Product Description: Miyazaki's animated film features the voices of Michae Katon, Brad Garrett, Susan Egan and Kimberly Williams.
Amazon.com: Porco Rosso (The Crimson Pig, 1992) ranks as Hayao Miyazaki's oddest film: a bittersweet period adventure about a dashing pilot who has somehow been turned into a pig. Miyazaki once said, "Initially, it was supposed to be a 45-minute film for tired businessmen to watch on long airplane flights... Why kids love it is a mystery to me." The early 1930s setting enabled Miyazaki to focus on the old airplanes he loves, and the film boasts complex and extremely effective aerial stunts and dogfights. In the new English dub from Disney, Michael Keaton as Porco delivers lines like "All middle-aged men are pigs" with appropriate cynicism, but his voice may be too familiar for some Miyazaki fans. Susan Egan makes a curiously distant Gina, the thrice-widowed hotel owner bound to Porco by years of friendship; Kimberly Williams is more effective as the irrepressible young engineer Fio. Porco Rosso may be an odd film, but Miyazaki's directorial imagination never flags. (Rated PG: violence, alcohol and tobacco use) --Charles Solomon
Take flight with "Porco" Rosso, a valiant World War I flying ace! From tropical Adriatic settings to dazzling aerial maneuvers, this action-adventure from world-renowned animator Hayao Miyazaki is full of humor, courage, and chivalry. When "Porco" -- whose face has been transformed into that of a pig by a mysterious spell -- infuriates a band of sky pirates with his aerial heroics, the pirates hir
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) Binding: DVD Brand: Buena Vista Home Video EAN: 9780788834028 Feature: Take flight with "Porco" Rosso, a valiant World War I flying ace! From tropical Adriatic settings to dazzling aerial maneuvers, this action-adventure from world-renowned animator Hayao Miyazaki is full of humor, courage, and chivalry. When "Porco" -- whose face has been transformed into that of a pig by a mysterious spell -- infuriates a band of sky pirates with his aerial heroics, the pirates hir Format: Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC ISBN: 0788834029 Item Dimensions:38 Label: Walt Disney Home Entertainment Languages:EnglishUnknownDolby Digital 2.1EnglishSubtitledEnglishOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 2.1FrenchOriginal LanguageUnknownJapaneseOriginal LanguageUnknownJapaneseDubbedUnknown Manufacturer: Walt Disney Home Entertainment Model: 02534800 MPN: DISD25348D Number Of Discs: 2 Publisher: Walt Disney Home Entertainment Region Code: 1 Release Date: February 22, 2005 Running Time: 94 minutes Studio: Walt Disney Home Entertainment