Based on the true adventure of an Alaskan sled dog named Balto who trekked across the frozen tundra to deliver a serum to a remote village in 1925, BALTO is a heartwarming animated... more
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Balto [1995]
Buried like a bone in a snowdrift, Balto never achieved the theatrical success it should
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have, but it's worth digging up. The film is structured on the true tale of a lead sled dog, Balto, that brought a diphtheria antitoxin to the small town of Nome, ...
Balto [1995]
Buried like a bone in a snowdrift, Balto never achieved the theatrical success it should
... more
have, but it's worth digging up. The film is structured on the true tale of a lead sled dog, Balto, that brought a diphtheria antitoxin to the small town of Nome, ...
Advantages: nice drawings, partial thrilling, sad, beautiful, something to learn Disadvantages: foreseeable
...monument of a dog named Balto whose story is the foundation of this cartoon. Baltos half being a wolf is why the sledge dogs have expelled him from the village, but he still dreams about taking part on a sledge-dog-race. This is what the arrogant leading-dog Steel wants to prevent at all costs. Only the doggirl Jenna who belongs to the small girl Rosie does not look down on Balto and handles him as each every dog.
However, then the children of the ... ...that the children into danger. Balto wants to save it all, but Steel is so faced and full hate to him that he does not want to let he through with that...
Basic facts
The 1995 of Universal produced film is about 75 minutes long. Prices at Amazon: Video £5.99, DVD £8.99. Regie......................Simon Wells
Music.....................James Horner
My opinion
The drawings are totally sweet very beautifully ...
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Advantages: A good quality film for all the family (unless your dad's an animator), the quality is good Disadvantages: The story is a little weak and cheesy, And it feels rushed.
...town, they go missing. Balto goes and finds them and blah-de-blah. The animation is nearly all done by hand, with the occasional computer bit in it (for instance, the falling snow). The quality of animation is very good, the characters are well designed and the lip-sync isn’t at all bad either. The only problem is that the story is somewhat “cheesy”, and I was left feeling like I had after watching Rambo. And for some reason, once you’ve seen it, ...
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Actor(s): Kevin Bacon, Bridget Fonda, Phil Collins, Bob Hoskins
Genre: Family
Classification: Universal
Production Year: 1995
Running Time: 2 hours 57 minutes
Franchise Name: Balto
Video Category: Feature Film
Country Of Origin: United States of America
Plot: A family adventure based on the true story of a brave dog who volunteered to undertake a six hundred mile journey across a bleak landscape for medicine to save the lives of sick children in a remote Alaskan town.
Release details
DVD Region: Region 2 (Europe)
Studio(s): UNIVERSAL PICTURES UK; UNIVERSAL MUSIC OPERATIONS
Release date: 20/05/2002
No of Discs: 1
Catalogue No: 078 549 2
Barcode: 0044007854921
Music Performer: Phil Collins
Composer: James Horner, Phil Collins
Subject: Phil Collins
Featured: Phil Collins, Bob Hoskins
Music: Phil Collins
Producer: Bob Hoskins
Voice: Bob Hoskins, Bridget Fonda, Kevin Bacon, Phil Collins
Musician: Phil Collins
DVD Description
Based on the true adventure of an Alaskan sled dog named Balto who trekked across the frozen tundra to deliver a serum to a remote village in 1925, BALTO is a heartwarming animated film that features the voices of Kevin Bacon and Bridget Fonda. Balto, who is half wolf and half dog and therefore an outcast among the other dogs, must endure the treacherous attacks of the evil Steele as he tries to lead the precious cargo of serum through the dangerous Alaskan winter to save the village of Nome from diphtheria as well as win the love of Jenna, a female dog with whom he has fallen in love.
Languages
Main Language: English
Technical information
Animated: Animated
Professional reviews
Review: "...This is a kids' movie, simply told, with lots of excitement and characters you can care about..." (Chicago Sun-Times, p.39, 22/12/1995)
"...Young children will find BALTO enthralling..." (Sight and Sound, p.37-8, 01/04/1996)
