Amazon.com essential video: Wolfgang Petersen (In the Line of Fire) made his first English-language film with this 1984 fantasy about a boy (Barret Oliver) visualizing the stories of a book he's reading. The imagined tale involves another boy, a warrior (Noah Hathaway), and his efforts to save the empire of Fantasia from a nemesis called the Nothing. Whether or not the scenario sticks in the memory, what does linger are the unique effects, which are not quite like anything else. Plenty of good fairy-tale characters and memorable scenes, and the film even encourages kids to read. --Tom Keogh
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) Binding: DVD Brand: Warner Home Video EAN: 9780790761589 Format: Widescreen, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC ISBN: 0790761580 Item Dimensions:25 Label: Warner Home Video Languages:EnglishOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 2.0 SurroundFrenchOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 2.0 SurroundSpanishOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 2.0 SurroundEnglishSubtitledSpanishSubtitledFrenchSubtitled Manufacturer: Warner Home Video MPN: 085391327721 Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Warner Home Video Region Code: 1 Release Date: September 04, 2001 Running Time: 102 minutes Studio: Warner Home Video Theatrical Release Date: July 20, 1984
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Still grieving over the loss of his mother, Bastien is often distracted in school and his grades have been suffering. One morning on the way to school, Bastien is tormented by bullies, and he runs to hide in a small, used bookstore. Inside he meets the grumpy owner, who is reading a book with a strange symbol on the cover and insists that his book is not "safe." Bastien steals the book when the owner is distracted, promising to return it. He is already late for school when he arrives, so he takes ... Read More