Tom and Jerry - Spotlight Collection
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List Price: $19.98
Our Price: $8.77
Your Save: $ 11.21 ( 56% )
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Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Starring: Tex Avery, Joseph Barbera, Billy Bletcher, Daws Butler, Bill Cole (III)
Directed By: Tex Avery, Joseph Barbera, William Hanna, Michael Lah
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 9780790786513
Format: Closed-captioned
ISBN: 0790786516
Label: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2004-10-26
Running Time: 322
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: 1946-05-18
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Five stars for the cartoons, minus infinity for the DVD
Comment: We all know how great Tom and Jerry can be, so I won't waste anyone's time praising them with sentences that have no doubt been written many times on this website already.
What I WILL say is that Warner ought to be ashamed for putting out such a shoddy product. The cartoons are in a terrible condition, with muck, filth, dust and cigarette burns flickering around in every frame. They have also been censored to appease the PC brigade and narrow-minded, ignorant parents who want to airbrush history to make it seem like the world has always been at peace.
Mammy-Two-Shoes, a stereotypical black character for the 1940s, has been dubbed over to sound less 'racist' (yeah right) in most of her appearances. And all jokes in which Tom or Jerry are blown up and appear in 'blackface' have been rudely cut out. A couple of Native American references have been cut off also.
If we accept this, then what's the next stop for these PC nut-jobs? Editing Gone with the Wind to give it a happier ending? Equal rights for zombies? I am not a liberal loon, and I am not the type who would let rapists live in women's changing rooms, but to think that some people somewhere are ACTUALLY offended by a harmless cartoon older than my grandmother frightens me.
Buy if it is very, very cheap. Otherwise, don't bother. After the extensive restoration we've seen of other cartoons, especially the Disney Treasure box sets, there's no reason why something as popular as Tom and Jerry should be released in such shocking condition.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Decided not to buy based on reviews
Comment: After reading the reviews here I've decided not to buy this disk and just keep watching them on youtube where they are mostly unedited.
Which is a shame because it would be nice to sit on the couch and see them on the big screen.
I'm generally not so picky about things, but think it's crazy that these cartoons are being edited, and really underestimates the intelligence of most viewers.
These are works are art, only we tend not to view them that way because they are cartoons and most of us adults watched them on TV on Saturday mornings. But when you consider not only the animation--which is as good as it gets--but the music, the cultural references, they really do stand out as important works of art.
We don't edit offensive things in art museums, or important novels because it would be like altering history. Please stop editing the old classic cartoons.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Great entertainer
Comment: I bought this for my granddaughter to watch on a road trip. She loves Tom and Jerry...they're her favorite! Great entertainment!
Customer Rating:
Summary: So much fun!
Comment: Just like how i remembered these cartoons to be! I love them! Too bad, that there is only 2 spotlight collection and not more...
Customer Rating:
Summary: Re-living my childhood
Comment: Looney Tunes, Droopy and Tom & Jerry were some of my favorite cartoons when I was growing up and it's great to see that they're finally getting released on DVD sets since they're not shown on TV anymore. None of these newer cartoons even compare to these and probably none ever will. These classics are definately worth picking up and definately have alot of replay value.
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Editorial Reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Five stars for the cartoons, minus infinity for the DVD
Comment: We all know how great Tom and Jerry can be, so I won't waste anyone's time praising them with sentences that have no doubt been written many times on this website already.
What I WILL say is that Warner ought to be ashamed for putting out such a shoddy product. The cartoons are in a terrible condition, with muck, filth, dust and cigarette burns flickering around in every frame. They have also been censored to appease the PC brigade and narrow-minded, ignorant parents who want to airbrush history to make it seem like the world has always been at peace.
Mammy-Two-Shoes, a stereotypical black character for the 1940s, has been dubbed over to sound less 'racist' (yeah right) in most of her appearances. And all jokes in which Tom or Jerry are blown up and appear in 'blackface' have been rudely cut out. A couple of Native American references have been cut off also.
If we accept this, then what's the next stop for these PC nut-jobs? Editing Gone with the Wind to give it a happier ending? Equal rights for zombies? I am not a liberal loon, and I am not the type who would let rapists live in women's changing rooms, but to think that some people somewhere are ACTUALLY offended by a harmless cartoon older than my grandmother frightens me.
Buy if it is very, very cheap. Otherwise, don't bother. After the extensive restoration we've seen of other cartoons, especially the Disney Treasure box sets, there's no reason why something as popular as Tom and Jerry should be released in such shocking condition.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Decided not to buy based on reviews
Comment: After reading the reviews here I've decided not to buy this disk and just keep watching them on youtube where they are mostly unedited.
Which is a shame because it would be nice to sit on the couch and see them on the big screen.
I'm generally not so picky about things, but think it's crazy that these cartoons are being edited, and really underestimates the intelligence of most viewers.
These are works are art, only we tend not to view them that way because they are cartoons and most of us adults watched them on TV on Saturday mornings. But when you consider not only the animation--which is as good as it gets--but the music, the cultural references, they really do stand out as important works of art.
We don't edit offensive things in art museums, or important novels because it would be like altering history. Please stop editing the old classic cartoons.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Great entertainer
Comment: I bought this for my granddaughter to watch on a road trip. She loves Tom and Jerry...they're her favorite! Great entertainment!
Customer Rating:
Summary: So much fun!
Comment: Just like how i remembered these cartoons to be! I love them! Too bad, that there is only 2 spotlight collection and not more...
Customer Rating:
Summary: Re-living my childhood
Comment: Looney Tunes, Droopy and Tom & Jerry were some of my favorite cartoons when I was growing up and it's great to see that they're finally getting released on DVD sets since they're not shown on TV anymore. None of these newer cartoons even compare to these and probably none ever will. These classics are definately worth picking up and definately have alot of replay value.
The Tom-and-Jerry legacy chases through every nook and cranny of the classic animation pantheon, spanning six decades and several famous directors. Looney Tunes icons Friz Freleng, Tex Avery and Chuck Jones all played their part. But the enduring cat-and-mouse team was the brainchild of William Hanna and Joseph Barbera. Their first short Puss Gets the Boot (in which Tom was called Jasper) was released with little fanfare. Fellow animators did not consider a cat-pursuing-mouse scenario too exciting or original. But when unleashed on exhibitors and audiences, their hilariously diabolical rivalry delighted everyone. This 2-disc set of 40 restored and remastered shorts (along with fabulous celebratory bonuses) includes nine Academy Award nominees and seven winners. And with this in hand, you're a winner too!
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