KimAnnFran
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I've seen it but cannot remember any of it. It was a LONG time back.
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Have you seen Song of the south in its entirety
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My family and I saw it in the Drive-in in 1973 in California. (4 kids plus mom and dad. I was 9.)
My dad has told us about the bull goring scene in advance so each of us 4 kids asked him every 2 minutes "is this the part with the bull?"
WEll- the bull goring incident doesn't happen until the end- so we asked him in total at least 50 times.
My dad finally got really mad and said he wished he had never told us about it.
Then when it finally happened it was such a let down. It wasn't that graphic or scary.
That, and Zip-a-Dee-Do-Dah are the only parts I remember.
Definitely not the best Disney movie, but a funny memory for me.
My dad has told us about the bull goring scene in advance so each of us 4 kids asked him every 2 minutes "is this the part with the bull?"
WEll- the bull goring incident doesn't happen until the end- so we asked him in total at least 50 times.
My dad finally got really mad and said he wished he had never told us about it.
Then when it finally happened it was such a let down. It wasn't that graphic or scary.
That, and Zip-a-Dee-Do-Dah are the only parts I remember.
Definitely not the best Disney movie, but a funny memory for me.
Cheekylittlerobot
Active Member
I am.
cause Disney likes to reboot things lol who knew all the evil people were just misunderstood!!!
I was half kidding earlier, the only thing good that came out of the movie was the song...
tinker-ella
Member
I'm over 65, and I remember seeing it a very long time ago. I remembered the storyteller and the animated tales about Brer Rabbit, etc. I was probably under 10 years old the last time I saw it. But I will always love the theme song Zip-a-dee-doo-dah. It's a joyous and uplifting song!No dialogue needed, and just be honest. How many of you have seen the movie beginning to the end.. and for you old timers remember it
HouCuseChickie
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I've seen it twice. It's long gone, but someone used to have the full film on YouTube. My husband grew up with the book @Miss Jennifer posted, the stories were his favorite as a child, so I wanted to see it. The second time we watched it, it was as a family...with our kids, who were so young that they really only cared about it during some of the animated spots. We did eventually find my husband's childhood book in my MIL's attic, but not before buying him The Complete Tales of Uncle Remus.
tagoofy
Active Member
I have a copy on Laser Dics (from Japan). Just watched it again last night. Yes, the dialog could easily be considered over the top stereo types, but so do plenty of other films of various different peoples and cultures (even ones just made). Yes, it does not show "negative affects of slavery" (much). But it does show poor white people in the same conditions as the ex-slaves.
The antagonists of the film are all white (the mean white trash boys, the mother and the father that have their priorities all wrong). The blacks in the film are all shown in a good light, providing the true family connections, spiritual connections, and just good sense. Of course the hero of the film is Uncle Remus becoming the surrogate father to the boy who's parents are not acting in his best interests. Uncle Remus does not care that the boy is white. The boy does not care that Uncle Remus is black. We could use more of that kind of message today.
Overall, the reaction to the film is WAY overblown IMO.
The antagonists of the film are all white (the mean white trash boys, the mother and the father that have their priorities all wrong). The blacks in the film are all shown in a good light, providing the true family connections, spiritual connections, and just good sense. Of course the hero of the film is Uncle Remus becoming the surrogate father to the boy who's parents are not acting in his best interests. Uncle Remus does not care that the boy is white. The boy does not care that Uncle Remus is black. We could use more of that kind of message today.
Overall, the reaction to the film is WAY overblown IMO.
NelleBelle
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OMG! LOVE the Far Side and haven't seen on of those in a long time! Perfect!
MMFanCipher
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"Arrrg there be pirates off me starboard side!" DVD. It is quite good quality. The site said they had recently improved their DVD image, but
this was quite a while ago.
this was quite a while ago.
Heppenheimer
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I saw it at the old movie theater they used to have in the Contemporary. Before VCRs were common, this was one of the few venues where you could watch old Disney movies.
I can't say I remember much, if anything about it.
I can't say I remember much, if anything about it.
MickeyLuv'r
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I saw it many years ago as a child. I recall liking the bluebird, and thinking I'd like to have an uncle who could tell magical stories that came alive like Uncle Remus' stories came alive.
The Grand Inquisitor
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It really does
it's hard to find the right thread. There's like a million of them!
surfsupdon
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No, I have not. But I have read many of the Uncle Remus tales.
Goofyernmost
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The pole has a much different result if used as a general public question as opposed to a Disney Fan Site. We are far more likely to have seen it whereas the majority of the world not only have not seen it, they have never even heard of it.
Sirwalterraleigh
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...it really depends on who’s on the Pole and what music is playing
Phonedave
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...it really depends on who’s on the Pole and what music is playing
It's an aluminum pole .... high strength to weight ratio.
Goofyernmost
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I submit that many have heard the song, like it, and might even know it is a Disney creation, but have no idea it connects with a movie that they have never seen and in most cases never heard of. If they had heard the song and recognize it while riding space mountain, would they even care where it came from. As far as they know it was created for that ride. We have to forget that not all of us are this heavy into Disney history. They just go there just for fun. Imagine that!...it really depends on who’s on the Pole and what music is playing
Tim Lohr
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It used to air on TV when I was a kid in the early 80's... it's kind of a heavy movie, but it's difficult on purpose... anyone ever seen "Old Yeller"?
"Song of the South" was made before there was television in a time when people got their information at the movie theater. Watching a news reel at the theater was how people got "news", it's how people learned about what was going on in the world.
Walt Disney and many other film makers back then felt an obligation to try and educate with some films, and teach "moral lessons" to people and children with films. I remember when I first heard about Splash Mountain being based on character from Song of the South it sounded like a really strange idea for a ride to me
"Song of the South" was made before there was television in a time when people got their information at the movie theater. Watching a news reel at the theater was how people got "news", it's how people learned about what was going on in the world.
Walt Disney and many other film makers back then felt an obligation to try and educate with some films, and teach "moral lessons" to people and children with films. I remember when I first heard about Splash Mountain being based on character from Song of the South it sounded like a really strange idea for a ride to me