on...THAT...Disney Movie...

[acroyear70]

MR. FUN:It was an unofficial experiment but the experience proved insightful. I set up a special screening for a church group in downtown Los Angeles back in the sixties. The motion picture I chose to screen was Walt Disney’s “Song of the South

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[stori_lundi]

I loved that movie when I was a kid, though the "tar baby" story scared me.

[blueeowyn]

My mom was raised in the south by a nanny who was an immigrant from Germany. Mom & my uncle used to beg for her to read Brer Rabbit stories, especially The Tar Baby since the poor woman had no idea what she was reading and just sounded it out with her accent. Joel Chandler Harris should be celebrated for cherishing the stories and sharing them.

*sigh*

[kiltboy]

I might have a copy of that around on VOB, I'm just saying. Possibly from a Laser Disc. Maybe. If you're interested. Maybe.

[acroyear70]

i'm good on that front.

[acroyear70]

Song of the South was released on VHS and Laserdisc in other countries, usually only in PAL format (European standard).

It has never *legally* been released on Home Video (VHS, Laserdisc, or DVD) in "Region 1" (US, Canada, Mexico) in any form.

There are several bootleg versions going around, some appearing very professionally produced, most taken from a conversion of a Laserdisc master from a foreign copy (the most common being a Dutch Laserdisc). To the Japanese, the movie is out of copyright, so they freely distribute it all the time, but only on a master they generated from a print.