Search - Nickelodeon Presents: Harriet the Spy on DVD

MPAA Rating: PG Content Advisory: Excellent For Children Movie Release: 1996 DVD Release: 05/27/2003 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV - Closed Captioned Audio Tracks: English Subtitles: English SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 41 mins Studio: Paramount Members Wishing: 4 Genres: Comedy, Children's/Family, Family-Oriented Adventure, Family-Oriented Comedy

The first feature film from the Nickelodeon cable channel, Harriet the Spy is an updated version of Louise Fitzhugh's best-selling 1964 children's novel. Sixth grade outcast Harriet (Michelle Trachtenberg) is an only child who has mostly been raised by her nanny, Golly (Rosie O'Donnell), rather than her materialistic parents. Harriet wants to be a writer when she grows up, and only Golly encourages her creative pursuits. Meanwhile, Harriet dons a yellow raincoat and a belt full of gadgets to spy on everyone around her, including her eccentric neighbor with a lot of cats and the other kids at school. Carefully taking notes in her private notebook, Harriet makes clever and cruel observations about her subjects, including her best friends, would-be scientist Janie (Vanessa Lee Chester) and overburdened Sport (Gregory Smith). Harriet's world begins to change when Golly leaves, signaling that it is time for her to grow up. Then a snobby girl a school, Marion, gets her hands on Harriet's special notebook and makes its contents known to the whole school. Soon everyone is against Harriet, and she must concoct a plan to get even. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide

Michelle Trachtenberg - Harriet M. Welsch
Rosie O'Donnell - Ole Golly
Vanessa Lee Chester - Janie Gibbs
Gregory Smith - Sport
J. Smith-Cameron - Mrs. Welch

The 1996 Nickelodeon movie Harriet the Spy comes to DVD for the first time from Paramount. The image is presented with a widescreen anamorphic transfer. The remixed Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround soundtrack is in English and the stereo soundtrack is in a French-language dub. Optional subtitles are available in English. There are no special features to speak of, but this is still a recommended disc for family viewing. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide