Search - Candleshoe [Widescreen/Fullscreen] on DVD

MPAA Rating: G Content Advisory: Child Classic, Excellent For Children Movie Release: 1977 DVD Release: 09/14/1999 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV,Pan and Scan Audio Tracks: English SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 41 mins Studio: Anchor Bay Members Wishing: 24 Genres: Adventure, Children's/Family, Family-Oriented Adventure, Family-Oriented Comedy See Also: Candleshoe, Candleshoe

Though she owns a large estate and is herself a noblewoman, Lady St. Edmund (Helen Hayes) is anything but rich. Indeed, if she cannot raise the money needed to pay taxes on the estate, she and the large crew of orphans she has taken in will be thrown out. Legend has it that one of her ancestors, a pirate, hid a substantial treasure in gold coins somewhere in the mansion. Lady St. Edmund has not lost sight of the legend, but neither has she found the coins. With the willing help of her children and her valet-of-all trades, Priory (David Niven), she is doing her plucky best to keep the wolf from the door. However, the thieving duo of Bundage and Grimsworthy (Leo McKern and Vivian Pickles) have decided to mount a search for the legendary loot themselves and have persuaded Casey (Jodie Foster), a waif from L.A., to pose as Lady St. Edmund's long-lost granddaughter and help find and steal the loot. This being a Disney production, one can be confident that good will somehow prevail. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide

David Niven - Priory
Helen Hayes - Lady St. Edmund
Jodie Foster - Casey
Leo McKern - Harry Bondage
Veronica Quilligan - Cluny

This gentle drama from Walt Disney Studios (starring a youthful Jodie Foster) has been given a streamlined release on DVD. Candleshoe has been given two transfers to disc for this two-sided release: one letterboxed at the widescreen aspect ratio of 1.66:1 and the other a pan-and-scan at the full-screen ratio of 1.33:1. The audio has been mastered in Dolby Digital Stereo. The dialogue is in English. No multiple-language options or bonus materials have been included for this edition. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide