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Jack e il fagiolo magico

(Jack and the Beanstalk)

2000, regia di Martin Gates

Scheda: Nazione: USA - Formato: Color, animazione - Durata: 75'.

Voci: Paul Panting, Peter Bayliss, Maria Darling, Melvyn Hayes, Colin Marsh, Julia McKenzie, Imelda Staunton, Alison Steadman, Peter Straker.

Trama e commenti: filmacasa.it - internetbookshop.it - dvd.kelkoo.it - Dizionario Farinotti: «Jack, un ragazzo poverissimo, si arrampica sul tronco di una rigogliosa pianta di fagioli e scopre la fantastica Terra dei Fagioli, in cui gli abitanti vivono nel terrore del Gigante e dei suoi terribili scagnozzi, i Cavalieri Neri. Il coraggioso Jack affronterà una serie infinita di strabilianti avventure, cadendo anche prigioniero del Gigante. Ma ad accompagnarlo c'è la sua nuova amica Dilly insieme ad Ambrogio la scimmia, l'arpa magica e la gallina dalle uova d'oro».

Plot Summary, Synopsis, Review: IMDb - entertainment.msn.com - nytimes.com - amazon.co.uk - sendit.com: «In this spell-binding story brave jack climbs the Beanstalk to the magical world fo Beanland. he and his new friends Dilly (the small but famous but fearless Bean girl) and Ambrose (the nervous donkey) are drawn into all sorts of exciting adventures as they attempt to rid Beanland of the wicked Giant. The film reaches a wondrous finale in the dark dungeons of the Giant's castle as Jack and his friends attempt to free the prisoner's and escape back down the Beanstalk... The exciting and beautifully animated retelling of the classic tale is filled with fun, humour and wonderful music to delight children of all ages time and time again».

Jack and the Beanstalk

1933, regia di Shamus Culhane, Al Eugster, Ub Iwerks

Scheda: Nazione: USA - Produzione: Celebrity Productions - Distribuzione: Celebrity Productions, Grapevine Video - Soggetto: Otto Englander - Sceneggiatura: Otto Englander, Ben Hardaway, George Manuell - Musiche: Carl W. Stalling - Formato: Cinecolor, animazione, corto - Durata: 8'.

Trama e commenti: pinu.netsons.org: «Il cartone fa parte della famosa serie ComiColor Cartoons (serie composta da 25 cortometraggi basati su famose fiabe e corrispondente alle Silly Symphonies Disneyane)».

Plot Summary, Synopsis, Review:  - allmovie.com - plug-video.com - toonzone.net - IMDb: «I read where this was the first of the Celebrity Productions Comicolor cartoons. Color at the movie theater had to be a very, very big thing to audiences back 75 years ago. The cartoon still entertains today. Jack and his mom are broke and hungry. The animals in the house are starving, too. It's not a pretty sight. Even mom's purse is depressed. (Inanimate objects often talk or come alive in these 1930s cartoons.). The purse says, "What are we going to do now?" Everyone is skin-and-bones but Jack sells the family cow for three beans. They turn out to be magical, of course, but you knew that! The beanstalk that sprouts overnight goes miles into the sky and Jack decides to check things out. This really becomes an otherworldly fantasy with some crazy sight gags that include stinky feet and a hen that lays golden coins that automatically go into a cash register...».

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