Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: DVD Brand: Warner Brothers EAN: 9781419805981 Format: Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Subtitled, NTSC ISBN: 1419805983 Label: Warner Home Video Manufacturer: Warner Home Video Number Of Items: 2 Publisher: Warner Home Video Region Code: 1 Release Date: October 25, 2005 Running Time: 320 minutes Sales Rank: 5390 Studio: Warner Home Video Theatrical Release Date: June 29, 1946
Product Description: Trends come and go; but the chase is eternal just like the evergreen appeal of animaton's supreme cat-and- mouse team! This second Spotlight Collection of Tom and Jerry's cartoon capers boasts 40 restored and remastered shorts (including their screen debut Puss Gets the Boot in which Tom was called Japser). This delicious assortment covers their golden years - including three Academy Award nominees* and six in their rarely seen widescreen CinemaScope - and includes spiffy character-profiling Special Features. Get ready to duck weave jump and laugh and the hapless feline and the wily rodent take each other on.Running Time: 320 min.System Requirements: Running Time 320 MinFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: CHILDREN/FAMILY Rating: NR UPC: 012569673243
Amazon.com: The second Spotlight Collection features both the first 'Tom and Jerry' short and some of the last films in the series. In 1940, the cartoon unit of MGM was under pressure to produce more, so story man Bill Hanna and animator Joe Barbera were allowed to direct a cartoon. 'Puss Gets the Boot' received an Oscar nomination, and introduced the duo that would become Tom and Jerry. (Tom was originally 'Jasper.') The series ran for 15 years and won seven Oscars. Many of the cartoons follow the pattern set in 'Puss Gets the Boot': Mammy Two-Shoes (Lilian Randolph) warns Tom that if he makes a mess or lets in any mice, he's out on his ear ('O-W-T, out!'). Jerry overhears the threat and makes trouble. The look of the characters changed more noticeably over the years than the storylines: their rounded designs didn't really suit the widescreen format, so they were drawn flatter and more angular.
It's interesting to see how some of these cartoons prefigure the later work of Hanna and Barbera: the underwater antics in 'The Cat and the Mermouse' anticipate Tom and Jerry's frolic with Esther Williams in Dangerous When Wet (1953); Yakky Doodle on The Yogi Bear Show (1961) was copied from Little Quacker. In several cartoons, Mammy Two-Shoes' voice has been redubbed, and the subtitles offer cleaned-up versions of her dialogue. In 'Old Rockin' Chair Tom,' she declares, 'If you is a mouser, I is Lana Turner, which I ain't!' The subtitles read, 'If you're a mouser…I'm Lana Turner, which I'm not.' Whoopi Goldberg discusses the use of stereotypes in the introduction, and these later reworkings falsify history. (Unrated, suitable for ages 7 and older: cartoon violence, ethnic stereotypes) --Charles Solomon
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Rating: - Just like how i remembered it!
Great collection! Got the 1st one too! My daughter loved it and so do i watching it over with her...
Rating: - Love It!!!!
When I first read most of the bad reviews this Collection received I was reluctant to buy it but I am very glad I did.
I grew up watching Tom & Jerry and just have to say that I love this collection Vol. 3 and Vol. 2. It reminded me of my childhood days and my children love it and we watch it over and over again. I know times as changed but this censorship.....come on!
Besides this issue, I chose to ignore it and I am glad I purchased it for me, for my remembrance and for my kids.
Today in day the cartoons and video games that exist can not be compared to any of the cartoons of my days e.g. Tom & Jerry, Looney Tunes, He-man, She-Ra, Thundercats, Smurfs, Gem, etc.
I just have to say ....I love it.
Rating: - My favorite espoide of Tom and Jerry spotlight collection
Mouse in Manhattan from the spotlight collection of Tom and Jerry my favorite because of seeing old time NYC and music too ! all of Tom and Jerry are the best and greatest ! I reccomand this for every Tom and Jerry
fan young and old , kids in heart also !
Rating: - Definately Better than Volume 3
This is a decent set for the price. I don't know why they decided to show "Texas Tom" on all 3 sets but besides that it's worth the money. I can see why some are complaining about the censorship issues and I don't know why some would get offended by certain cartoon characters, these as well as the Looney Tunes are historic marks in animation history and should be left the way they were created. Anyways, besides that this 3 disc set is worth picking up.
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