Review of The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949) by Adam R — 31 Oct 2015
Some argue that the hero is loveable in each in spite of venial shortcomings and that both go on exciting rides. But Kenneth Grahameâ??s The Wind in the Willows and Washington Irvingâ??s â??The Legend of Sleepy Hollowâ?? are far more disparate than kin and likely were joined because, at sixty-eight minutes together, each alone was too long for a â??cartoonâ?? and too short to run as a feature.
Listing three directors, six (re)writers, and an animation department two-and-a-half dozen, the 1949 film is part of the Museum of Modern Art Tim Burton (a onetime Disney animator) multimedia extravaganza, which includes all his films and many others that influenced him: specifically, â??his own Sleepy Hollow .
. . was clearly inspired by this filmâ??s priggish, nervous Ichabod Crane.â??
This review of The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949) was written by Adam R on 31 October 2015.
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad has generally received positive reviews.
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