- Actors: Michael Gambon, Brian Henson, David Greenaway, John Hurt, Frederick Warder
- Writers: Anthony Minghella, Jim Henson
- Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
- Language: English
- Region: (US and Canada This DVD will probably NOT be viewable in other countries. Read more about DVD formats.)
- Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
- Number of discs: 2
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- Studio: Columbia/Tristar Vid
- Release Date: May 23 2006
- Run Time: 310 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B000EU1Q5E
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #19,535 in DVD (See Top 100 in DVD)
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Jim Henson's The Storyteller,
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This review is from: Storyteller Definitive Collect (DVD)
I loved this as a kid and still love it today! Great entertaining whacky stories! Good for everyone ;) Everybody should watch it at least once.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Very Enjoyable,
By DigitalFrog (In the shadow of the Rockies...) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Storyteller Definitive Collect (DVD)
A bit darker than I remembered from TV, especially the German folk tales disc, but then many of the old German folk tales were kind of dark to begin with. Very enjoyable though.
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4.8 out of 5 stars (76 customer reviews) 101 of 104 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Get ALL of them in one package,
By SRFireside "ZOOM!" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Storyteller Definitive Collect (DVD)
What you're essentially getting here is all nine episodes of The Storyteller series AND all four episodes from The Storyteller: Greek Myths on a two DVD set. Considering they stopped shipping the previous Storyteller and Greek Myths DVD's this will be what you will be seeing in stores. The good news is the MSRP on this collection is actually less than the release price of the original Storyteller collection and about the same price of the release of Greek Myths disk. You'll be getting the best deal ever offered with this collection.If you don't currently have both collections I recommend getting this. Even if you have one of the two collections the price point makes it worthwhile (sell your old set and save even more). Obviously if you have neither DVD this is the perfect opportunity to pick up some of the best family entertainment out there. 40 of 40 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Bloody brilliant!,
By Michael S. Goldfarb - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Storyteller Definitive Collect (DVD)
I had only seen some of these when they first aired as part of "The Jim Henson Hour", but I was totally enchanted by them, and am thrilled to have them now in their entirety, to revel in and share with my own kids.What I really like about them - besides the stories themselves, the wonderful set, costume, and puppet designs, the acting and so on - is that they resurrect the importance of *telling*. There is a love of language in Minghella's scripts ("a princess of sweetness and cherry pie", "he heard a song that sounded like hello and goodbye"), and in John Hurt's charming performance, that reminds us of the importance of the human voice... even as we are seduced by the stunning visuals. This is great stuff, some of the best old-school fantasy every produced for TV, and - despite the puppets and magic - in no way geared to kids. It's "general audience" in the original sense: everybody gathered together around the Storyteller's bewitching voice, different ages envisioning different things as the stories play out. A word on the second batch, the Greek Myths: These are at a much lower wattage than the European stories, and I'm not sure why, as the stories themselves are great. But Michael Gambon's Storyteller lacks the charm of Hurt's, the scripts (not by Minghella) are more perfunctory, and perhaps the stories are too familiar to have much surprise. They are beautifully produced, and have some good performances (Derek Jacobi as Daedalus, Robert Stephens as Hades), but they aren't as essential as the earlier group. (But given the low price for the whole set, they're well worth owning, even if they lack the "repeatability factor" of the earlier batch.) Yes, the video quality is pretty wobbly, and the extras are non-existant... but The Storyteller triumphs anyway! 27 of 28 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good entertainment for the whole family.,
By Newton Ooi - Published on Amazon.com
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Jim Henson is one of the most respected and famous names in family entertainment. Creator or co-creator of such classics as the Muppets and Sesame Street, his company put together this string of TV shows in the late 1980s. Comprised of 13 tales; 4 from ancient Greece and 9 from medieval Europe; each is turned into a separate story of 20 - 30 minutes in length. Each tells one or more morals; and comprises elements of romance, comedy, tragedy, suspence and action. The four Greek stories are well known to anyone who stayed awake in their high school literature classes. The 9 European stories, on the other hand, are less well known. But all are told wonderfully, from the point of view of the storyteller, and his dog. The storyteller character is portrayed by Michael Gambon (Dumbeldorf in the Harry Potter movies) and John Hurt. The stories themselves have both human and muppet characters. A careful viewing reveals many actors and actresses who would go on to become famous; Colin Farrel, Sean Bean, Miranda Richardson, etc...All the stories have good dialogue, no sex or nudity, no bad language, and enough action to satisfy teenagers but without scaring the kids. Great DVD set and I highly recommend it. |
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