Uncle Remus' Wonderland
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Uncle Remus' Wonderland |
| Original title | Song of the South |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1946 |
| length | 94 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 6; VHS / DVD: without restrictions |
| Rod | |
| Director |
Harve Foster , Wilfred Jackson |
| script |
Bill Peet , Ralph Wright , George Stallings , Dalton S. Reymond , Morton Grant , Maurice Rapf |
| production |
Walt Disney , Perce Pearce |
| music |
Daniele Amfitheatrof , Paul J. Smith , Eliot Daniel Orchestration: Edward H. Plumb |
| camera | Gregg Toland |
| cut | William M. Morgan |
Uncle Remus' Wonderland ( Song of the South ) is a 1946 Disney film in which real-life actors and cartoon characters appear together. The musical is based on the Uncle Remus stories by Joel Chandler Harris .
content
The film is about the black, old slave Uncle Remus, who befriends a white boy. In between he tells the boy three stories about Meister Lampe , which are shown as cartoons.
synchronization
| role | Actor / Speaker (1946) | German speakers (1982) |
|---|---|---|
| Uncle Remus (Uncle Remus) | James Baskett | Gottfried Kramer |
| Johnny | Bobby Driscoll | Jörg Conradt |
| Ginny Favers | Luana Patten | Jeanette Blümel |
| Sally | Ruth Warrick | Gisela Fritsch |
| Miss Doshy | Lucile Watson | Fritz Tillmann |
| Aunt Tempy | Hattie McDaniel | Beate Hasenau |
| master lamp | Johnny Lee | Wolfgang number |
| Patzich, the fox | James Baskett | Frank Glaubrecht |
| Growl, the bear | Nicodemus Stewart | Edgar Ott |
The German premiere was on March 12, 1982. Heinrich Riethmüller was responsible for the dubbed version .
Reviews
- “A film from the Disney studios consisting of a mixture of trick and real scenes, which is often superficially kitsch in the framework and problematic in its clichéd image of blacks and slavery. From a purely artistic point of view, the animated film episodes in their bright colors are among the most impressive things that Disney created in the 1940s. The influence of the designer Mary Blair was decisive here . The real scenes offer a masterful use of Technicolor photography, the connection between painting and real film is extraordinary. The song ' Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah ' became famous . ” -“ Lexicon of International Films ”(CD-ROM edition), Systhema, Munich 1997
- “Disney's combination of real film and cartoon is perfect.” - The Motion Picture Guide
Others
The film has not been shown in cinemas in the USA since 1986 because of its content, which was partly classified as racist, and has not yet been released on VHS and DVD. It is also not available on Disney + . In Great Britain and Germany only one VHS has been released so far. The film was last shown on television in Germany in 2001. The current board of directors of the Walt Disney Studios rejects a release for an international DVD evaluation. Disney is currently working on a restoration of the film, which should not be completed until late 2012 at the earliest. A subsequent publication is still not planned.
The vocal part of Br'er Rabbit (Meister Lampe) in the original English version is from Jesse Cryor .
Awards
At the 1948 Academy Awards , the film won the Best Song category for the song Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah , written by Allie Wrubel and Ray Gilbert . He also received a nomination for film music. James Baskett was awarded the Oscar of Honor for his participation in the film .
literature
- Joel Chandler Harris: Stories from Uncle Remus. Children's book publisher, Berlin (East) 1984.
- Leonard Maltin : The Disney Films. 3. Edition. Hyperion, New York 1995, ISBN 0-7868-8137-2 .
- Elmar Biebl, Dirk Manthey, Jörg Altendorf u. a .: The Walt Disney films. The magical world of animation. 2nd Edition. Milchstraße, Hamburg 1993, ISBN 3-89324-117-5 .
- Christopher Finch : Walt Disney. His life - his art Ehapa, Stuttgart 1984, ISBN 3-7704-0171-9 (current English-language edition: The Art of Walt Disney. From Mickey Mouse to the Magic Kingdoms. Abrams, New York 2004, ISBN 0-8109-4964- 4 ).
Web links
- Song of the South in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Song of the South (extensive fan page with memorabilia and a petition for republication, English)
- Overview at Soundtrack-Collector of the sound carrier publications (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ David Mikkelson: Song of the South and NAACP. In: Snopes.com. August 21, 2007, accessed November 21, 2019 .
- ↑ Wolfgang M. Schmitt: The "forbidden" Disney film: SONG OF THE SOUTH - criticism & analysis. March 2, 2020, accessed on May 12, 2020 .
- ↑ Amid Amidi: Interview about Cartoon Modern. In: Cartoon Brew. January 2, 2006, accessed November 21, 2019 .
- ^ Adam Gregorich: Interview - Disney's Restoration of Dumbo and Efforts to Preserve Their Film Library. In: www.hometheaterforum.com. September 18, 2011, accessed November 21, 2019 .
- ↑ Robert Pruter, Robert L. Campbell: Premium Records ( Memento of April 4, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) In: http://hubcap.clemson.edu , January 15, 2012 (English).