The Trumpet of the Swan – DVD (Used)

Description

Author: Jason Alexander

Brand: SONY PICTURES HOME ENT

Format: Anamorphic

Release Date: 31-07-2001

Details: Product DescriptionSometimes being different helps you to find your voice! From the author of Stuart Little and the co-director of The Fox and the Hound. When triplets are born to proud Trumpeter Swan parents (Mary Steenburgen and Jason Alexander), everyone is bursting with joy. All seems perfect until they discover that their only son, Louie, can’t speak! And, without a voice, Louie can’t compete against his loudmouth rival Boyd (Seth Green) for the affections of his true love, Serena (Reese Witherspoon). But with help from a boy at camp and his teacher (Carol Burnett) and, with dubious guidance from a big city agent (Joe Mantegna), Louie discovers his own unique talents which will help him find his place in the world.Amazon.caJason Alexander’s vocal performance as the hambone father of Louie, a mute trumpet swan, is quite simply the most entertaining element ofTrumpet of the Swan, an animated version of E.B. White’s children’s novel. Given to long-winded speeches and flamboyant displays (Alexander’s extended « death scene » after his character is knicked on the wing is a hoot), the former George Costanza’s hot-air waterfowl partially salvages this oddly unmoving family feature. The story concerns the silent Louie (his thoughts are spoken by actor Jeffrey Schoeny), who suffers the ridicule of other swans but communicates a depth of feeling by playing a brass horn. The restless script has difficulty developing a coherent emotional rise; director Richard Rich (The Swan Princess) would have done well to cut back on the number of discrete episodes that rush by with dizzying, graceless speed. Joe Mantegna signs on as the voice of a big-city scoundrel who signs Louie to an exploitative music contract, while Mary Steenburgen plays Louie’s mother, and Reese Witherspoon speaks for the hero’s true love.–Tom Keogh

UPC: 043396058477

EAN: 0043396058477

Languages: English

Binding: DVD

Item Condition: UsedVeryGood