Shelley Duvall's Faerie Tale Theatre: The Complete Collection
Starring: Shelley Duvall, Robin Williams, Christopher Reeve, Mick Jagger, Howie MandellDirector: Tim Burton, Francis Ford Coppola, Eric Idle, Roger Vadim
Studio: KOCH Vision
MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Format: AC-3, Box set, Color, Dolby, DVD, Original recording remastered, Restored, NTSC
Running Time: 1387 minutes
DVD Release: September 2nd 2008
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DVD Review
Shelley Duvall?s Faerie Tale Theatre brings to life twenty-six of the most magical fairy tales of all time. Directed by such masters of cinema as Tim Burton and Francis Ford Coppola, and star-powered by Robin Williams, Billy Crystal, Mick Jagger, James Earl Jones, Howie Mandel, Christopher Reeve, Susan Sarandon and more, this collection is an unparalleled treasury of best-loved tales of enchantment, adventure and wonder.
Contains 26 Spellbinding Stories Digitally Restored and Re-mastered!
Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp
Beauty and the Beast
The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers
Cinderella
The Dancing Princesses
The Emperor?s New Clothes
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Hansel and Gretel
Jack and the Beanstalk
The Little Mermaid
Little Red Riding Hood
The Nightingale
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
Pinocchio
The Princess and the Pea
The Princess Who Had Never Laughed
Puss in Boots
Rapunzel
Rip Van Winkle
Rumpelstiltskin
Sleeping Beauty
The Snow Queen
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
The Tale of the Frog Prince
The Three Little Pigs
Thumbelina
ALSO INCLUDES ENCHANTING EXTRAS:
Lost Episode: "Faerie Tale Theatre?s Greatest Moments" ("Grimm Party")
Vintage Faerie Tale Theatre Presentation Reel with Shelley Duvall
B-Roll Promo Footage
AND EXCLUSIVE COLLECTOR?S ITEMS:
Photo-Rich 112-Page Storybook
"3-In-1" Faerie Tale Theatre Game (custom playing cards, memory match and trivia)
User Reviews
Faerie Tale Theater Complete - Rating: 5/5
Back when Showtime and HBO were new and affordable, this surprising and creative series was among the first to showcase pop culture icons outside their expected milieu. Featuring music, film, and comedy stars as the characters in classic fairy tales--you'd be just as likely to see the same person Sunday morning (Mick Jagger as the Emperor in "The Nightingale") that you'd seen on Saturday Night Live just hours before. Duvall's brainchild presents traditional stories in a non-traditional, humorous, and often poignant way. Definitely worth watching again and again. The accompanying book is a pleasant addition, but the deck of cards is just filler.
I can finally share this incredible series with my preschooler! - Rating: 5/5
I was 11 years old when Shelley Duvall's Faerie Tale Theatre premiered on TV in 1982. I remember being spell-bound, so happy to see my favorite fairy tales brought to life on screen, and in such an imaginative and creative way. Decades later, I am glad to be finally able to share this wonderful series with my own daughter, who is 4.5-years-old.
The series features individual episodes about 50 min in length, based on various popular fairy tales, and starring famous actors/celebrities such as Robin Williams, Teri Garr, Jeff bridges, Shelley Duvall [featured in many episodes], and many more.
The fairy tales found on this set are:
The Tale of the Frog Prince
Rumpelstiltskin
Rapunzel
The Nightingale
Sleeping Beauty
Jack and the Beanstalk
Little Red Riding Hood
Hansel and Gretel
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
The Princess and the Pea
Pinocchio
Thumbelina
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Beauty and the beast
The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers
The Three Little Pigs
The Snow Queen
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
Cinderella
Puss in Boots
The Emperor's New Clothes
Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp
The Princess Who Had Never Laughed
Rip Van Winkle
The Little Mermaid
The Dancing Princesses
Highly recommended - even after all these years, the series still works its magic on viewers:)
Faerie Tale Theatre - Rating: 3/5
I was thrilled to discover this collection on DVD! My daughters have fond memories of watching them as they grew up (they're now 22 & 20). Sadly though there was no closed captioning for the hearing impaired and the accompanying book, although filled with lots of information, is not arranged in the same order as the DVDs. Otherwise a delightful addition to any DVD library whose patrons enjoy fairy tales!
Awesome DVD - Rating: 5/5
My Granddaughter just loves this DVD and she is 3. There is enough adult humor to keep everyone entertained! We adults even watch it alone so we
aren't interrupted by "child's play".
Mick Jagger? MICK JAGGER??? - Rating: 3/5
Mick Jagger, Gena Rowlands, Malcolm MacDowell, Vincent Price, Liza Minelli, Susan Sarandon, Paul Rubens, Robin Williams, Carrie Fisher, Jeff Bridges, Christopher Reeve... these are just a few of the mega big-name stars that agreed to act in Shelley Duvall's Faire Tale Theater, a decidedly dorky (vanity?) project which aired on Showtime in the early to mid '80's. I was about 11 years old when it debuted, and so I remember watching and enjoying it to a certain extent, even though I thought it was a bit lame. Young people watching this now will probably find the cheap soundstage sets, the bad wigs and costumes, not to mention the very presence of Shelley Duvall herself, laughably dated. And yet the sheer amount of "talent" will boggle the mind. The question isn't who's in this, it's who ISN'T in it. And I'll admit the years have given it a certain charm in the midst of Cable TV's panoply of profanity, sarcasm and slickness. Faerie Tale Theater shares the awkward, sweetly earnest air of those old PBS specials, like the musical of Studs Terkel's "Working" (if anyone remembers that) or even Sesame Street. I got this to watch with my 2 year old daughter as a break from Elmo, and she seems to enjoy it, to a ceertain extent, as well.
