Comments on: Warner Brothers Home Entertainment Academy Awards Animation Collection – 15 Winners, 26 Nominees

By: Rimon

Rimon — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 16:24:08 +0000

2.0 out of 5 stars
What’s the point?
The concept is interesting, the commentaries sound intriguing and there are quite a few new-to-DVD shorts here, BUT…

By: Xiu juan

Xiu juan — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 13:55:32 +0000

4.0 out of 5 stars
A great idea, too bad it couldn’t be better
This disc is worth purchasing for the following cartoons ALONE:
PEACE ON EARTH
GOOD WILL TO MEN
THE BLITZ WOLF
NELLIE’S FOLLY
NOW HEAR THIS…

By: Idonia

Idonia — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 12:32:57 +0000

5.0 out of 5 stars
Academy Awards Animation Collection 15 Winners 26 Nominees
The Academy Awards Animation Collection is a great collection with some of the best cartoons ever made on it.

By: Andy

Andy — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 12:29:31 +0000

4.0 out of 5 stars
That’s Oscar Folks!
With the Academy Awards coming up soon, many moviegoers have been eagerly awaiting to see what film is the best of the best.

By: Aston

Aston — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 09:39:39 +0000

4.0 out of 5 stars Interesting Mix
This is a very interesting compilation. Academy Award winners and nominees from the golden age of cartoons.

By: Jovanna

Jovanna — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 08:30:05 +0000

4.0 out of 5 stars Academy Award winning cartoons
Video came on time and is in good condition. Given as a gift so I can't review content.

By: Rylee

Rylee — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 06:24:46 +0000

5.0 out of 5 stars Warner Bros.
Fast shipping & quality merchandise. My husband is a fan of shows from his childhood and this is something he'll enjoy.

By: Wind

Wind — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 05:52:24 +0000

Despite the omissions which I’m sure that most animation fans have heard about already, I would give this set a high “thunb’s up!” Most of the cartoons here look and sound better than I’d seen them on previous collections, and it is so nice to have rare titles like “FROM A TO Z-Z-Z-Z” and both “PEACE ON EARTH” and “GOOD WILL TO MEN” on the same collection. Also, on the first disk of this set, “SO MUCH FOR SO FEW” is a gloriously restored part of the main program, not a special feature as it was on one of the LOONEY TUNES GOLDEN COLLECTION volumes. Notable titles are restored with first-time-in-a-long-time seen title cards also finally returned to them, like “HIAWATHA’S RABBIT HUNT” and “A WILD HARE”, the cartoon that started it all for the BUGS BUNNY we all know and love, and I also rather like having “THE DOT AND THE LINE” as part of the main program, as opposed to it being a special feature on the movie, “THE GLASS BOTTOM BOAT”. The whole point of this set is both to honor the cartoon as art form and to show that the Academy was not all that receptive to honoring these wonderful artists outside of the usual Disney nod. It is no wonder that all or most other studios were trying to *BE* Disney instead of having faith in their own incredible style as did the Fleischers, who were ultimately forced to bow to Disney as well during their last fading days at Paramount. Through the commentaries, we get a sense of just who did what and that, no matter who the director of any given cartoon, it ttakes the good efforts of an entire animation staff to get the job done right. Terrific stuff, and wouldn’t it be delightful if we could have more of these kinds of animation packages with one basic theme, mixing up the other studios as well, as a kind of homage to the days when local animation festivals or Saturday matinees were the norm. Theaters are the best way to see these cartoons, but this will do when the best is no longer available to us!

By: Cai

Cai — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 05:33:57 +0000

5.0 out of 5 stars WB's best
I have a lot of these on other collections. But a few are only on this set. Well worth the time.

By: Idana

Idana — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 05:15:31 +0000

This set will include the separately released Winners disc Warner Brothers Home Entertainment Academy Awards Animation Collection – The 15 Winners, pluse two discs of nominees. Warner Brothers Home Video owns 38 nominated cartoons, but they have chosen to only release 26 of them. I don’t know why 12 were omitted. From the Warner Brothers Home Video press release: Disc 1: Academy Award® winning shorts featured on the DVDs: 1) The Milky Way (MGM), 2) Yankee Doodle Mouse (MGM, Tom & Jerry), 3) Mouse Trouble (MGM, Tom & Jerry), 4) Quiet Please (MGM, Tom & Jerry), 5) The Cat Concerto (MGM, Tom & Jerry), 6) Tweetie Pie (WB), 7) The Little Orphan (MGM, Tom & Jerry), 8) For Scent-Imental Reasons (WB, Pepe Le Pew), 9) So Much for so Little (a special educational Warner Brothers short), 10) Two Mouseketeers (MGM, Tom & Jerry), 11) Johann Mouse (MGM, Tom & Jerry), 12) Speedy Gonzales (WB), 13) Birds Anonymous (WB, Tweety & Sylvester), 14) Knighty-Knight Bugs (WB, Bugs Bunny) 15) The Dot and the Line (Chuck Jones classic MGM cartoon). Discs 2 & 3: Academy Award® nominated shorts featured on the DVDs include 1) Popeye The Sailor Meets Sinbad The Sailor (Paramount/Fleischer) 2) Superman (Paramount/Fleischer) 3) Walky Talky Hawky (WB, Foghorn Leghorn) 4) One Droopy Knight (MGM, Droopy) plus 12 more un-announced titles. Those close to the production of this DVD say we can expect these cartoons to be included on the Nominees discs, but they have not yet been officially announced: 5) A Wild Hare (WB, Bugs Bunny) 6) Hiawatha’s Rabbit Hunt (WB, Bugs Bunny) new to DVD. 7) Rhapsody In Rivits (WB) new to DVD. 8) Greetings Bait (WB) new to DVD. 9) Swooner Crooner (WB, Porky Pig) new to DVD. 10) Life With Feathers (WB, Sylvester) new to DVD. 11) Mouse Wreckers (WB, Hubie & Bertie) 12) From A to Z-Z-Z-Z (WB, Ralph Philips) new to DVD. 13) Sandy Claws (WB, Tweety & Sylvester) new to DVD. 14) Tobasco Road (WB, Speedy Gonzalas) 15) Mexicali Schmoes (WB, Speedy Gonzalas) 16) Mouse And Garden (WB, The Honeymousers) 17) The High Note (WB Chuck Jones classic) new to DVD. 18) Pied Piper Of Guadalupe (WB, Speedy Gonzalas) 19) Beep Prepared (WB, Road Runner) new to DVD. 20) Nelly’s Folly (WB) new to DVD. 21) Now Hear This (WB, Chuck Jones classic) new to DVD. 22) Peace On Earth (MGM, Harmon-Ising classic) new to DVD. 23) Night Before Christmas, The (MGM, Tom & Jerry) 24) Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Mouse (MGM, Tom & Jerry) 25) Hatch Up Your Troubles (MGM, Tom & Jerry) 26) Good Will To Men (MGM, Hanna Barbera Cinemascope remake of the classic Peace On Earth) new to DVD. BONUSES will include a red carpet-worthy special feature entitled “Drawn for Glory: Animation’s Triumph At The Oscars®” which focuses on the history of the Academy Awards® animation short subject category. Then watch Bugs Bunny try to promote his film Hiawatha’s Rabbit Hunt to the Acadamy for an award.