if it weren't for this movie, believe it or not, then Mary Poppins would NOT, repeat, would NOT have come to be. if you ask Miss Poppins herself, I am pretty sure she would tell you the same thing.
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Top 10 Notes: Walt Disney's Song of the South
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Animation/Live-Action Combo
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neither this nor Mary Poppins were the first time Animation and Live-Action made the perfect pair, but fortunately, they weren't the last. the start of the Zip-A-Dee-Do-Dah sequence had Uncle Remus enter a cartoon world the moment he started singing, and like the Bambi on Ice sequence from the Bambi movie, this moment in the movie was iconic, and m
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James Basket as Uncle Remus
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this film was the final on screen performance of Mr. James Basket before his death. and the sad thing was, due to times being tough, he never got the chance to see the special screening of this movie.
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Reaction & Response from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
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these people said some good things about what made the film enjoyable, but stated something about the Master/Slave relationship being depicted in it, along with the possible racism depictions
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Best Song Oscar Win
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"Zip-A-Dee-Do-Dah" was the song that earned this movie an Academy Award win for Best Original Song, and this was the first song from a Disney Movie since Pinocchio to do so.
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Honorary Oscar for James
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9 years ago Report
this was one of two Oscars that the movie earned.
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Depictions of Racism
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there is a reason why this film became the victim of controversy, and if you ask those who are offended by it, they'll tell you so.
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Impossible VHS/DVD/Blu-Ray Releases
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9 years ago Report
because of the fear(s) of racism, if not anything else, the chances of this film getting released on any of these formats is pretty slim, and only in the United States is it easier said than done.
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3 chosen stories; Brer Rabbit Runs Away, Brer Rabbit Meets the Tar Baby, and Brer Rabbit's Laughing Place
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9 years ago Report
there were a lot of stories from a book that was chock-full of Brer Rabbit Stories, and only 3 of them were picked to be put into the movie. the first one told how Brer Rabbit thought he could run away from his troubles, the second told how he was always sticking his foot into something that he had no business with in the first place, and the third
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Full Length Release OUTside of USA instead of INside
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9 years ago Report
although the film has had no luck getting a full length re-release in the USA, that doesn't mean it's had that same amount of problems outside of the states.
