Tom and Jerry - Spotlight Collection
starring: Tex Avery, Joseph Barbera, Billy Bletcher, Daws Butler, Bill Cole (III)
directed by: Tex Avery, Joseph Barbera, William Hanna, Michael Lah
directed by: Tex Avery, Joseph Barbera, William Hanna, Michael Lah
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Tom and Jerry, the animation franchise, lasted six decades and saw several geniuses of the form--Chuck Jones, Tex Avery, and Friz Freleng--have a hand in updating and refreshing the series in later years. But Tom and Jerry: The Spotlight Collection, Premiere Volume celebrates the original mastery of producer-directors William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, who took the familiar cat-chases-mouse concept and slowly turned it into witty, unpredictable, and sometimes ironic entertainment. The Spotlight Collection offers 40 restored, remastered shorts beginning with 1943's handsome, Oscar-nominated "Yankee Doodle Mouse" and ending with the fantastic, widescreen 1956 "Blue Cat Blues," very similar to the exaggerated look and feel of former cartoonist-gagman Frank Tashlin's live-action comedies (Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?) from the same period.
What strikes one about every episode on these discs is the lavish care Hanna-Barbera paid to Tom and Jerry, not only drumming up new, sometimes exotic settings (such as the swashbuckling "The Two Mousketeers," or for the Old West adventure "Texas Tom") but also consistently turning out gorgeous and wildly creative backgrounds, where straight lines rarely exist and the palette of a night sky includes multiple, dreamy shades of blue and green. Technicolor and novel visual ideas (e.g., shooting a scene through the tunnel-like view of a hollowed-out bread loaf) are sometimes more pleasing than the combative relationship between the two leads. But their rivalry is often renewed in very interesting ways, such as the wonderful "Tom and Jerry in the Hollywood Bowl," in which the pair play competing conductors against a lovely backdrop of L.A. landmarks. Special features include the Anchors Aweigh dance sequence featuring Jerry and Gene Kelly, and a featurette, "How Bill and Joe Met Tom and Jerry." --Tom Keogh
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Amazon.com:
Tom and Jerry, the animation franchise, lasted six decades and saw several geniuses of the form--Chuck Jones, Tex Avery, and Friz Freleng--have a hand in updating and refreshing the series in later years. But Tom and Jerry: The Spotlight Collection, Premiere Volume celebrates the original mastery of producer-directors William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, who took the familiar cat-chases-mouse concept and slowly turned it into witty, unpredictable, and sometimes ironic entertainment. The Spotlight Collection offers 40 restored, remastered shorts beginning with 1943's handsome, Oscar-nominated "Yankee Doodle Mouse" and ending with the fantastic, widescreen 1956 "Blue Cat Blues," very similar to the exaggerated look and feel of former cartoonist-gagman Frank Tashlin's live-action comedies (Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?) from the same period.
What strikes one about every episode on these discs is the lavish care Hanna-Barbera paid to Tom and Jerry, not only drumming up new, sometimes exotic settings (such as the swashbuckling "The Two Mousketeers," or for the Old West adventure "Texas Tom") but also consistently turning out gorgeous and wildly creative backgrounds, where straight lines rarely exist and the palette of a night sky includes multiple, dreamy shades of blue and green. Technicolor and novel visual ideas (e.g., shooting a scene through the tunnel-like view of a hollowed-out bread loaf) are sometimes more pleasing than the combative relationship between the two leads. But their rivalry is often renewed in very interesting ways, such as the wonderful "Tom and Jerry in the Hollywood Bowl," in which the pair play competing conductors against a lovely backdrop of L.A. landmarks. Special features include the Anchors Aweigh dance sequence featuring Jerry and Gene Kelly, and a featurette, "How Bill and Joe Met Tom and Jerry." --Tom Keogh
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- CAUTION!VERY VIOLENT - SHOULD BE PG
I bought this DVD for my 3 yr old grandson to watch.Thank goodness I watched it with him!About the 3rd or 4th cartoon shows Jerry tied down, with a line drawn over his tummy, and Tom holding a Huge AX over his shoulder!I immediately stopped the video, and I don't think my Grandson realized what was happening.
When I put the dvd back in the case - I noticed the picture on the inside flap - and posted it for you to see.It shows another scene of Tom with an AX and a gun, and various ... Read More
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- When cartoons were fun.
We were looking for one particular episode of Tom and Jerry and was delighted to find it but enjoyed the whole collection. We enjoy it and our children and grandchildren do too.
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- Edited and not the greatest quality.
These are edited and cut. I had to call the 800 number to get the replacement disc.
Warner Brothers offers an 800 number (see other reviews)so you can get the unedited version. If not for this I would have given this collection maybe 1 star.
The cartoons are fantastic and this volume showcase the best ones for the most part. They could have done better restoring them as I have seen much better jobs done on other collections.
If you get this collection call Warner ... Read More
Rating: - Romancing cat and mouse
Favorite cartoon characters since a little boy and at 77 y/o still makes me laugh.Have several of their DVD'S
Rating: - 5 Stars If UNCUT!!!
I've read & REread the Reviews. My Husband had a gift card from another place & he decided to get these. To be Honest: we have'nt seen all the Episodes in here as a few we don't care for. I have to get on my Soapbox as in WHY is Warner claiming Uncut when they are? Our Favorite Animator(Tex Avery) is only available with the 2 Full Droopy DVS & THAT'S a 5 star rating as those ARE UNEDITED! WHY they won't release ALL of Tex's Stuff is inexcusable! If these Honchos are so gung ho about censoring, stereotypes ... Read More
- CAUTION!VERY VIOLENT - SHOULD BE PGI bought this DVD for my 3 yr old grandson to watch.Thank goodness I watched it with him!About the 3rd or 4th cartoon shows Jerry tied down, with a line drawn over his tummy, and Tom holding a Huge AX over his shoulder!I immediately stopped the video, and I don't think my Grandson realized what was happening.
When I put the dvd back in the case - I noticed the picture on the inside flap - and posted it for you to see.It shows another scene of Tom with an AX and a gun, and various ... Read More
- When cartoons were fun.We were looking for one particular episode of Tom and Jerry and was delighted to find it but enjoyed the whole collection. We enjoy it and our children and grandchildren do too.
- Edited and not the greatest quality.These are edited and cut. I had to call the 800 number to get the replacement disc.
Warner Brothers offers an 800 number (see other reviews)so you can get the unedited version. If not for this I would have given this collection maybe 1 star.
The cartoons are fantastic and this volume showcase the best ones for the most part. They could have done better restoring them as I have seen much better jobs done on other collections.
If you get this collection call Warner ... Read More
- Romancing cat and mouseFavorite cartoon characters since a little boy and at 77 y/o still makes me laugh.Have several of their DVD'S
- 5 Stars If UNCUT!!!I've read & REread the Reviews. My Husband had a gift card from another place & he decided to get these. To be Honest: we have'nt seen all the Episodes in here as a few we don't care for. I have to get on my Soapbox as in WHY is Warner claiming Uncut when they are? Our Favorite Animator(Tex Avery) is only available with the 2 Full Droopy DVS & THAT'S a 5 star rating as those ARE UNEDITED! WHY they won't release ALL of Tex's Stuff is inexcusable! If these Honchos are so gung ho about censoring, stereotypes ... Read More
