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Category Archives: Based on a Folk Tale

June 7th, 2013: Robin and the 7 Hoods

Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Folk Tale, Comedy, Crime, Gangster, Movie of the Day, Musical, Period Film, Spoof Tagged Best Adapted Score Nominee, Best Song Nominee, Bing Crosby, Chicago, Dean Martin, Edward G. Robinson, Frank Sinatra, gang conference, Hans Conried, mobsters, Paul Frees, Peter Falk, prohibition, Rat Pack, Robin Hood, Sammy Davis Jr, speakeasy, tommy gun, Tony Randall, Victor Buono

January 1st, 2013: Kwaidan aka Kaidan (1964)

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Leave a comment Posted in "Foreign Film", Adaptation, Anthology, Arthouse, Based on a Folk Tale, Based on a Short Story(ies), Fantasy, From Beyond the Grave, Ghost, Horror, Jidaigeki, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Revenge, The Original Tagged Best Foreign Language Picture Nominee, blind, ghost story, Japan, Lafcadio Hearn, Masaki Kobayashi, meta, monks, musicians, Samurai, Takashi Shimura, Toho, vengeful ghost

July 9th, 2012: Splash (1984)

Jul9 by David Cole

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Folk Tale, Comedy, Fish-Out-of-Water, Movie of the Day, Romance Tagged Babaloo Mandel, Best Writing - Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen Nominee, Bruce Jay Friedman, Daryl Hannah, Dody Goodman, Eugene Levy, Golden Globe - Best Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical Nominee, John Candy, Lee Holdridge, Lowell Ganz, Ron Howard, Tom Hanks

April 2nd, 2012: Ponyo (2008)

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2 Comments Posted in "Foreign Film", Adaptation, Animation, Anime, Arthouse, Based on a Folk Tale, Based on a Short Story(ies), Based on Myths, Fairy Tale, Family, Fantasy, Movie of the Day Tagged Betty White, Cate Blanchett, Cloris Leachman, Disney, dubbed, fairy tale, Hans Christian Andersen, Hayao Miyazaki, Japan, Liam Neeson, Lily Tomlin, Matt Damon, Studio Ghibli, Tina Fey, Toho

The Thief of Bagdad (1924)

Mar9 by professormortis

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3 Comments Posted in Adaptation, Adventure, Based on a Book, Based on a Folk Tale, Based on a Short Story(ies), Black and White, Comedy, Event Film, Fairy Tale, Fantasy, Independent, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Quick Reviews, Reviews, Silent, Sword and Sorcery, The Original Tagged Anna Mae Wong, Arabian Nights, Bagdad, caliph, Douglas Fairbanks, Douglas Fairbanks Pictures, magic, Noble Johnson, princess, Raoul Walsh, thief, United Artists

February 22nd, 2012: What’s Opera Doc?

Feb22 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Animation, Based on a Folk Tale, Based on an Opera, Comedy, Epic, Fantasy, Movie of the Day, Musical, Period Film, Romance, Screwball, Slapstick, Spoof Tagged Arthur Q. Bryan, Bugs Bunny, Chuck Jones, Elmer Fudd, lightning, Mel Blanc, Merrie Melodies, National Film Registry, opera, Richard Wagner, Warner Brothers

January 1st, 2012: Kwaidan aka Kaidan (1964)

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June 29th, 2011: The Golden Voyage of Sinbad

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Leave a comment Posted in Adventure, Based on a Book, Based on a Folk Tale, Event Film, Family, Fantasy, Monster, Movie of the Day, Sequel, Stop Motion Animation, Sword and Sorcery Tagged Aldo Sambrell, Britain, Caroline Monroe, centaur, Columbia Pictures, cyclops, disfigured face, Drive-In, Dynarama, Golden Scroll-Best Fantasy Film, Golden Scroll-Best Stop Motion Animation, griffin, invisibility, John Phillip Law, Ray Harryhausen, Robert Shaw, Sinbad, sorcerer, statues come to life, Tom Baker

Janghwa, Hongryeon (A Tale of Two Sisters)

Nov23 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Foreign Film", Based on a Folk Tale, Full Reviews, Ghost, Horror, Mystery, Reviews, The Original Tagged dinner from hell, imaginary person, Korea, twist

Ponyo

May1 by professormortis

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2 Comments Posted in Animation, Anime, Based on a Folk Tale, Family, Fantasy, Full Reviews, Reviews Tagged Betty White, Cate Blanchett, Cloris Leachman, Disney, dubbed, fairy tale, Hans Christian Andersen, Hayao Miyazaki, Japan, Liam Neeson, Lily Tomlin, Matt Damon, Studio Ghibli, Tina Fey, Toho

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