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| The Enchantment Collection: Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid & Thumbelina (Golden Films) | 
 enlarge | Directors: Chinami Namba, Masakazu Higuchi
Actor: Irene Cara
Studio: Goodtimes Entertainment
Category: DVD
List Price: $14.98
Buy New: $7.94
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Avg. Customer Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 32783
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dvd-video, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language)
Rating: Unrated
Number Of Items: 3
Running Time: 147
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: GTED0551381D
UPC: 018713513816
EAN: 0018713513816
ASIN: B000AQ699U
Theatrical Release Date: August 6, 2003
Release Date: December 6, 2005
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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 mermaid sans the red hair June 5, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
well, my daughter picked this up as she is a big ariel fan. very soon, she realised it was not just the red hair that was amiss but all the characters like- ursula is cassandra , eric is stefan. But nonetheless, she enjoyed it...and likes to watch it on weekends. the animation is good , and dialogues are simple ...so that even a 3 year old can understand. at the price it is being sold, it is a good buy...lena is cute.
 Not what I wanted January 11, 2007
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
I was expecting the Little Mermaid I watched when I was a child, but when I got it the date showed that it had been produced in the early 90's not the 80's. I tried to watch it anyway, but I did not get past the first 15 minutes.
 Small, short but heartwarming! August 9, 2006
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
"It's not the 1979, so I just hate it because I ordered the wrong one!" Urrgh!
This version of the classic Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale was produced by Diane Eskenazi and distributed by the unpopular GoodTimes Entertainment studio. "The Little Mermaid" (1992) follows the adventures of a sweet, fun-loving little sea girl named Lena, who after a visit to the above world, falls deeply in love with Prince Stefan. Lena then visits the wicked sea-witch Cassandra, who in exchange for Lena's enchanting voice, gives the little mermaid legs to walk on land, warning her that if Prince Stefan were to marry someone other than her, then would Lena be turned into seafoam for all time. Lena then is able to walk on land and when Prince Stefan meets the girl, he too falls in love, unfortunatelly, trouble comes for Lena when Princess Anna is then pressured by her father to marry Stefan.
Like in many other Disney and GoodTimes films, a few sidekicks are added for comic relief and to add a sense of friendship and companionship into the movie; Bink, the dolphin, is Lena's best friend, but at the same time is an important character in the story. Animation quality does not live up to Disney's standards, being a bit rougher and less realistic, but nothing that would make a child enjoy this any less than a Disney film, after all, this films are meant for children and adults viewing should take that into consideration before bashing it. Music, as in many other GoodTimes releases is one of the strengths in this film. Golden Films (The producers) has always done a good job of selecting music for their films, rather than creating a brand new musical soundtrack, timeless classical pieces are added by some of the best and most famous composers of all time. One lovely, original song is included in the opening and instrumentally reprised later on in the film, that song is called "The World Above" in which the singer steps into Lena's "shoes" and dreams of life by her prince on land.
This film is somewhat hard to find offline, for not many stores carry GoodTimes' line of Collectible Classics. However, finding it online at a price of about $5.95 should be no real challenge. One of the best things about these children's films is that, being so cheap, a small child might just save up to buy them on their own. Overall, memorable and heartwarming Golden Films/GoodTimes fair, I'd recommend it to the very young and the very young at heart.
is NOT the 1979 version September 15, 2004
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
For those who thought they were looking for the touching story of a mermaid's ultimate sacrifice, this ain't it! This is the worst animation I've ever seen.
Horrible! December 9, 2003
0 out of 5 found this review helpful
( I'm 17 but thissite wouldn't let me review unless I'm a member, I'm not a member my mom is, so I had to resort to putting my review in this way!^-^;)Ugh! I really did not enjoy this movie at all. Bad animation, really bad acting, did I mention that I didn't like it? The reason why this even got a star is because it did a better job at sticking to the real story ( a lot was still changed though).
Disney's movie is much much better even though it changed the story even more than this movie did and the anime is supposed to be really good too (made in 1979 and is the closest to the original story than the other two are.)
My recommendations: Watch Disney's version,then the anime version(if you can find it), and then read the original story. After that, if you're still curious about this one, go ahead and watch it. You may like it, I don't know cause I'm not you, but I know I didn't like it!
Thanks for lisening to my little rant, hoped it helped you. ^-^
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