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Moor LarkinNov 16th, 2008 - 15:33:01
A great dvd set.
Apart from the two versions, which are well reviewed above, the Extras include some interesting background to the Disney movies made in Britain, and why they were made there at the time. The basic reason seems to have been that 'foreign profits' made in Britain had, by force of UK Economic Policy, to be spent in Britain too. So Disney elected to make movies in Borehamwood UK, rather than Burbank USA, so as to extract their Capital back into America, when the British-made shows, financed by the profits made in Britain, were sold in America!!
There are also some great extracts from an interview done with Patrick McGoohan in 2004, by Larry Green. Unfortunately, Disney seem to have only used a small portion of the entire interview, directly appertaining to Dr. Syn, but it is nevertheless great to see the actor speaking with enthusiasm about his forty-plus year-old movie project from 1964. Mr. McGoohan was about to become a transatlantic television phenomenon in the classic serials: Danger Man/Secret Agent, between 1965 and 1966. He had already been an extablished and popular actor in Britain since 1955.
Originally airing in three parts on "Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color," this thrilling adventure stars Patrick McGoohan as Dr. Syn, a kindly country vicar in 18th-century England. Only a ...more
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