The Elm-Chanted Forest

Starring:Elm-Chanted Forest
Studio: Image Entertainment
Product Type: DVD

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"The Elm-Chanted Forest" typifies the bland, low-budget animated features cranked out for the American children's market. When artist Peter Palette falls asleep under the enormous elm that is the spirit of the forest, he acquires magical powers, including the ability to talk to animals. He learns from them that the evil Emperor Spine, a cactus, is planning to reduce the forest to a desert. Spine burns down a large section of the woods and floods a lot more of it by annoying King Neptune, but all the damage somehow vanishes. Peter decides that Spine is unhappy because he's never been able to fulfill his nature and blossom; he slips the Emperor a magic potion that causes him to burst into bloom, and all ends happily. Visually "The Elm-Chanted Forest" borrows heavily from "Bambi," "Sleeping Beauty," and other classic features. Directors D.V. Hreljanovic and M. Blazekovic ape the musical comedy format of recent Disney films, but the script is needlessly talky and the forgettable songs only impede the story's progress. The result is an innocuous diversion for very young children, but the story is too thin and the characters too uninteresting to hold an older child's attention. --Charles Solomon

Description

An evil force is out to destroy the forest--somebody's got to help save the animals. And Peter Palette is just the one to do it. "Elm-chanted" by a magical tree, Peter is now gifted with the ability to talk to the animals. When he learns of the evil plot by Cactus King to turn the forest into a desert, Peter is the only one who can warn the animals and stop the devastation.

Customer Reviews:

Childhood Classic.......2007-05-29

While most people have never heard of this my sister and I loved this movie as children. its corny but GREAT!

Great Movie.......2006-05-12

I laughed so hard when i watched this movie it is a classic to me!

Magical fun for the whole family........2002-10-16

I first saw this movie with my younger sisters. I have always loved animations, but this movie was beyond anything I ever imagined. The innocence of this movie, the magic of the musical score, the captivating characters and the profound lesson to be learnt are all part of what makes this the best animated movie in my books. In an age when kids are engrossed in violence on TV, it is good to be able to pull out this classical family cartoon and take them back to the days when innocence prevailed.
I was thrilled when this was released on DVD because now I can watch it over and over without worrying that the tape will wear out. A must for anyone's collection!

A wonderfully Magical Fantasy Adventure!.......2001-07-02

This is my fave film of all time. I watched this movie on VHS until the tape burned out!! It's simply so magical and exciting. The storyline is a wonder. I love the entire magic perfume concept. It's simply the best.

A lifetime family classic. Brings back many many memories. Now please Fern Gully, Little Nemo, Once Upon a Forest, Jetsons the Movie, He-Man, She-Ra, and so much more get released on DVD. Also great great lifetime classics.

Probably the best kids animated film ever.......2000-08-18

Let me say flat-out that my uncle was the Musical Director for this movie. His name is on the Credits, Dennis Leogrande, as large as a credit can me. That being said, I have seen this video about a thousand times. I was force-fed the video at many family gatherings as well as when it was released back in 1986. After a 10 year or more hiatus from viewing this video, it recently resurfaced while moving videos around in the cabinet. I picked it up, and was like, eh...i'm bored. So i popped it into the VCR and started to watch. The quality of the tape was quite bad from sitting in the cabinet for so long, but i could still see the video loud and clear. First: the plot. The story is a bit like fern gully, but in most ways better. No, the animation is not as good as ferngully, but it is defintly more vivid. Through the simple animation, the story gets across in a much better way. It's like he-man or the smurfs. the story is what counts. I heard, though, that the animation was totally re-done for DVD. But i digress. The plot and characters are awesome, the Punk meets Run DMC Mushroom, the shy painter, and the excessivly hate-able Emperor Spine are voiced AWESOMELY in the story. Every bit of the plot fits together, and characters are well developed. Will your kids like it? yea! even though there are some scary parts, nothing that kids can't handle (even the little ones). It's tense though, at parts, especially in the race against time! And the message comes out: Good vs Evil, respect the Forest, Animals are good, don't be afraid to stand up for yourself! This movie is a can't miss! Buy it now! An instant classic!

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