Included in the bluray style case are three total discs. Toad is a great film and one of my alltime favorites from disney. Toad is, i think, a film that doesnt get enough credit this seems to be a trend with the anthology pieces of the 1940s. Jun 17, 2014 based on washington irvings 1820 short story the legend of sleepy hollow and kenneth grahames 1908 novel the wind in the willows, the adventures of ichabod and mr. Toad, presents two unforgettable childrens classics. The adventures of toad the wind in the willows conner hicks. Ichabod crane, the new schoolmaster, falls for the town beauty, katrina van tassel, and the town bully brom bones decides that he is a little too successful and needs the wind in the willows. Some of the animation and design in the adventures of ichabod and mr. Toad was released on october 5, 1949 without a formal premier. Toad 1949 approved animation, comedy, family, fantasy, horror. Toad 1949 fullhd movie dvd quality the adventures of ichabod and mr.
Toad, the legend of sleepy hollow, the madcap adventures of mr. Through awardwinning golden globe, best cinematography, 1950 disney animation wizardry, the wind in the willows and the legend of sleepy hollow come together in one fabulous adventure in its original theatrical. Experience two classic disney masterpieces, the adventures of ichabod and mr. His friends, rat, mole, and macbadger try to help him when his mania leads to the loss of the deed to toad hall and a. Bing crosby, basil rathbone, jack kinney, clyde geronimi.
I wish i could be as positive about the dvd as i am about the film. The first half of the film is an adaptation of washington irvings the legend of sleepy hollow. Toad drives his friends mole, rat, and angus macbadger into a worried frenzy. Movies tv shows news live fashion spotlight 360 video browse channels. The 50th anniversary movie is, the adventures of ichabod and mr. Kenneth grahames the wind in the willows and washington irvings the legend of sleepy hollow. Toad 1949 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The adventures of toad the wind in the willows youtube. Then meet ichabod crane, the spindly schoolteacher who dreams of sweeping the lovely katrina off her feet. This week the dfpp team catches a jolly ride with mr. Ichabod crane, the new schoolmaster, falls for the town beauty, katrina van tassel, and the town bully brom bones decides that he is a little too successful and needs convincing that katrina is not for him. The styles of each are different too, though overall less visually sophisticated than previous disney animated films.
Toad through awardwinning golden globe, best cinematography, 1950 disney animation wizardry, the wind in the willows and the legend of sleepy hollow come together in one fabulous adventure in its original theatrical format. This film is as it says, the adventures of ichabod and mr. A classic disney animation narrated by bing crosby as only he can. It is a visual splendor of animation and story telling. Toad is ok but ichabod is where this movie really shines with a complete narration by bing. Through animation wizardry, the wind in the willows and the legend of sleepy hollow come together in one fabulous adventure. Toad february 23, 2014 october 14, 2014 by anii654, posted in wdas. With his long limbs and oversize ears and nose, ichabod crane is certainly a memorable creation. Thaddeus toad as he drives his friends mole, rat and angus macbadger into a worried frenzy. Smitten with motorcars, the wealthy and reckless sportsman mr. Toad 1949 starring bing crosby and basil rathbone on dvd and bluray. Toad is a 1949 animated disney anthology featuring two short films. Here is the opening to the adventures of ichabod and mr. A haunted mansion project directed by guillermo del toro is supposedly in the works, and now a movie based on mr.
Toad 1949 two animated adaptations of classic literature make up this disney film. Toad, squire of toad hall, whose love for transportation vehicles was insatiable. Toad offers animated adaptations of two childrens literature classics. Critics were generally pleased with the film, despite their distaste of the package feature concept, and the film enjoyed moderate success at the box office. Toad s segment is first and ichabod s the last, which might actually be for the better, because the legend of sleepy hollow is the best thing in this movie. Actually, the video quality is somewhat spotty a lot of the video has an inconsistent flickerish quality to its texture. Its an animation and comedy movie with a very high rotten tomatoes critics.
Toad is a 1949 american animated package film produced by walt disney productions and released by rko radio pictures. The adventures of ichabod and mr toad was another of disneys features that were really a compilation of shorts, although in this case its seven reel running time is made up of just two stories boasting star narrators. The 68minute flick culminated a string of six consecutive. See more ideas about toad, mr toad, disney animation. The library framing device ties the two animated segments together nicely, and the celebrity narrators do a commendable job. Disney is planning on bringing one of its longest running theme park attractions, mr. Toad is a 1949 american animated package film produced. In the first tale, thaddeus toad, adventureloving master of toad hall, becomes enamored of a shining motorcar and falls afoul of a group of scheming weasels.
The comic rivalry introduces ichabod to the legend of the headless horseman, resulting in a heartthumping climax. The adventures of ichabod and mr toad 1949 dvd dvd the adventures of ichabod and mr toad was another of disneys features that were really a compilation of shorts, although in this case its seven reel running time is made up of just two stories boasting star narrators. Basil rathbone makes the case for toad of toad hall being one of the greatest characters in english literature, though the half. With bing crosby, basil rathbone, eric blore, john mcleish. Nov 08, 2009 the chase between ichabod and the horseman was handled by woolie reitherman, making him the undisputed mvp of ichabod and mr. Enjoy disney animations humorous retelling of two unforgettable classics, the legend of sleepy hollow and the wind in the willows, wonderfully narrated by basil rathbone and bing crosby. Toad and fun and fancy free, together for the very first time on bluray.
I really enjoyed the two short films, amused by the whimsy of the mr toad short and the horror of ichabod in its final few minutes. This desire for the very latest lands him in much trouble with the wrong crowd, and it is up to his friends, mole, rat and badger to save him from himself. Oddly, enough, the two short films that make up this one big film are in reverse order from how theyre presented. Winky and his goons chase the animals for stealing the deed to toad hall. Wonderfully narrated by basil rathbone and bing crosby, the adventures of ichabod and mr. Jan 11, 20 here is the opening to the adventures of ichabod and mr. Based on washington irvings 1820 short story the legend of sleepy hollow and kenneth grahames 1908 novel the wind in the willows, the adventures of ichabod and mr.
This latter film is included as a bonus feature, accessed through either of the other two films submenus. Toad owe as much to van gogh as to disneys own fantasia. Toad was theatrically released on october 5, 1949 as the 11 th full length animated feature in disney history. This film was the last of disneys package films of the 1940s.
Toad is two excellent films in one the first, the wind in the willows, is based on kenneth grahames novel, and narrated by. Then meet ichabod crane, the spindly schoolteacher who dreams of sweeping the lovely katrina off her feet until brom bones, the town bully, gets involved. The adventures of mr toad, based on kenneth grahames the wind in the willows and ichabod crane or the legend of sleepy hollowand, based on washington irvings the legend of sleepy hollow. Toad and fun and fancy free, as well as the film the reluctant dragon run time is about 75 minutes. Concise version of kenneth grahames story of the same name.
The adventures of ichabod and mr toad is a curious twostory feature, from 1949, that pairs a tale with characters from wind in the willows alongside a retelling of the legend of sleepy hollow. They were saludos amigos 1942, the three caballeros 1944, make mine music 1946, fun and fancy free 1947, melody time 1948, and the adventures of ichabod and mr. An animated adaptation of the wind in the willows followed by an adaptation of the legend of sleepy hollow. Toad, the film the film begins in a library with actor basil rathbone telling the tale of the wind in the willows from the book by kenneth grahame, about mr. Toad was not available for viewing in its original form for many years thereafter, but finally received its first complete home video release in the uk in 1991 and in the us in 1992, followed by another vhs release in 1999 and a dvd release in 2000. The adventures of ichabod and mr toad was for me, a breath of fresh air, especially considering how long we have been in the package film era. The american tale is a bit more ambitious and not without its drawbacks. Toad hes responsible for arguably the two best sequences in the movie, and if this latter nighttime chase in particular isnt the films highlight, well then i just dont know what to say. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comic con sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Two tales based on characters from the legend of sleepy hollow and the wind in the willows. Claud allister rat as claud allister the rhythmaires additional voices.
Two tall tales by the worlds top storytellers in one hilarious allcartoon feature the wind in the willows. Pat omalley, john mcleish, colin campbell the g movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 8 min, and received a score of out. Toad 1949 fullhd movie, the adventures of ichabod and mr. Toad brims with highspirited adventure, brilliant animation and captivating music youll want to share with your family again and again. Thaddeus toad, owner of toad hall, is prone to fads. Toad 1949 i guess theres nothing like a bit of disney magic to kick off a round of halloweenbased movie mayhem. Toad 1949 the eleventh animated feature in the walt disney animated classics series, has two sections, both based upon popular works of literature. Through animation wizardry, the wind in the willows and the legend of sleepy hollow come together in. Toad contains two halfhour films, it is more of a return to the top form of disneys early 40s animated features than it is another anthology feature like the five package features that directly preceeded it ichabod and mr. Directed by james algar, clyde geronimi, jack kinney. Toad on his way to nowhere in particular just in time to see ichabod crane escape the headless horseman in the 1949 animated the adventures of ichabod and mr. The adventures of ichabod is quite entertaining, brilliantly narrated and is quite atmospheric. Pat omalley cyril proudbottom as pat omalley john mcleish. One is a bluray containing both films the adventures of ichabod and mr.
Through awardwinning golden globe, best cinematography, 1950 disney animation wizardry, the wind in the willows and the legend of sleepy hollow come together in one fabulous adventure in its original theatrical format. Toad soon drives his close friends mole, rat, and angus macbadger into a worried frenzy. Toad is a twopart walt disney cartoon feature based on a pair of well known stories. From the studios somewhat infamous package era, two classic stories of literature from opposite sides of the pond are adapted in ichabod and mr. The film consists of two segmentsthe first of which is based on the 1908 childrens novel the wind in the willows by british author kenneth grahame, and the second is based on the 1820 short story the legend of sleepy hollow, called ichabod. Toads wild ride is based on disneys adaptation of the wind in the willows, one of the two segments of the film the adventures of ichabod and mr.
Toad, the legend of sleepy hollow, two fabulous characters, the madcap adventures of mr. Thaddeus toad, owner of toad hall, is prone to fads, such as the newfangled motor car. Disney enthusiasts will know that the ride itself was based on a segment found in the animated film the adventures of ichabod and mr. Pat omalley cyril proudbottom as pat omalley john mcleish prosecutor as john ployardt colin campbell mole. Get it today with same day delivery, order pickup or drive up. Two tall tales by the worlds top storytellers in one hilarious allcartoon feature. It was popular enough and successful enough to give disney the confidence to make a full length feature.
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