The Pied Piper G
Come children of the universe, let Donovan take you away, far far away.
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DVD Details
- Rated: G
- Run Time: 1 hours, 26 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: April 25, 2017
- Originally Released: 1972
- Label: KL Studio Classics
Performers, Cast and Crew:
| Starring | Donovan, Donald Pleasence, Jack Wild & John Hurt | |
| Performer: | Keith Buckley, Peter Eyre, Michael Hordern, Diana Dors, Peter Vaughan, Cathryn Harrison & Roy Kinnear | |
| Directed by | Jacques Demy | |
| Edited by | John Trumper | |
| Music by | Donovan | |
| Screenwriting by | Andrew Birkin, Jacques Demy & Mark Peploe | |
| Produced by | Sanford Lieberson & David Puttnam | |
| Director of Photography: | Peter Suschitzky |
Entertainment Reviews:
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Photographed in pleasingly muted earth tones...the film's almost complete reliance on long and medium shots and exclusive use of live, non-optical special effects give it the feel of a theatrical performance blessed with exceptional talent.
Sight and Sound
Rating: C --
This version of The Pied Piper is not exactly told as a children's fable.
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Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Rating: 2/4 --
Jacques Demy's version of The Pied Piper is as distanced and uncertain as his masterpiece The Young Girls of Rochefort is ecstatically sure of itself.
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Slant Magazine
Rating: 2.4/5 --
This is an extremely nasty critique of modern society masquerading as a candy-colored kiddie flick.
Greenwich Village Gazette
A dark and smoky affair that, although set in Germany during the Black Death summer of 1349, suggests something brainstormed in a St. Marks Place head shop.
Village Voice
The malignant side of Jacques Demy's enchantment
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CinePassion
Too often Demy has seemed to be doing little but produce cinematic candy floss; this admittedly imperfect film of Browning's poem is at least trying for more.
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Time Out
Product Description:
THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG director Jacques Demy tackles the dark fairy tale with this star-filled film. Folk rocker Donovan plays the title character who agrees to help the town of Hamelin with its rat infestation, while Donald Pleasence (HALLOWEEN) is a town leader who wants more than just a clean, healthy village. THE PIED PIPER also stars Jack Wild (OLIVER!) and John Hurt (THE ELEPHANT MAN).
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Product Info
- UPC: 738329207496
- Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx)
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