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Faerie Tale Theatre - Complete Series

Shelley Duvall (Actor), Robin Williams (Actor), Various (Director) Format: DVD
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July 1, 2016 		—
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— $131.98
Genre Kids & Family/Television
Format NTSC, Color, Multiple Formats
Contributor Billy Crystal, Robin Williams, Various, Shelley Duvall
Language English
Number Of Discs 7

Product Description

One of the first gems of the cable TV age, Faerie Tale Theatre brings 26 classic tales to life. Produced over a five-year span (1982-87) for Showtime, FTT brought together creative dramatics and whimsical writing with some of the top talents of the day. Executive producer/host Shelley Duvall (who was coming off her breakout role in The Shining) shepherds this mix of theatrical simplicity and grand storytelling for these oft-told tales (Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Little Red Riding Hood, Hansel and Gretel, Sleeping Beauty,and the like) for kids and their parents. Since they are not elaborately produced, FTT may be a hard sell for some smaller members of the family at first, but most should be hooked, even older kids who may pooh-pooh fairy tales. There's always a slight twist that makes these productions fresh.

The cast is amazing, especially when you think how lightly cable television was thought of in the '80s: Jeff Bridges, Bud Cort, Liza Minnelli, James Coburn, Susan Sarandon, Christopher Reeve, Klaus Kinski, Billy Crystal, Matthew Broderick, Gregory Hines, Eric Idle, Robin Williams, and Mick Jagger are some of the talented--and varied--actors appearing. Crystal's take on the smart 3 Little Pigs (with Jeff Goldblum as the wolf) and Williams's Frog Prince are two comic gems. Malcolm McDowell, right in the middle of his career high-point of playing baddies, brings flair to the Big Bad Wolf, while his then-real-life wife Mary Steenburgen beautifully counterpoints as Red Riding Hood. The casting of Vincent Price and Vanessa Redgrave in Snow White is inspired. Also impressive are the directors Duvall pooled: Tim Burton (Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp), Francis Ford Coppola (Rip Van Winkle) Peter Medak (three episodes), Nicholas Meyer (Pied Piper), and Roger Vadim (Beauty and the Beast). You can go on for days about these wonderful tales, most totaling around the 45-minute mark, but it's better just to get the set and start wherever you'd like; you will get to the end sooner than you think. --Doug Thomas

Product details

  • Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 12 ounces
  • Item model number ‏ : ‎ 35218219
  • Director ‏ : ‎ Various
  • Media Format ‏ : ‎ NTSC, Color, Multiple Formats
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 22 hours and 6 minutes
  • Release date ‏ : ‎ July 1, 2016
  • Actors ‏ : ‎ Shelley Duvall, Robin Williams, Billy Crystal
  • Studio ‏ : ‎ Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B014FXKLKG
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 7
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Just as great as when they aired!
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Just as great as when they aired!
I’m so happy to be enjoying these movies once again, after 30 years. The quality of the dvds themselves is good, but no one should expect that the film quality can be enhanced from its original version. Meaning: visual effects, sound quality, and actual film quality is exactly what it was when these movies aired on TV in the mid-80s. Watching the stories and the all-star cast is just as enjoyable as it ever was, though, and my five year old seems to enjoy as much as I did at his age despite a lesser film quality he’s not used to. If you loved these movies long ago, you’ll love seeing them again thanks to the dvds!
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S. Starr
5.0 out of 5 stars Just as great as when they aired!
Reviewed in the United States on December 31, 2018
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I’m so happy to be enjoying these movies once again, after 30 years. The quality of the dvds themselves is good, but no one should expect that the film quality can be enhanced from its original version. Meaning: visual effects, sound quality, and actual film quality is exactly what it was when these movies aired on TV in the mid-80s. Watching the stories and the all-star cast is just as enjoyable as it ever was, though, and my five year old seems to enjoy as much as I did at his age despite a lesser film quality he’s not used to. If you loved these movies long ago, you’ll love seeing them again thanks to the dvds!
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S. Starr
5.0 out of 5 stars Just as great as when they aired!
Reviewed in the United States on December 31, 2018
I’m so happy to be enjoying these movies once again, after 30 years. The quality of the dvds themselves is good, but no one should expect that the film quality can be enhanced from its original version. Meaning: visual effects, sound quality, and actual film quality is exactly what it was when these movies aired on TV in the mid-80s. Watching the stories and the all-star cast is just as enjoyable as it ever was, though, and my five year old seems to enjoy as much as I did at his age despite a lesser film quality he’s not used to. If you loved these movies long ago, you’ll love seeing them again thanks to the dvds!
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Rebecca Munn
5.0 out of 5 stars As enjoyable now as it was in the eighties'!
Reviewed in the United States on July 22, 2016
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I was so happy to find this series on Amazon. I loved it in the eighties', and I still love it today. There are some great performances in this series, including Jeff Goldblum as a henpecked "big bad wolf", and Robin Williams, who played a frog so convincingly, he really almost became one! This series is safe for most children, although Hansel and Gretel and Little Red Riding Hood might be too intense for very young ones. There is very mild profanity in one or two episodes ( Sleeping Beauty was one ), so keep that in mind if you are sensitive to that. All in all, this is a wonderful show that brought fairy tales back into our lives. I thoroughly enjoyed watching it again.
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joey
5.0 out of 5 stars Some of the best faiy tales of all time come to life in ...
Reviewed in the United States on December 5, 2017
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Some of the best faiy tales of all time come to life in this excellent dvd box set with beautiful colors and best actors and actresses to play and give the characters life as well as perfect stories for the fairy tales. This is a one to get Dvd set. Personally my favorite is rapunzel and snow white and the seven dwarfs as well as Rumpelstiltskin. Exspecialy rapunzel. Very good production andspecial effects. I give 1000 stars if I could. I'm so thankful is came out on dvd set and hope it will come on blu ray sometime soon.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Some of the best faiy tales of all time come to life in ...
Reviewed in the United States on December 5, 2017
Some of the best faiy tales of all time come to life in this excellent dvd box set with beautiful colors and best actors and actresses to play and give the characters life as well as perfect stories for the fairy tales. This is a one to get Dvd set. Personally my favorite is rapunzel and snow white and the seven dwarfs as well as Rumpelstiltskin. Exspecialy rapunzel. Very good production andspecial effects. I give 1000 stars if I could. I'm so thankful is came out on dvd set and hope it will come on blu ray sometime soon.
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River
5.0 out of 5 stars Nostalgia at its best!
Reviewed in the United States on August 17, 2017
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I watched this series on TV when I was young, but I hadn't seen all the episodes. I loved it then and I love it now. Get to see a lot of great actors at a younger time in their careers, and they look like they have so much fun with their characters. One of my favorites is Christopher Reeves. Such an underrated actor. Another interesting piece was The Nightengale with Mick Jagger and Barbara Hershey. The only downside is the audio is a bit low, so I had to turn it up quite a bit. Overall, love this collection.
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Kandi
5.0 out of 5 stars Has all the movies the movies i remember watching growing up.
Reviewed in the United States on July 19, 2018
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I was pleasantly surprised to find this set had all the movies with only a fraction of the cost shown on the other set. I grew up watching these movies as a kid( we would rent them from our library). Just a warning to parents who as strict with what they let their children watch there are a couple of words that might be concerned cuss words (a** for example) in some of the episodes.
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Judy McClenaghan
3.0 out of 5 stars Three Stars
Reviewed in the United States on February 27, 2018
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Not as good as I remembered but great quality and price
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Calec2700
4.0 out of 5 stars Exactly what I expected and wanted
Reviewed in the United States on April 10, 2017
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While I can say this product is not the best on the market, I will say for the price it is a good choice. Please note the pros and cons bellow, but know that I was purchasing this to replace VHS copies I had since I was a child. While I did want a certain amount of quality I wasn't going to spend the quadruple price of the high end copies.

Pros: 1) Price, 2) Fairly nice packaging and disk, 3) Complete series as noted, 4) Unlike a number of other reviewers I can say all my disk played without error, 5) the package fits where only one of the VHS once stood and on VHS it was one episode to a tap so... SPACE SAVER!

Cons: 1) While the packaging is lovely it isn't heavy duty and mine came with a few of the spindles broken so the disk fell loose.
2) While the disk are nicely made the claims it made of being "digitally remaster and restored" are a little... boastful. I was purchasing this to replace a set that was on VHS and while I can say they were better on the disk than on VHS, they weren't so far above and beyond in quality. This set really could have been created from VHS originals(this and number 3 are the reasons I deducted a star)
3) No closed captioning. My hearing isn't what it once was and some of the speech is difficult to make out so it would have been nice to have had closed captioning but since I suspect this came from VHS copies unsurprising as to it lacking.
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Lauren Paige Keener
5.0 out of 5 stars Great price! Super happy :)
Reviewed in the United States on March 15, 2019
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It came in super fast and was a great price. I love this collection and I am so happy that Amazon had it. I watched Faerie Tale Theatre during my childhood and I can't wait to relive my childhood again :)
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pamel murphy
5.0 out of 5 stars I myself watched these movies as well and loved them too
Reviewed in Canada on December 31, 2017
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My son watched these movies growing up over and over again, so when he opened this xmas morning i thought he would have a heart atttack he was so excited and watched some episodes as soon as he could by the way he is 25 now. These movies got him into watching broadway, going to neptune theatre and he went to university for Theatre Stagecraft, he went to Europe and seen broadway. I myself watched these movies as well and loved them too. Best gift ever to buy.
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5.0 out of 5 stars The show is still magical and lovely and the DVD set is good quality.
Reviewed in Canada on October 12, 2017
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This set has kept me enraptured for hours. When I watched these episodes as a child, I had no idea how many celebrities were on this show: Christopher Reeve, Susan Sarandon, Jeff Goldblum, Vincent Price, and so many more. The show is still magical and lovely and the DVD set is good quality.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Okay!
Reviewed in Canada on February 24, 2019
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Great to find this show. Brought back great childhood memories when I use to watch it as a kid. My kids now are watching and enjoying. The disappointment of the discs is the volume issue. You watch one episode and it’s quiet, but the next one is louder. Wish that issue was fixed. Overall, happy to have for my kids now.
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