mike48128 Cinerama also "projects" terribly on even 16x9 formats and the seams and colors mismatch on the 3 segments! An attempt at a "sweeping travelogue" with a thrilling train ride and beautiful "Bavaria" do not necessitate the elaborate Cinerama Process. Probably seen by more people in a more conventional format even in the 1960's as there were so few dedicated Cinerama theaters nationwide. Three good fairy tale segments, but I always felt there should have been four. Please don't ask me what other story it should have been? The first 20 minutes drags terribly and I can imagine little children squirming in their seats. The two George Pal segments ("The Cobbler and the Elves and The Singing Bone") are well-worth watching, but The Dancing Princess seems a bit less magical, although Russ Tamblin is an athletic dancer! Beautiful Barbara Eden is totally wasted here as a love interest for one of the Grimm Brothers. I just watched this on TCM in "Letterboxed Tinyvision". Not a fun experience! My grand-kids wouldn't enjoy it that way either! "tom thumb" has magical dancing shoes and "7 Faces of Dr. Lao" has a great sea serpent-dragon. Therefore, I don't need to own this film and, at this time, it's "out-of-print", anyway!

pennypotions My parents took me to see this movie when it first came out. I was 12. My girlfriend went with our family and she was Mennonite. She didn't have a TV and never went to movies. But her family let her go with us. We were mesmerized by the fantastic stories and the music was excellent. It was action packed and it used a new process called Cinerama, so it felt like you were really there. It stands out in my mind as a wonderful memory. I am now a Grandma and want my 6 year old Granddaughter to see it. I can't imagine the new one being this good. Even though I love Terry Gilliam, it sounds like he has changed the core story and added the latest cutting edge special effects. There is something to be said for 'less is more.'

randigo Maybe it's because I grew up with this movie, and am stuck in that age, but I have always found this to be a special and magical movie experience. It was especially so on the big screen when I was 6 years old. We also had the soundtrack box edition on vinyl. So, I rated this movie highly, because I feel it truly was perfection (especially for its day), and needs to be re-discovered by families, and the young-at-heart everywhere. I hate clichés, but they just do not make them like this anymore. This gem should be restored in its full glory, and preserved and brought back to life. Hope you get to enjoy it someday.

TheVid ...of course, even those moments are going to appear lackluster without the overwhelming effect of Cinerama. This combination of hokey biopic and fairy-tale vignettes consistently offers Pal's harmless brand of corny sentiment and his engaging puppetoonery. Underwhelming indeed, if not viewed in letterbox on a large projection TV with multi-channel sound.