Misty

I scoured the internet to find out if Misty on the Misty / Wildfire - The Arabian Heart DVD is in the original 2.30:1 format with no luck. So I bought the DVD.The answer is yes. This combo DVD has Misty in the original widescreen format. But the video quality could be better. The images are soft as though taken from a 2nd generation master. Not terrible but visible. Its possible the 2008 DVD release might be better but those are scarce. To top things off the version Amazon is streaming is a cropped 4:3. Haven't seen a streaming service favor the 4:3 version in years, Odd. Poor old Misty.

Heartwarming, fun, engaging and exciting!I grew up going to these wonderful islands off the coast of Virginia. Magical places they are! This story brings that out. The book Misty of Chincoteague is wonderful, it was written many years ago, but still holds up over the test of time. However, so does this wonderful movie. The story is just told in a different medium. Just don't judge to harshly if the movie is not done exactly how the book was written.Basically, two local island children, a brother and sister, set their eyes on a pony that runs wild on an adjacent barrier island (Assateague), from where they live(Chincoteague). The wild pony is called the Phantom and has never been captured and tamed. The two siblings instantly fall in love and have to have her. They create a plan to raise enough money on their own to purchase the pony, at the annual Pony Penning event on Chincoteague. The story evolves and starts to get it's depth around how they go about doing this, before they tell their plan to their grandparents, who they live with on the island.Shot on the Eastern Shore of Virginia, most of it onsite at Chincoteague and Assateague Islands, in the early 1960's. the movie puts you there and struggling with the characters as they go about earning their money and starting on their dream to buy their pony.This is a wonderful story for the entire family and shares simple values and great scenery. Well worth a buy for your collection, or a present for someone else.

We love this movie as a family. It has great characters and is gentle enough for all the kids to watch for a movie night, or when one is feeling sick. I will say that reading the book first does make the ending of this movie a little disappointing, but books are always better than movies we find. Overall, we love this movie and have watched it many times already!

Koch DVD has gone the extra mile and released the 1961 family classic MISTY in a properly letterboxed DVD that preserves the original aspect ratio (2:35-1). This is a treat, because previous TV prints and home video releases have always been full frame. The expansive green vistas of the on-location Chincoteague cinematography are breathtaking in widescreen. The film itself remains the same family classic that it was back in 1961, when it was one of the highest-grossing non-Disney family films of the year. I hadn't seen it in decades, so this new DVD is most welcome. The film was produced by Robert Radnitz, who produced several other fine family films as well (ISLAND OF THE BLUE DOLPHINS, SOUNDER, WHERE THE LILIES BLOOM, and MY SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN).

This movie was made in 1961, just four years after my family moved from Chincoteague. Many of the great town folk of Chincoteague are in the movie, including the barber that used to cut my hair when I was four, and gave me a penny for not crying.I've seen the DVD version recently, almost 50 years since my last Pony Penning Day. It brought back so many memories of my childhood, and my favorite book at the time. It has a great message for children - set goals, work hard, and you will achieve - it also shows the love man has for God's great creatures. A great movie for kid's who love horses!!

Great movie made from a children's book. Wonderful story about the wild horses of Chincoteague & Assateague. It makes me want to read more of the books.

My middle school students really enjoyed this story. We read it together as a "shared read" and watched the movie version. We did a comparison study and critique of both the story and the movie. We also did a book vrs. movie debate. This book opened up many learning opportunities for the class from researching the author and the story online, to writing letters requesting information from the museum on Chincoteague, and pony penning day accommodations. Students are beginning to bring in other Marguerite Henry books from the library. Who would have thought that this little book would cause such enthusiasm in middle school.

This was a nice little film that I thought maybe the grandkids would enjoy. They're not jaded by the hype, rude humor and violence in today's fare, but they do enjoy, at ages 8, 6 and 4, a good plot. This film only kept their attention for about 15 to 20 minutes. The story is just a little too unbelievable and the characters, an orphaned boy and girl, a little too-good-to-be true; a little too noble and obedient with never a mistake 100% of the time, ALL the time. And so failed to captivate them. The drama felt "made up", I presume even to the kids, young as they are. Too bad. It really was a nice, clean and decent little film.

Le DVD est arrivé en bon état. Pas de problème de lecture et assez bon film que j'ai eu plaisir à revoir !

DVD no compatible con sistemas de reproducción españolas, no lo hemos podido ver, lástima. Debería estar indicado en la oferta.

Purchased by mistake, should have been region 2. My wife ordered it and didn't realise that the UK uses region 2.

可愛い顔とデカイおっぱいが印象的。やわらかそうな乳を揺らす。のり子ちゃんに萌えです。

Present for my wife , movie is now out of print so finding a great used copy was important