Tom and Jerry - Spotlight Collection
by Tex Avery, Joseph Barbera, William Hanna, Michael Lah
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Actor: Bill Cole (III), Billy Bletcher, Daws Butler, Joseph Barbera, Tex AveryDirector: Joseph Barbera, Michael Lah, Tex Avery, William Hanna
Brand: WEA
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled)
Format: Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 322 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-10-26
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Warner Home Video
DVD Reviews of Tom and Jerry - Spotlight Collection
DVD Review: Almost Bought This, Now I'm Not Going To
Summary: 1 Stars
I was all gung ho about buying the full collection after reading the descriptions online of these being the uncut original presentations. But then I looked on youtube for some details and saw that people were warning of the cut condition of these films. I double checked here on Amazon and I see that it's a huge issue.
Sorry Warner, but I'm not going to spend my hard earned money to buy a DVD so I can call some 1-800 number to replace a disc. You screwed up and you're going to have to fix it by issuing brand new sets with new art or a sticker on the box indicating the new pressings so I know that I'm buying the unedited versions. Until I know all of the bad ones are off the market, I'm not going to invest in these, and I suggest everyone else take that same approach.
DVD Review: CAUTION! VERY VIOLENT - SHOULD BE PG
Summary: 1 Stars
I bought this DVD for my 3 yr old grandson to watch. Thank goodness I watched it with him! About the 3rd or 4th cartoon shows Jerry tied down, with a line drawn over his tummy, and Tom holding a Huge AX over his shoulder! I immediately stopped the video, and I don't think my Grandson realized what was happening.
When I put the dvd back in the case - I noticed the picture on the inside flap - and posted it for you to see. It shows another scene of Tom with an AX and a gun, and various steel traps a second ax with red on it.
DON'T buy this for young children! This is not the Tom & Jerry I grew up with. I can't believe this is not rated for violent content, and the Amazon Review and Product Info do not mention that this cartoon has scary violence.
Now I know that Jerry wouldn't have gotten hurt - but my Grandson doesn't need this kind of entertainment.
DVD Review: When cartoons were fun.
Summary: 5 Stars
We were looking for one particular episode of Tom and Jerry and was delighted to find it but enjoyed the whole collection. We enjoy it and our children and grandchildren do too.DVD Review: Edited and not the greatest quality.
Summary: 2 Stars
These are edited and cut. I had to call the 800 number to get the replacement disc.
Warner Brothers offers an 800 number (see other reviews)so you can get the unedited version. If not for this I would have given this collection maybe 1 star.
The cartoons are fantastic and this volume showcase the best ones for the most part. They could have done better restoring them as I have seen much better jobs done on other collections.
If you get this collection call Warner to get the copy that they promised.
DVD Review: Romancing cat and mouse
Summary: 4 Stars
Favorite cartoon characters since a little boy and at 77 y/o still makes me laugh. Have several of their DVD'S
Description of Tom and Jerry - Spotlight Collection
The Tom-and-Jerry legacy chases through every nook and cranny of the classic animation pantheon, spanning six decades and several famous directors. Looney Tunes icons Friz Freleng, Tex Avery and Chuck Jones all played their part. But the enduring cat-and-mouse team was the brainchild of William Hanna and Joseph Barbera. Their first short Puss Gets the Boot (in which Tom was called Jasper) was released with little fanfare. Fellow animators did not consider a cat-pursuing-mouse scenario too exciting or original. But when unleashed on exhibitors and audiences, their hilariously diabolical rivalry delighted everyone. This 2-disc set of 40 restored and remastered shorts (along with fabulous celebratory bonuses) includes nine Academy Award nominees and seven winners. And with this in hand, you're a winner too!Tom and Jerry, the animation franchise, lasted six decades and saw several geniuses of the form--Chuck Jones, Tex Avery, and Friz Freleng--have a hand in updating and refreshing the series in later years. But Tom and Jerry: The Spotlight Collection, Premiere Volume celebrates the original mastery of producer-directors William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, who took the familiar cat-chases-mouse concept and slowly turned it into witty, unpredictable, and sometimes ironic entertainment. The Spotlight Collection offers 40 restored, remastered shorts beginning with 1943's handsome, Oscar-nominated "Yankee Doodle Mouse" and ending with the fantastic, widescreen 1956 "Blue Cat Blues," very similar to the exaggerated look and feel of former cartoonist-gagman Frank Tashlin's live-action comedies (Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?) from the same period.
What strikes one about every episode on these discs is the lavish care Hanna-Barbera paid to Tom and Jerry, not only drumming up new, sometimes exotic settings (such as the swashbuckling "The Two Mousketeers," or for the Old West adventure "Texas Tom") but also consistently turning out gorgeous and wildly creative backgrounds, where straight lines rarely exist and the palette of a night sky includes multiple, dreamy shades of blue and green. Technicolor and novel visual ideas (e.g., shooting a scene through the tunnel-like view of a hollowed-out bread loaf) are sometimes more pleasing than the combative relationship between the two leads. But their rivalry is often renewed in very interesting ways, such as the wonderful "Tom and Jerry in the Hollywood Bowl," in which the pair play competing conductors against a lovely backdrop of L.A. landmarks. Special features include the Anchors Aweigh dance sequence featuring Jerry and Gene Kelly, and a featurette, "How Bill and Joe Met Tom and Jerry." --Tom Keogh
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