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United Kingdom released, PAL/Region 2.4 DVD: LANGUAGES: English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ), English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 ), English ( Subtitles ), WIDESCREEN (1.85:1), SPECIAL FEATURES: Behind the scenes, Cast/Crew Interview(s), Interactive Menu, Making Of, SYNOPSIS: The Snow Queen concerns young Gerda (Sydney White), who spots a shivering, cold young boy, Kay (Pax Baldwin), huddled outside her home. Her mother (Juliet Stevenson) eventually takes pity on the boy, and brings him into the house (after Gerda has thrown down a blanket to him to fend off the cold). Soon, the two are close friends, but a sudden appearance by the Snow Queen injures Kay. He's hit in the eye with a icicle, which we later learn is really a shard of glass from the evil Looking Glass (that shows the evil inside men). Kay becomes ugly in spirit, and eventually goes off willingly with the evil Snow Queen. Gerda, heartsick that her friend Kay has vanished, goes on a magical trek to find Kay, aided by a raven (voice of Patrick Stewart), and other friends along the way. She eventually find Kay, and battles the Snow Queen for his life... ...The Snow Queen (BBC)
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42 of 42 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
This adaptation of the Snow Queen story was recently shown on CBBC, and was one of the most magical programmes that I have seen in a long time. The action was shot in sepia like colours, with the movement of the characters having an 'old movie' feel to them. These were superimposed in places onto animated or picture backgrounds. I'm not exactly sure of the technical details of how this was put together, but it gave the whole thing an arty, but otherworldly feel.
The story was told with very little actual dialogue - it was mostly actions with odd sentences, interspersed with sung parts. This may sound as though it could be dull, but both myself and my three year old son were captivated by it. I am now buying a copy as I can't stand having the CBBC logo twinkling in the corner of the screen every 2 seconds on the copy I recorded!
This whole thing made quite a refreshing change from the brightly coloured, action packed childrens stories normally shown. It worked very well with the story, which itself is quite a stark tale.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
I bought this DVD as a "christmas theme Video" for my 4 years old daughter who loves the Snow Queen story. She absolutely adore this DVD and we're watching it over and over again. The fact that the story is explained mainly by pictures and music then with dialogue add to the charm. The soundtrack is fantastic. Brilliant movie, fantastic pictures. The lenght of the DVD it's on the "long" side but I can easely leave it in pause and the kids can't wait to watch the "second part" the day after..Def. a MUST HAVE.
12 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
It is a magical heart warming film of the Hans Christian story, with emotional uplifting music and songs written by composer Paul K Joyce, and featuring soprano by the lead actress in the film, Sydney White. A soundtrack album is also available.
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Pax Baldwin are a hot boy i love this movie just to see this boy
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still looking for the story i remember as a child, this is a very good version, a very enjoyable film
Published on 13 April 2009 by mrs
same good and bad points as 10th kingdom.
I don't know if this is anything to do with the 10th Kingdom, but it seems like it. It has similar good points - imagination and beautifully filmed. Read more
Published on 28 Aug 2008 by Jm Leven
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