates what good it is to be loved and become real if it is to end so badly right before the tear falls from his eye. But in this version he only watches his life flash before him before he cries.
Maybe I am being too critical but this just isn't the best alternative interpretation of the Velveteen Rabbit that's out there. I highly recommend the Troll Book cassette/book release if you want to have the audio/visual experience. It would be at least 13 years old now and I don't know much else about it but it is far better than this. 5 stars for the story, 2 stars for this DVD version.
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Description of The Velveteen Rabbit
Meryl Streep reads Margery Williams's gentle story of a stuffed bunny who becomes real through the love of a child in this 25-minute video version of the classic 1922 tale. A Christmas gift that is ignored, then beloved, and then abandoned, the rabbit with the pink sateen ears comes to love the boy who takes him everywhere and through that love finds literal rebirth. Academy Award-winning actress Streep doesn't disappoint as she liltingly brings the toy rabbit to life--with the help of the nursery magic fairy. Streep's reading is complemented by George Winston's music and soft illustrations by David Jorgenson, who also illustrates a book and audio cassette version. --Kimberly HeinrichsBestsellers in DVD
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