Dr. Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas (Deluxe Edition)
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Product Description
The bitter Grinch plots to steal Christmas from Whoville. Item Type: DVD Movie Item Rating: PG Street Date: 08/22/06 Wide Screen: no Director Cut: no Special Edition: no Language: ENGLISH Foreign Film: noSubtitles: no Dubbed: no Full Frame: no Re-Release: no Packaging: Sleeve
Production designer Michael Corenblith gloriously realizes the wackiness of Whoville architecture, and his rendition of the Grinch's Mt. Then there's Cindy Lou Who (Taylor Momsen), the thoughtful imp who rallies her village to recapture the pure spirit of Christmas and melts the gift-stealing Grinch's cold, cold heart. Under a thick carpet of green-dyed yak fur and wonderfully expressive Rick Baker makeup, Jim Carrey is up to all of his old tricks (and some nifty new ones) in this live-action movie of Dr. You've even got a dog (the Grinch's good-natured mongrel, Max) who's been perfectly cast, so what's not to like about this dazzling yuletide movie? The production gets a bit overwhelmed by its own ambition, and the citizens of Whoville (including Jeffrey Tambor, Christine Baranski, Molly Shannon, and Bill Irwin) pale in comparison to Carrey's inspired lunacy, but who cares? If a movie can unleash Jim Carrey at his finest, revamp the Grinch story, and still pay tribute to the legacy of Dr. (Ages 5 and older.) --Jeff Shannon Seuss will be thoroughly satisfied. Crumpit lair is a marvel of cartoonish, subterranean grime. Seuss, you can bet it qualifies as rousing entertainment. Adding to the fun is a perfectly pitched back-story sequence (accompanied by Anthony Hopkins's narration) that explains how the Grinch came to hate Christmas, with a heart "two sizes too small." Ron Howard proves a fine choice for the director's chair with a keen balance of comedy, sentiment, and light-hearted Seussian whimsy. Seuss's holiday classic. He commands the title role with equal parts madness, mayhem, pathos, and improvisational genius, channeling Grinchness through his own screen persona so smoothly that fans of both Carrey and Dr.
Features
Anamorphic; Box set; Closed-captioned; Color; Dolby; DTS Surround Sound; DVD; Live; Subtitled; Wides; Format: DVD; Condition: New
Product Info
- Actor
- Jim Carrey, Taylor Momsen, Jeffrey Tambor, Christine Baranski, Bill Irwin
- Aspect Ratio
- 1.85:1
- Audience Rating
- Binding
- DVD
- Brand
- UNI DIST CORP. (MCA)
- Catalog Number List
- CatalogNumberListElement: 21424
- Creator
- Aldric La'auli Porter, Brian Grazer, David Womark, Linda Fields, Dr. Seuss, Jeffrey Price, Peter S. Seaman
- Department
- DVD
- Director
- Ron Howard
- EAN
- 0025192142420
- EAN List
- EANListElement: 0025192142420
- Format
- Anamorphic, Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, DVD, Live, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
- Label
- Universal Studios
- Manufacturer
- Universal Studios
- MPN
- MCAD21424D
- Number Of Discs
- 2
- Number Of Items
- 2
- Original Release Date
- 2000-11-17
- Package Quantity
- 1
- Part Number
- MCAD21424D
- Product Group
- DVD
- Product Type Name
- ABIS_DVD
- Publisher
- Universal Studios
- Region Code
- 1
- Release Date
- 2006-08-22
- Running Time
- 104
- SKU
- 6399
- Studio
- Universal Studios
- Theatrical Release Date
- 2000-11-17
- Title
- Dr. Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas (Deluxe Edition)
- UPC
- 025192142420
- UPC List
- UPCListElement: 025192142420
- ASIN
- B00006AFF5
- Sales Rank
- 17556
