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National Velvet (Blu-ray)
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DVD Details
- Rated: G
- Closed captioning available
- Run Time: 2 hours, 4 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: July 11, 2000
- Originally Released: 1944
- Label: Warner Home Video
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Mickey Rooney & Elizabeth Taylor | |
Performer: | Donald Crisp, Ann Revere, William Austin & Angela Lansbury | |
Directed by | Clarence Brown | |
Edited by | Robert J. Kern | |
Screenwriting by | Theodore Reeves & Helen Deutsch | |
Composition by | Herbert Stothart | |
Story by | Enid Bangold | |
Produced by | Pandro S. Berman | |
Director of Photography: | Leonard Smith |
Major Awards:
Academy Awards 1945 -
Best Film Editing: Robert J. Kern
Academy Awards 1945 -
Best Supporting Actress: Anne Revere
Entertainment Reviews:
This is a charmer for boys and girls of all ages, with a captivating performance from the young Liz Taylor as Velvet.
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Time Out
Rating: 4/5 --
This fresh and delightful Metro picture, based on Enid Bagnold's novel of some years back, tells by far the most touching story of youngsters and of animals since Lassie was coming home.
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New York Times
A good movie for kids and armchair Freudians.
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Chicago Reader
Rating: A --
Assigned her first starring role, Elizabeth Taylor, then 11, gives a compelling performance in what's one of the most likeable and popular child-animal tales.
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EmanuelLevy.Com
Rating: 4/5 --
One of the greatest tear-jerkers that MGM ever made: a warm-hearted piece of escapism.
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Sky Cinema
National Velvet is not merely sure to delight children and the child in most adults; it is also an interesting psychological study of hysterical obsession, conversion mania, preadolescent sexuality.
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TIME Magazine
Rating: 3.5/4 --
Watching a young Elizabeth Taylor work is like watching a seed grow into a blossoming flower.
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Cinema Sight
Product Description:
NATIONAL VELVET is the poignant family story that made a young Elizabeth Taylor a star. Taylor excels as Velvet Brown, a 1920s working-class girl whose dreams of owning her own horse become a reality when she wins Pie, a wild and unruly horse, in a raffle. With the help of Mi Taylor (Mickey Rooney), a skittish, gun-shy ex-jockey, Velvet trains Pie to be a race champion despite the wishes of her loving but cautious parents (Donald Crisp and Ann Revere). Velvet's determination pays off, and the Brown family (including Angela Lansbury as Edwina, Velvet's sophisticated older sister) pools its money and enters the family pride and joy in the prestigious Grand National race, only to have its hopes dashed when the rider renegs--leading Velvet to do something extraordinary. This uplifting adaptation of Enid Bagnold's novel features stunning photography of coastal England and acclaimed crosscut editing that heightens the tension in the famous race scene. Young costars Elizabeth Taylor and Mickey Rooney are fabulous together, full of youthful charm and exuberance, ably supported by a first-rate ensemble cast.