Award winning movie, action, adventure, drama!
THE STORY: Set in the English middle ages, two boys are born a few minutes apart and by some twist of fate they are nearly identical in features. But their lives could not be more different as they grow up, as one is born a peasant named Tom Canty while the other is born Edward Tudor, the Prince of Wales. Both boys are frustrated with the negative side of their lives, and yearn for a change. The prince wants to get out and see how normal people live, away from the protective bubble of palace life. Tom would like to be able to eat better food, have a safe place to sleep, get an education, and see how the royals live. When the boys meet by chance, they decide to switch places, to finally see how the other half lives. But the grass is not always greener on the other side.
BEHIND THE SCENES & TRIVIA: A live action adaptation of Mark Twain's famous story, with a screenplay adaptation by Jack Whittingham. Walt Disney needed a high quality show for his first season at a new...
Good movie, poor quality video
I love this movie and remember watching it on TV in 3 parts when I was 12 years old. I have been dying to see it again now that Disney has released the Zorro series on DVDs. I am a huge fan of Guy Williams and wanted to see him filmed in color, not just colorized. I had been looking for this movie and bugging Disney to hurry up and come out with it as a Disney Treasures, so I was thrilled when I accidentally discovered I could rent it for $1.99 on Amazon's Video on Demand. I immediately sent it to my TiVo.
This is the edited version that cuts out parts that were in the 3-part TV series. Too bad, because one of those parts shows Guy Williams as Miles Hendon fencing at Hendon Hall with his evil brother. Luckily, there is a YouTube clip of that online.
I was disappointed in the video quality of this rental. It appears to have been converted from a bad VHS tape. If I could watch it on my iPhone, it would probably look fine but on a 52" HD TV, it is really noticeable...
Award Winning Show, 1962 Live Action version
THE STORY: During the English "Middle Ages", two babies are born a few minutes apart to separate families, but by some twist of fate they are nearly identical in features. But their lives could not be more different, as one is born a peasant named Tom Canty while the other is born Edward Tudor, the Prince of Wales. When the boys meet by chance they decide to switch places, to see how the other half lives.
BEHIND THE SCENES & TRIVIA: A live action adaptation of Mark Twain's famous story, with a screenplay adaptation by Jack Whittingham. Walt Disney needed a high quality show for his first season at a new network having just moved his show from ABC to NBC. He had a great action star on hand, Guy Williams of Zorro. Walt liked to use classic stories that were in the public domain, not only because they were cheaper than new stories, but he felt that period costume films would not become dated as quickly. So Walt personally approved this project and oversaw it's production,...
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