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VHS : The Box Of Delights
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Audience Rating: Universal, suitable for all Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 5024165527733 Format: HiFi Sound, PAL Label: 2 Entertain Video Manufacturer: 2 Entertain Video Number Of Discs: 1 Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: 2 Entertain Video Release Date: April 03, 1995 Running Time: 163 minutes Sales Rank: 2951 Studio: 2 Entertain Video |
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- Time and tide, and buttered eggs wait for no man....This fantastic film is one of the very few DVDs that I would recommend sight-unseen to anyone. If you are a little tired of `It's a Wonderful Life' and `Holiday Inn' then I can't think of anything else which will get you into the Christmas spirit more easily.
The Box of delights is one of the best children's productions the BBC have ever done, and for a variety of reasons has managed to achieve longevity. A key factor is the approach to visual effects. A generous helping of animation ... Read More
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- magical memoriesThe Box of delights is a firm favourite of mine at Christmas, when the log fire is lit and the lights are twinkling on the true. I vividly remember it's first showing on BBC when I was 12 and when it was repeated - I would race home to watch it. Although, compared to modern standards, the animations are dated - the haunting music and surreal storyline still holds you captive. A definite must at Christmas!
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- Lives up to its titleWe watched this, spellbound, with our son when it was first screened in 1985. It is still our family's Christmas favourite.
A wonderful performance by Patrick Troughton, with an excellent supporting cast.
The special effects are not up to modern standards, but - as effects should - they enhance the presentation, rather than drowning you in technology as so many modern productions do.
If you are willing to watch an old-fashioned story with no CGI, do yourselves a ... Read More
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- THE BOX OF DELIGHTSI FIRST SAW THIS SERIES IN 1984 WHEN I WATCHED IT WITH MY 9YR OLD SON. IT WAS BRILLIANT. WE COULDN'T WAIT FOR EACH EPISODE TO BE SCREENED. WHEN I SAW THAT IT WAS OUT ON DVD, I JUST HAD TO BUY IT. I WASN'T DISSAPOINTED, IT IS STILL AS GOOD AS I REMEMBERED IT. I NOW HAVE A YOUNG DAUGHTER AND SHE LOVES IT AS WELL. THIS SERIES HAS STOOD THE TEST OF TIME. OUTSTANDING. SOMETHING FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY TO WATCH AND ENJOY, ESPECIALLY AT CHRISTMAS TIME. A REAL FAMILY FILM.
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- Classic Children's TV !It can be a dissapointment to watch a programme you remember with great pleasure as our tastes change as we grow older.
But this series mixes Masefield's story with some great acting and the direction is superb. Arguably, this is one the best TV adaptions of a classic novel. Okay,the story has been adapted to the constraints of pre-CGI special effects and the acting of the extras "acting" as the cathedral choir is dire. (To be fair even De Niro and Pacino could struggle to suspend our disbelief ... Read More
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