Fun and Fancy Free

Director: Jack Kinney, William Morgan

Overview

"Disney's ninth animated feature Fun and Fancy Free comes to DVD with a standard full-frame transfer that preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of 1.33:1. English, Spanish, and French soundtracks are rendered in Dolby Digital Mono. There are no subtitles, but the English soundtrack is closed-captioned. Supplemental materials include a behind-the-scenes featurette, a DVD storybook, and a trivia game. This is a solid release that should please any fan of classic Disney entertainment."

Product Details

Release Date:	06/20/2000
UPC:	0717951008695
Original Release:	1947
Rating:	G
Source:	Walt Disney Video
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Full Frame]
Sound:	[monaural, Dolby Digital]
Language:	English
Time:	1:13:00
Sales rank:	6,257

Special Features

Fun and Fancy Free" behind the scenes; "Mickey and the Beanstalk" DVD storybook; Interactive trivia game ; French and Spanish tracks

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Edgar Bergen	Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy
Luana Patten	Luana
Dinah Shore	Dinah Shore - Narrator
Anita Gordon	Singing Harp
Cliff Edwards	Jiminy Cricket
Billy Gilbert	Willie the Giant
Clarence Nash	Donald Duck
Vance Colvig	Goofy
Walt Disney	Mickey Mouse
The Starlighters	Themselves
The King's Men	Themselves
Dinning Sisters	Themselves
Mickey Mouse	Actor
Donald Duck	Actor
Goofy	Actor
Jiminy Cricket	Actor
Eliot Daniel	Composer
Paul Smith	Composer
Oliver Wallace	Composer

Technical Credits

Tom Oreb

Lance Nolley

Harry Reeves

Ted Sears

Homer Brightman

Eldon Dedini

Tom Oreb	Screenwriter
Lance Nolley	Screenwriter
Harry Reeves	Screenwriter
Jack Kinney	Director
Ted Sears	Screenwriter
Homer Brightman	Screenwriter
Eldon Dedini	Screenwriter
Ub Iwerks	Special Effects
William Morgan	Director

Editorial Reviews

Fun and Fancy Free is one of several "package" animated films produced by the Disney studio in the 1940s. Like the other packages, Fun features cartoons that are longer than the "curtain raiser" kind but too short for feature length. It's a good way to tell tales without worrying about stretching them out to cover a feature - although, truth to tell, even in their present form, both of the cartoons in Fun feature a bit of padding. Bongo, the first of the pieces, is an entertaining tale with a gentle moral that is probably not as well known to modern audiences as it was to those of the 1940s. It's sweetly told (in narration and song by Dinah Shore, sounding quite nice) and beguilingly animated, and will be especially appreciated by younger viewers. Mickey and the Beanstalk reworks the familiar fairy tale to accommodate the studio's "big guns" - Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and Goofy. The characters behave true to form in the familiar setting, and the film features a number of setpiece gags that are lively and provide a twinkle. The animation is also quite good, most noticeably in the growth of the beanstalk, which is a highlight. Framing sequences featuring Edgar Bergen and Jiminy Cricket add to the charm. All in all, Fun is minor Disney, but quite enjoyable.