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      The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm

      G Released Aug 7, 1962 2 hr. 9 min. Fantasy List
      Reviews 62% 1,000+ Ratings Audience Score Wilhelm (Laurence Harvey) and Jacob Grimm (Karl Boehm) are writing a historical manuscript for a local duke (Oscar Homolka), but the project is late because Wilhelm spends his time gathering fairy tales. When Wilhelm drops part of the manuscript in a creek, catches pneumonia while retrieving it. Near death, he dreams of various characters that want to be written -- and upon his recovery, a shaken Jacob agrees to work on a book of fairy tales with him, beginning the brothers' illustrious career. Read More Read Less

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      steve d I don't even think it was the passable world of the brothers Grimm. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member Processed in cinemascope, so audiences with only widescreen will see the "lines" created by the three strips of film... As you might expect, children loved this movie. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/16/23 Full Review Audience Member MGM and Cinerama collaborated on this lavish musical fantasy, the first fictional Cinerama film. Animator George Pal also produced some magical stop-motion puppetry including - in the film's best sequence - a fire-breathing dragon which battles Terry-Thomas and Buddy Hackett. Laurence Harvey and Karl Boehm play the brothers in the dramatic sequences, which tend to drag. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review s r Goes to show how good Disney really is. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Very charming. 1st widescreen movie to be released. The acting is a little hokey but I relate to the message. There's a moment in the film when his characters come visit him. We all long for these fictional characters were real somehow. And if you created the characters you long to meet them so much more. Be ready to fast forward. Some scenes (like dance sequences) draaaaaaaag on. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/14/23 Full Review Audience Member Entertaining recreation of Brothers Grimm stories intermixed with their own lives. The fairy tales are the more entertaining part of the film, particularly the "Puppetoons" segments. Filmed in Cinerama, the frame is ridiculously wide and it not used to much effect outside of having supporting characters standing on the fringes to fill out the frame. Still, it's an entertaining enough of children's film. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Matt Brunson Film Frenzy A delightful film. Rated: 3.5/4 Apr 1, 2022 Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews Fanciful biography of the early 19th century German fairy-tale collectors. Rated: B Apr 7, 2010 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 2/5 Jul 21, 2005 Full Review Steve Crum Kansas City Kansan Cinerama-big & star packed...but draggy. Rated: 3/5 Jan 3, 2005 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Synopsis Wilhelm (Laurence Harvey) and Jacob Grimm (Karl Boehm) are writing a historical manuscript for a local duke (Oscar Homolka), but the project is late because Wilhelm spends his time gathering fairy tales. When Wilhelm drops part of the manuscript in a creek, catches pneumonia while retrieving it. Near death, he dreams of various characters that want to be written -- and upon his recovery, a shaken Jacob agrees to work on a book of fairy tales with him, beginning the brothers' illustrious career.
      Director
      Henry Levin, George Pal
      Screenwriter
      David P Harmon
      Distributor
      Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
      Production Co
      Cinerama Productions Corp.
      Rating
      G
      Genre
      Fantasy
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Aug 7, 1962, Original
      Sound Mix
      Stereo