Search - Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron [Fullscreen] on DVD

MPAA Rating: G Content Advisory: Mild Violence, Suitable for Children Movie Release: 2002 DVD Release: 11/19/2002 Format: DVD - Closed Captioned Edition: Dual Layered Audio Tracks: English, French, Spanish Subtitles: English, French, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 23 mins Studio: Dreamworks Animated Total Copies: 14 Genres: Children's/Family, Children's Fantasy, Animated Musical See Also: Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron [Widescreen]

Screenwriter John Fusco returns to the Western themes of his previous films Young Guns and Thunderheart with this animated children's adventure from Dreamworks. Matt Damon supplies the voice of Spirit, a wild Mustang stallion living free in the Old West of the late 19th century, where he's captured by human horse traders and sold to a cavalry regiment at a frontier outpost. There, a cruel colonel (voice of James Cromwell) nearly succeeds in breaking the willful horse, but not quite. Spirit escapes in the company of another captive, Little Creek (voice of Daniel Studi), a Native American youth that tries to possess the magnificent animal by more humane means, but Spirit refuses to bend to human will even when he makes the acquaintance of Little Creek's beautiful and fiercely loyal mare, Rain. After he saves Little Creek's life in an Army raid, Spirit believes that the gravely injured Rain has perished after a tumble over a waterfall. Despondent, the horse is captured again by humans, enslaved this time for work in a pack team on the transcontinental railroad. Undaunted by the tragedies that befall him, Spirit manages to escape for a reunion with Little Creek, Rain, and his long-lost brethren. Featuring songs by rock singer Bryan Adams, Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron departs from other examples of its genre in that the horse protagonists do not speak or sing; only Spirit's voice is heard as voice-over narration. ~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide

Matt Damon - Spirit
James Cromwell - The Colonel
Daniel Studi - Little Creek

The animated film Spirit: Stallion of Cimarron comes to DVD with a standard full-frame transfer that fails to preserve the original theatrical aspect ratio of the movie. English, French, and Spanish soundtracks are rendered in Dolby Digital Surround. French and Spanish subtitles are accessible. Supplemental materials include a commentary track recorded by directors Lorna Cook and Kelly Asbury, a featurette on learning how to draw the character of Spirit, a featurette on creating the music for the film, interactive games, and film to storyboard comparisons. Although this is a fine disc for what it is, the same extras are available on a disc with a widescreen transfer. That edition is superior to this one. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide