Product Description

The Wonderful World of Disney Presents The Incredible Journey

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #44899 in DVD
• Brand: Disney
• Published on: 2008
• Rating: G (General Audience)
• Formats: DVD, Color, Dolby, Full Screen, NTSC
• Running time: 80 minutes

Customer Reviews

Based on the excellent book
this is THE version of Sheila Burnham's book 'The Incredible Journey', animals don't have to talk to be entertaining. This is a film with REAL animals, real animal training, and no farting jokes to be found. Adventure, touching moments and again, real animals. Bravo that this film is still available!

A True Gem
While I do enjoy watching both Homeward Bound and Homeward Bound II, though the ages of the dogs got reversed with the bull terrier being the young dog instead of the old dog, neither will match the beauty of the original. Not only do the animals not talk, viewers are treated to the rich and talented voice of Rex Allen as the narrator. To watch these well-trained animals seeming to play their roles with no humans around beats voice-overs any day. To watch old Bodger start to slowly make his way to Peter, his young master, and then gradually increase his speed until he is flying into his arms, is heart-warming to watch.

Original movie bests re-make hands down
"The Incredible Journey" is a wonderful book based on a true story of three animals surviving a long trek together against the odds. It was made into a wonderful movie by Disney studios where the film is mostly narrated with some dialogue between the people involved.

Later another version was made where the animals "talk". I've only seen clips of this version, and, maybe for some it is entertaining, but for me it takes away from the touching nature of this story. By having the animals "talk", it makes it more of a charicature of the story and takes away from the seriousness of the plight of these animals.

I was hoping that the original would be put out on DVD eventually, and it was! This is a timeless classic; a real family movie. Of course, kids younger than six or so may not have the attention span for it - these Disney movies were never intended for toddlers; when they were made, movies were only seen in theaters and children under school age weren't taken to theaters.

Be prepared to have a hanky or two at the end...it's a very moving story, and extremely well photographed showing a lot of beautiful terrain. It's definitely a movie I wanted to own so I can watch it again every few years.