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The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm

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Wilhelm (Laurence Harvey) and Jacob Grimm (Karl Boehm) are writing a historical manuscript for a local duke (Oscar Homolka), but the project is late because Wilhelm spends his time gathering fairy tales. When Wilhelm drops part of the manuscript in a creek, catches pneumonia while retrieving it. Near death, he dreams of various characters that want to be written -- and upon his recovery, a shaken Jacob agrees to work on a book of fairy tales with him, beginning the brothers' illustrious career.
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Matt Brunson Film Frenzy 04/01/2022
3.5/4
A delightful film. Go to Full Review
Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews 04/07/2010
B
Fanciful biography of the early 19th century German fairy-tale collectors. Go to Full Review
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com 07/21/2005
2/5
Steve Crum Kansas City Kansan 01/03/2005
3/5
Cinerama-big & star packed...but draggy. Go to Full Review
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Henry D @Henry_Domke 2d Weird and wonderful, and a unique cinematic experience. I kept shaking my head trying to adjust to the Cinerama widescreen effect, which at times seemed almost three-dimensional. The movie itself was old-fashioned and the story was fairly minor. By today's standards, the costumes looked surprisingly cheap and poorly made, which made their Academy Award hard to fathom. But the sets were spectacular, and there were a dozen fine actors to enjoy. None of it felt natural, but it was fun. The recent restoration has produced a finely detailed image, and the voices were remarkably clear. See more steve d @RT35616104 07/19/2020 I don't even think it was the passable world of the brothers Grimm. See more 05/29/2019 Processed in cinemascope, so audiences with only widescreen will see the "lines" created by the three strips of film... As you might expect, children loved this movie. See more 09/01/2018 MGM and Cinerama collaborated on this lavish musical fantasy, the first fictional Cinerama film. Animator George Pal also produced some magical stop-motion puppetry including - in the film's best sequence - a fire-breathing dragon which battles Terry-Thomas and Buddy Hackett. Laurence Harvey and Karl Boehm play the brothers in the dramatic sequences, which tend to drag. See more s r @ScottR 12/07/2014 Goes to show how good Disney really is. See more 07/08/2013 Very charming. 1st widescreen movie to be released. The acting is a little hokey but I relate to the message. There's a moment in the film when his characters come visit him. We all long for these fictional characters were real somehow. And if you created the characters you long to meet them so much more. Be ready to fast forward. Some scenes (like dance sequences) draaaaaaaag on. See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis Wilhelm (Laurence Harvey) and Jacob Grimm (Karl Boehm) are writing a historical manuscript for a local duke (Oscar Homolka), but the project is late because Wilhelm spends his time gathering fairy tales. When Wilhelm drops part of the manuscript in a creek, catches pneumonia while retrieving it. Near death, he dreams of various characters that want to be written -- and upon his recovery, a shaken Jacob agrees to work on a book of fairy tales with him, beginning the brothers' illustrious career.
Director
Henry Levin, George Pal
Producer
George Pal
Screenwriter
David P Harmon
Distributor
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production Co
Cinerama Productions Corp.
Rating
G
Genre
Fantasy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Aug 7, 1962, Original
Runtime
2h 9m
Sound Mix
Stereo
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