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So I absolutely love animated movies. And if they're animated fantasy/musical movies, well, you've pretty much bagged my attention.

So how did I miss this gem? Probably because it wasn't released in this country or on DVD here.

I've been meaning to post about my viewing of "The Princess and the Pea" for quite some time now - after all, it's not every day that one discovers a "new" fairytale-based animated movie.

Maybe it's not the best movie ever, but it reminds me somewhat of Thumbelina or The Swan Princess - it's full of heart, and the fun characters (Rollo and Daria! - see above picture) win you over. This could easily have been a Don Bluth movie.

I really wish this would come out on DVD in the US, but would settle for a region-free DVD from somewhere if that never happens - as it seems, the only DVDs available on eBay are from Australia, which I don't think will play in my player. :(

But you can watch the whole thing on Youtube, which is what I'll have to settle for right now. Here's the first part if you want to watch it!

Date: 2008-11-08 05:47 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] forsakenmermaid.livejournal.com
I love that movie! I actually do have it on DVD, but not exactly "officially." There's a website that will send it to you completely free of charge if you agree to write a review for them. The only catch is that you need to put in a password when you watch it to make sure you don't watch it more than once and take advantage of your free DVD. Even though you can keep putting in more passwords by clicking on options such as "DVD stopped playing before movie was over" or "Had to change DVD players," etc., it's still really annoying. To bypass that, I made a copy of the DVD and deleted the "special features" (i.e. the password protection) and then burned it onto a blank disk, so now I have a DVD with just the movie. I've watched it many times since and designed my own cover for the case.

Date: 2008-11-09 06:59 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ry-sabir.livejournal.com
OMG! Do you think I could get a copy of that from you? (I would compensate you for time and materials, of course) Or do you think you could direct me to the website?
I really loved this movie - and really hope it sees the light of day here in the States someday!

Date: 2008-11-09 07:32 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] forsakenmermaid.livejournal.com
Unfortunately, my DVD burner doesn't work anymore (on any of my computers), but here's the site I got it from: http://www.familytv.com/freedvd.aspx

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