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Pocahontas [DVD] [1995]

Staring: Irene Bedard, Mel Gibson, Linda Hunt, Russell Means, David Ogden Stiers
Director: Eric Goldberg, Mike Gabriel
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Product Details
Audience Rating: Universal, suitable for all
Binding: DVD
EAN: 8717418213749
Format: PAL
Label: Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainm
Manufacturer: Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainm
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainm
Region Code: 2
Release Date: 2009-10-05
Running Time: 80
Studio: Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainm
Theatrical Release Date: 1995

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Editorial Review
Amazon.co.uk Review
The lowest point in Disney's opportunistic revisionism of source stories for its animated features in the 1990s, Pocahontas presents the title character (voiced by Irene Bedard) as a voluptuous Indian babe who falls for the British plunderer Captain John Smith (Mel Gibson). Half-baked if trendy paganism abounds in the film's depiction of nature as possessing consciousness (though talking trees certainly aren't new to cartoons). But the dubious legitimacy of the film's premise and characterisations calls everything into question. The songs by Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz--while Oscar-winning--fall short of the standard Menken achieved in superior Disney predecessors including The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin. --Tom Keogh

Customer Reviews

Everything it should be, 2010-01-11
the item was deliverd fairly quickly, and is exsactly what it says on the bow, its traditional and genrally very well presented, picture quality was very good when played and in impecable condition. Really liked the presentation of packaging considering it was an anaversary, so something special for my niece just like i wanted.

Admit it's not history, just great romance, 2009-04-26
Funny place, America. It has enormous controversy machines, and then a huge majority of the population that doesn't seem to realise that they exist. With Disney's Pocahontas, it was almost inevitable, however the white capitalist behemoth presented the Native American princess, that some Native Americans and far more academics and journalists would be outraged; it was equally inevitable that if they presented Native American culture in at all a positive light, the Christian Right would protest that paganism and savagery were being foolishly idealised. Both happened. What is remarkable is that by far the majority of viewers uncritically liked the film anyway, and the makers of the film didn't seem to expect that anyone wouldn't. The pro-native critics ought at least to admit that it might have been far worse than it was: the early sketches for the character of Pocahontas are utterly patronising, indistinguishable from Tiger Lily in Peter Pan, back in the 1960s! Thank heavens, the Powhatans were given some dignity. Of course the one group that didn't protest was the group that got really hostile treatment in the film: the English. But then we don't expect anything different from Hollywood, and we reckon we're grown up enough to take it.

As far as I was concerned the only problem was the oddly naïve disingenuousness of the filmmakers in claiming that their story was `true' and `historical'. If they'd admitted upfront that it was a fantasy romance very loosely hung on the names of a few historical characters, I don't see that there would have been any problem. There's no harm in basing fantasy on history as long as you're clear that's what you're doing. To me, the Pocahontas-Captain John Smith affair was the best love story Disney have ever made, its achingly sad ending conveying, in romantic code, a sort of emotional truth about the tragic outcome of the encounter between Europeans and Native Americans. Pocahontas was strong and graceful, while John Smith, brave, conflicted and ethereally beautiful, was a stunningly successful departure both from historical `fact' and from the bland goofs that usually partner Disney heroines. Thanks to Glen Keane? Having thus created a brilliant romance in blissful disregard of historical reality, Disney then got cold feet in the inevitable straight-to-video Pocahontas II, and traduced the romance that had worked in favour of the historical reality they'd already irretrievably thrown out: they had Pocahontas abandon John Smith for her real-life husband John Rolfe. To this day Pocahontas websites and fan-fiction forums echo with the outrage of the loyal fan base: one web-user has even given herself the online name of PocahontasJohnSmithForever!

The cute animals are grating, but I suppose they had to include them for the sake of the children. And in the re-release, it was definitely a mistake to include the song If I Never Knew You: it's a good song, but it spoils the drama of the moment completely. Also the extras on DVD in the re-release are terrible: the 'Making Of' feature is the dullest I've ever seen on a Disney movie, spending all its time being pointlessly defensive about the historical accuracy issue. Still this is a much better Disney movie than it's usually given credit for being.

If you love this film and want to experience it in a different guise, see the retelling by 'best obsessed' on fanfiction[dot]net. Or if you want a more grown-up, but equally romantic take on the story, try the Terrence Malick drama 'The New World'.

x mas present, 2010-01-19
I got this for my six year old sister, and she absolutly loved it! the card board cover was beautiful and the dvd/product was in excellent condition. This film is perfect for any young girl.

I never recieved this pocahontas dvd, 2010-03-12
i ordered this dvd on the 9th feb and was told i would get delivery by the 12th feb i still havnt recieved this dvd yet

Pocahontas, 2009-07-03
I had not seen this film right through until I bought this - it was really the music that attracted me to buying it - but I have to admit that it is nothing short of perfect, despite it being a little historically incorrect! With beautiful songs such as 'Colours of the Wind', 'Just Around the Riverbend', 'Listen With Your Heart' and 'If I Never Knew You' accompanying beautifully animated characters, 'Pocahontas' is truly one of Disney's best movies ever. A real classic.