DKosty123 This is actually a very good adaption of this one for the kids. If your a parent with young ones, look for this one to entertain the family. It has a lot going for it.Earl Hamner (The Walton's) does a good job getting across the story. Debbie Reynolds and Paul Lyndes voices are delightful in the main characters roles. Henry Gibson (Laugh-In) voice is effective too.The story is about the spinning of a web to call attention to an important life story point. The emotions here reach children in a very special way. As for adults, if you remember the voices that is what your going to enjoy. It seems strange to think of how many of these voices have left us. This brings them back to life briefly for us to remember and the little children will enjoy this one.

meisterburger23 A litter of pigs are born on the Arable Farm one spring morning, ten of the piglets are perfectly healthy, nursing from the sow. The 11th baby pig is a runt, small and weak and is useless. John Arable decides to kindly do away with the runt, but his eight year old daughter Fern pleads for the piglet's life, She gets to raise it and names him Wilbur. After six weeks of raising Wilbur, the pig has grown bigger and is no longer an infant any longer. John tells Fern Wilbur has to be sold.Wilbur is sold to Fern's uncle Mr Zuckerman who lives across the street. At the Zuckerman Farm Wilbur is lonely and misses Fern, He makes friends with a goose and tries to befriend a lamb, However the lamb's father vetoes it explaining that sheep are regarded highly for wool, while pigs are destined to be slaughter during the early winter. Wilbur is horrified at the prospect of becoming Christmas dinner however a voice tells him he will be all right.In the morning the voice turns out to be a Grey spider named Charlotte, she becomes Wilbur's best friend and saves his life, thanks to Charlotte spinning miracles Wilbur is spared and gets to live a full life, I really loved this movie growing up, and i prefer this than the live action version, and the 2003 sequel. Debbie Reynolds was defiantly a wonderful Charlotte, I enjoyed Don Messick as the runt gosling Jeffery and John Stephenson as John Arable, Paul Lynde did a great Templeton Yes the animation is cheesy but its a cute movie, And if you prefer the book Charlotte's Web, that's fine too

anthony-rigoni I loved Charlotte's Web mainly because of the songs, the story, and the characters. When Wilbur's life is in danger of becoming dinner, he turns to a clever and friendly spider named Charlotte for help. Desperate to come up with an idea to save Wilbur, how will she send the word that even the runt of the liter can be some terrific, radiant, humble creature? Starring Debbie Reynolds(From Singin' in the Rain) as Charlotte, Henry Gibson(From the Pound Puppies TV Special) as Wilbur, Paul Lynd(From The Perils of Penelope Pitstop and Cattanoga Cats) as Templeton, Agnes Moorehead(From Bewitched) as the Goose, Don Messick(From Scooby-Doo Where Are You?) as Jeffrey, Bob Holt(From various Dr. Seuss classics such as the Lorax and Dr. Seuss is On the Loose) as Mr. Zuckerman, Pamelyn Ferdin(From A Boy Named Charlie Brown) as Fern Arable, John Stephenson(From the Hobbit and Scooby-Doo Where Are You?) as Mr. Arable, and Rex Allen as the Narrator. Featuring memorable lyrics by Robert M Sherman(RIP) and Richard Sherman(They were known for Mary Poppins, Snoopy Come Home, The Sword in the Stone, and It's a Small World), this wonderful adaption from the book of the same name by EB White is perfect for everybody who read the book or thought that the 2006 live-action version is bad.

tedg This is at least an interesting story, but everything about bringing it to the screen is incompetent, save Debbie Reynolds' voice.The animation was crude even for its time, and the songs have no heft or hook.But the story! If you don't know it, here it is:A pig with no particular value is the focus. It is made clear that this is actually someone (yes, we are talking about people here) with fewer gifts than the average. He's a runt and would have been killed at birth. Throughout, he never grows into someone that can accomplish anything. This is a key element of the setup. In your normal children's story of the era, all beings are special, extraordinary: The ugly ducking becomes a swan. The chargirl becomes a wise queen. The younger brother solves the mystery.But here, this pig has no special qualities at the beginning, nor at the end. It is important that he be completely worthless, a simpleton, throughout the story. Otherwise, the "nothing should be killed regardless how worthless" device to work.The magic of the story is that he is saved by an effect that has nothing whatever with his doing. Something else creates a word not even of his choosing -- he doesn't even know what it means. People, instead of marveling over the spider who can read, write and speak, instead read the words and assign its meaning without question or examination of the "story channel" through which it came.This is a very peculiar phenomenon, now much tested in a scientific way. We usually think of it in terms of "if its in paper (or on TeeVee) it must be true." But the perceptual flaw is deeper. If it is in words; if it is a story, we accept the reality of it.That makes this is a tiny essay on the main tricks of misdirected value in storytelling and hence film-making. That people accept it as a children's story, sort of proves the point now doesn't it?Ted's Evaluation -- 1 of 3: You can find something better to do with this part of your life.