The Apple Dumpling Gang

Bill Bixby Director: Norman Tokar Norman Tokar

Overview

This live-action comedy Western from Walt Disney Pictures gets an upscale presentation for this special edition DVD release. The Apple Dumpling Gang has been given a THX-approved letterboxed transfer to disc in the widescreen aspect ratio of 1.75:1, which has been enhanced for anamorphic playback on 16 x 9 monitors. The audio has been remixed in Dolby Digital 5.1 and the dialogue is in English with optional Spanish subtitles. Bonus materials include a commentary track featuring cast members Tim Conway, Don Knotts, Susan Clark, and Brad Savage; a documentary on the making of the film; a cartoon short, Two Gun Goofy; an interview with Tim Conway; a gallery of production stills; biographies of the key cast and crew members; trailers for other Disney DVD titles; audio and video tests for fine-tuning your home entertainment system; and much more.

Product Details

Release Date:	09/02/2003
UPC:	0786936192421
Original Release:	1975
Rating:	G
Source:	Walt Disney Video
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[THX-Supervised Mastering, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Time:	1:40:00
Sales rank:	2,750

Special Features

Closed Caption; Audio commentary with Susan Clark, Tim Conway, Don Knotts and Brad Savage; Cartoon: "Two Gun Goofy"; "A Look Back With the Gang"; Conversations with Tim Conway; "Disney's Rootin' Tootin' Cowboy Heroes"; "Lost Treasures: The Disney Back Lot"; 1975 Disney Studio album; Production stills; Biographies: Bill Bixby, Brad Savage, Clay O'Brien, Don Knotts, Harry Morgan, Norman Tokar, Slim Pickens, Stacy Manning, Susan Clark, and Tim Conway; Lobby cards, posters, publicity, and comic book

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Bill Bixby	Russel Donavan
Susan Clark	Magnolia Dusty Clydesdale
Don Knotts	Theodore Ogelvie
Tim Conway	Amos
David Wayne	Col. T.R. Cyldesdale
Slim Pickens	Frank Stillwell
John McGiver	Leonard Sharpe
Don Knight	John Wintle
Clay O'Brien	Bobby Bradley
Brad Savage	Clovis Bradley
Stacy Manning	Celia Bradley
Harry Morgan	Homer McCoy
Olan Soule	Rube Cluck
Tom Waters	Rowdy Joe Dover
Dawn Little Sky	Big Foot
Dennis Fimple	Rudy Hooks
Pepe Callahan	Clemons
Iris Adrian	Poker Polly
Fran Ryan	Mrs. Stockley
Bing Russell	Herm Dally
Jim Boles	Easy Archie
Joshua Shelley	Broadway Phil
Richard Lee-Sung	Oh So
Arthur Wong	No S'o
Dick Winslow	Slippery Kid
James Brodhead	The Mouthpiece
Wally K. Berns	Cheating Charley
Bill Dunbar	Fast Eddie Card Dealer

Technical Credits

Don Tait

Norman Tokar	Director
Bill Anderson	Producer
Buddy Baker	Score Composer
Raymond A. de Leuw	Editor
Ronald R. Grow	Asst. Director
John Mansbridge	Art Director
Frank Phillips	Cinematographer
Frank C. Regula	Sound/Sound Designer
Don Tait	Screenwriter
Herb Taylor	Sound/Sound Designer
Walter Tyler	Art Director
Jesse Wayne	Stunts

Scene Index

Side #1 --
1. Opening Credits; The Favor [8:29]
2. Donavan's Surprise [10:24]
3. Looking for a New Home [5:08]
4. Trouble in Quake City [7:34]
5. Theodore and Amos [6:50]
6. The Commodore Mine [6:37]
7. The Dilemma [13:49]
8. Foiled Again! [5:29]
9. "I Do" [8:18]
10. The Custody Hearing [6:05]
11. The Robbery [13:58]
12. The Big Bang/End Credits [6:11]

Menu

Side #1 --
   The Movie
      Play
      Bonus Material
         Audio Commentary
            View the Film With Audio Commentary by Tim Conway, Don Knotts, Susan Clark, and Brad Savage: On
            View the Film With Audio Commentary by Tim Conway, Don Knotts, Susan Clark, and Brad Savage: Off
         Cartoon: "Two Gun Goofy"
      Scene Selection
      Sneak Peeks
         The Lion King: Special Edition
         Disney's Haunted Mansion
         Stitch! The Movie
         Sleeping Beauty: Special Edition
      Set Up
         Captions
            English for the Hearing Impaired
            Captions: None
         THX Optimizer
            Audio Tests
            Video Tests
         Register Your DVD
   The Vault
      A Look Back With the Gang
      Conversations With Tim Conway
      Disney's Rootin' Tootin' Cowboy Heroes

Editorial Reviews

One of Disney's surest hands, Norman Tokar (Big Red, Savage Sam, The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit), directed this 1975 live-action western comedy that remains one of the golden nuggets in the Disney mines. Bill Bixby stars as Donovan, a gambler who unwittingly becomes the very reluctant guardian of three "runny-nosed kids" who happen to possess the deed to a supposedly worthless gold mine. Don Knotts and Tim Conway are fortuitously teamed as Theodore and Otis, two hapless crooks who effortlessly steal every scene they're in. The able supporting cast includes some welcome familiar faces, including a buckskin-clad Susan Oliver as the love interest, Harry Morgan as the town barber/sheriff/judge, and Slim Pickens as a bank robber. Unjaded younger viewers will treasure this G-rated comedy. Like the film itself, the audio commentary contained on the disc really comes to life whenever Conway and Knotts pop up.

Barnes & Noble - Donald Liebenson