Walt Disney Treasures - Elfego Baca and The Swamp Fox - Legendary Heroes
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Actor: Clarence Nash, Paul Frees, Roger Mobley, Slim Pickens, Walt DisneyBrand: Buena Vista Home Video
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 282 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-12-06
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Buena Vista Home Entertainment / Disney
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- Walt Disney's passion for real-life heroes from the pages of American history was showcased in a host of extremely popular TV series inspired by real-life adventurers who were legends in their own time and beyond. Celebrated here are two of those outstanding series -- ELFEGO BACA, the outlaw-turned-lawyer, and TEH SWAMP FOX, the daring hero of the Revolutionary War. These episodes from the 195
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DVD Review: Don't call me Shirley, Redcoat!
Summary: 5 Stars
I give this set five stars for its content, not for the set itself. I used to watch "Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color" when I was kid, and these shows were just slightly before that time. I'd never seen them before, so I bought the set to view what was at least available. Then I went online to see how many episodes were originally aired, and came across a review by a critic on another website. He seemed impressed with "Elfego Baca," but this is what he said about "The Swamp Fox":
"Whether historically accurate or not, this series places its interest more strongly into the battles and campaigns conducted by patriots like Marion than in any of the individual characters who might have figured into its stories. This focus on strategy, coupled with the physical similarities among the predominantly white male cast, makes it hard (at least for this modern viewer, seeing the show for the first time) to connect emotionally with the individual characters or invest too much into what happens. Next to 'Elfego Baca' and 'Davy Crockett', this series is considerably slower and dryer, in spite of the presence of guns and the inherent drama of galloping horses. It is dated and its historical origins seem to lend to only so much of more than minimal excitement."
Hmmmm. Then he goes on to say this about Leslie Nielsen and the Revolutionary War: "Nielsen, who has been known for the past 25 years as purely a comedy actor, rarely cracks a smile in the three selected episodes, a fact which contributes to the all-too-serious nature of the dated proceedings. With its attentions held steadfastly to a war now rarely considered for the majority of the year, 'The Swamp Fox' is most entertaining in its subplots, where the slightest bit of humanity is enabled to show forth."
Give me a break. Experience has taught me that usually if the critics don't like a show, it must be pretty good! The fact that the Revolutionary War is "a war now rarely considered for the majority of the year" is the very reason people need to watch "The Swamp Fox." I was excited to see Mel Gibson's "The Patriot" (2000) which is supposedly based on the same character, but the filmmakers spoiled it by adding unhistorical material simply for the sake of emotional effect (such as the British burning down a church full of civilians, which in reality would have gotten them in extreme trouble with their officers). I have always believed that American history is brimming with stories besides just the Civil War, the Old West, or WWII. One reviewer I read may have been on to something when he expressed his opinion that Hollywood types today generally don't like the Revolutionary War because "1)those guys dressed funny, and 2)they were right-wing gun nuts."
I'm watching "Elfego Baca" right now and enjoying every minute of it. I can't wait to get to "The Swamp Fox." I came on here to see how the average person's review compared to the critic's review I quoted above. Sure enough, most of the reviews on here are from people who want "The Swamp Fox"! And as for Leslie Nielsen "rarely cracking a smile" during this series, what did the critic expect, that it would be like "Airplane"? I'm all for comedy and parodies, but it seems like people today (at least film and television writers) can't take romantic heroism seriously.
My only disappointment with this set is the same as other reviewers, that they didn't include all the episodes of each series. I bought the two complete "Zorro" sets (which I love), and "Zorro" had a lot more episodes each season, so how difficult would it have been to include all of "Elfego Baca" and all of the "The Swamp Fox" in this one set? It seems like Disney today doesn't care, just throw out a few tidbits to please the old farts who will watch these old shows anyway. Yet I have seen some younger reviewers on here who appreciate the good material Disney used to produce. I think that if you just give them a chance, today's young people are as bright and intelligent as any generation. Many of them can stretch their attention spans beyond what they've been dealt all their lives and will enjoy and appreciate these fine historical programs.
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