The Apple Dumpling Gang [Special Edition]

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:	[Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround, THX-Supervised Mastering]
Language:	English
Time:	1:40:00
Sales rank:	26,256

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

Technical Credits

Don Tait

Norman Tokar	Director
William H. Anderson	Producer
Jesse Wayne	Stunts
Bill Anderson	Producer
Don Tait	Screenwriter
Herb Taylor	Sound/Sound Designer
Frank C. Regula	Sound/Sound Designer

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.