It's so sad...

[Cmdr_Crimson]

It's such a dissapointment when you ride Splash Mountain and you hear a young kid ask..."Who are these characters? I've never heard of them?" I mean I give credit to Disney to at least promote Brer Rabbit, Fox and Bear at the parks. But saddend at the fact that chances are that we won't see them in there true animated form from the classic. All young kids will know that it's about a rabbit's adventure to get to his laughing place.

 

[metscool]

Wow. That is all I have to say about this. Why do the younger people don't think that Splash was based on songs from the south.

 

[Chape19714]

That's most definately true. Sad, but unfortunately, I doubt the situation will change. However, I remember seeing the Brer Rabbit sequence somewhere other than song of the south. It was a bonus feature on some DVD I have.

 

[silverboyd]

most people will never see Song Of The South. It was sort of "banned" for what some people took as "racial content." It's sad too because the film is brilliant and the actor who played Uncle Remus was the first African-American to win an Oscar.

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

That's most definately true. Sad, but unfortunately, I doubt the situation will change. However, I remember seeing the Brer Rabbit sequence somewhere other than song of the south. It was a bonus feature on some DVD I have.

They show the entire Laughing place story in The Walt Disney Treasures: Disneyland Dvd. It's in Black and white. Other than that..I've seen small clips of it during old disney specials from the 80's.

 

[Tigger1988]

I remember going on it when I was about 5 or 6, and wanting to see the movie so badly, we looked all over for it, then we're informed of the status of the film. As a child I was so upset to hear I couldn't see the cartoon the ride was based on. A few years back I bought a copy off Ebay and finally got to see the movie. Its not as bad as people think it is.

 

[Teenchy]

As you can see from my Avatar I feel the same way. I love Song of the South and I'm lucky enough to own it , its from Europe from a laser disk (for those that remember laser disc's).

I know the movie portrays slavery and perhaps Disney doesn't want any association with that, but so does Gone With The Wind and many other movies. And I don't know anyone that ever saw SOTS that didn't fall in love with Uncle Remus or any of the African-American characters in the movie. And I think it has a great message. I would at least like to see or hear an official reason why Disney wont re-release the movie.

Dont mind hearing anyone that has an opposite point of view (That has seen the movie).

 

[Mad Stitch]

That's most definately true. Sad, but unfortunately, I doubt the situation will change. However, I remember seeing the Brer Rabbit sequence somewhere other than song of the south. It was a bonus feature on some DVD I have.

There is a animated segment from Song of the South on the Alice in Wonderland DVD.

 

[raven]

I was just talking about this very thing with some friends yesterday. I've only seen stills from the movie but it's sad that no one will ever be able to see it. Must be good enough of a movie though if they made it into an attraction.

 

[DisneyBride94]

As you can see from my Avatar I feel the same way. I love Song of the South and I'm lucky enough to own it , its from Europe from a laser disk (for those that remember laser disc's).

I know the movie portrays slavery and perhaps Disney doesn't want any association with that, but so does Gone With The Wind and many other movies. And I don't know anyone that ever saw SOTS that didn't fall in love with Uncle Remus or any of the African-American characters in the movie. And I think it has a great message. I would at least like to see or hear an official reason why Disney wont re-release the movie.

Dont mind hearing anyone that has an opposite point of view (That has seen the movie).

Well...they changed the name of Dixie Landings for the same reason...and I really liked Dixie Landings... We almost named our puppy Dixie after staying there...but we settled on Typhoon Lagoon instead! LOL.

 

[raven]

They show the entire Laughing place story in The Walt Disney Treasures: Disneyland Dvd. It's in Black and white. Other than that..I've seen small clips of it during old disney specials from the 80's.

Wait. I own that DVD and there isn't anything about it on there. The Disneyland Treasures DVD is the opening of Disneyland and up to the 10th anniversary. Splash mountain wasn't until much later.

 

[Tigger1988]

Well...they changed the name of Dixie Landings for the same reason...and I really liked Dixie Landings... We almost named our puppy Dixie after staying there...but we settled on Typhoon Lagoon instead! LOL.

Yea, the name wasn't PC enough...sigh

 

[SirNim]

This is the sort of cinematic treasure that the Walt Disney Treasures DVD series was created for...in my view. I guess in the lawyers' view, they don't see it as a treasure at all.

You can't change history...you can only analyze history's shortcomings...

Films are sometimes a worthy tool in this regard... :lookaroun

 

[Mad Stitch]

Must be good enough of a movie though if they made it into an attraction.

I have a copy of it. It isn’t very good, it just gets a lot of attention because of the “ban”.

 

[Tigger1988]

This is the sort of cinematic treasure that the Walt Disney Treasures DVD series was created for...in my view. I guess in the lawyers' view, they don't see it as a treasure at all.

You can't change history...you can only analyze history's shortcomings...

Films are sometimes a worthy tool in this regard... :lookaroun

The odd thing is they released a Disney Treasures of all the WWII films/cartoons Disney made during that time, many of which are VERY offensive in today's mindset. Song of the South is barely as offensive, I don't get why they don't put it out as a Treasure

 

[unkadug]

This is the sort of cinematic treasure that the Walt Disney Treasures DVD series was created for...in my view. I guess in the lawyers' view, they don't see it as a treasure at all.

You can't change history...you can only analyze history's shortcomings...

Films are sometimes a worthy tool in this regard... :lookaroun

Very true.

Also, trying to be TOO politically correct (by ignoring history) is paramount to trying to change history.

 

[Teenchy]

FYI. Here is a link to a site that has all kinds of SOTS information.

http://www.songofthesouth.net/home.html

Also a interesting articles.

http://darkacres.com/

http://www.filmthreat.com/index.php?section=features&Id=1584

 

[Connor002]

I tend to think Splash can stand alone, and to be honest, the short it was "based" on isn't very good at all.

 

[Tigger1988]

I tend to think Splash can stand alone, and to be honest, the short it was "based" on isn't very good at all.

It wasn't a short, it was a whole film

 

[clarkstallings]

Song of the South takes place in the post civil war South. Disney gets heat for the film because it portrays the newly freed men as happy. I don't agree that that is a reason to prevent the release of the film. It is a masterpiece and very touching. Splash Mountain's story is an amalgamation of the three animated sequences in the film, most notably, references to the tar baby are removed yet the briar patch remains. I'd imagine that Disney will release it before it enters the public domain in 2038. Bob Iger needs to suck it up and release the film. People asked him about it at the last shareholder's meeting and he balked and didn't give a good answer as to why they won't release it.