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Title:
Father Of The Pride: The Complete Series
Region:
One
Genre:
CGI Animated Comedy Series
Episodes
– Side A: “Original Pilot”, “Sarmoti Moves In”, “Catnip &
Trust”, “One Man’s Meat Is Another Man’s Girlfriend”, “What’s
Black And White And Depressed All Over”, “Larry’s Debut And Sweet Darryl
Hannah Too”, “And The Revolution Continues”
Episodes
– Side B: “The Thanksgiving Episode”, “Possession”, “Donkey”,
“Road Trip”, “Rehabilitation”, “The Siegfried And Roy Movie Fanatics
Experience Movie”, “Revised Pilot – Stage Fright”
Starring
The Voices Of: John Goodman, Cheryl Hines, Orlando Jones, Carl Reiner, Julian
Holloway, and David Herman
Guest
Voices: Christina Applegate, Danny DeVito, Kelsey Grammar, Lisa Kudrow, Wendie
Malick, Garry Marshall, Eddie Murphy, Andy Richter, and David Spade
Created
By Jeffery Katzenberg
Developed
By Jonathan Groff
Executive
Producers: Jeffery Katzenberg, Jonathan Groff, Jon Pollack, and Peter Mehlman
Feature
length: 3 hours and 48 minutes
Extras:
Three Never-Before Seen Episodes Including The Original Pilot, The Lost Tale,
Commentaries, Previews
Languages:
English Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound and Dolby Surround Sound
Subtitles:
English Captions and English, French, and Spanish Language Subtitles
Packaging:
Amaray Keep Case
Sound:
Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound and Dolby Surround Sound
Year
of DVD Release: 2005
Home
Video Distributor: DreamWorks Home Entertainment
TV
Rating: TV-14
Reviewer:
Mark A. Rivera
“Father
Of The Pride” came out around the same time when there was a much publicized
accident involving Siegfried & Roy and one of them getting mauled by a lion
or something. So I remember the media focusing more on that and even some people
making some locker room humor type jokes about the accident more than I remember
hearing anything very positive about the series. I suppose it was bad timing or
something else, but generally speaking it is extremely difficult to have a
successful animated series on primetime non-cable/satellite television. The only
network to have succeeded on any long-term primetime scale is Fox and that
network has had its share of flops too.
At
it’s best, “Father Of The Pride” is mildly cute to watch, but it is not
really that funny and the CGI is not quite up to the standards of DreamWorks’
theatrical counterparts. The voice cast that includes John Goodman and Carl
Reiner do a lot to bring real personality to their animated counterparts, but
after awhile I found the show to look like a bunch of toys moving around and the
storylines just never caught my interest. DreamWorks Home Entertainment has done
an amiable job with this DVD release that includes all 14 produced episodes,
three of which never aired on network TV. The picture quality couldn’t be
better on DVD with a sharp anamorphic widescreen (1.78:1) aspect ratio and a
full English Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Soundtrack for all of the episodes
except the original unaired pilot. An English Dolby Surround Soundtrack and
English Captions for the hearing impaired as well as English, French, and
Spanish Language Subtitles are encoded onto the DVD as options too.
Bonus
features includes a voiceover introduction for the original unaired pilot with
Rob Cohen, Jonathan Groff, Cheryl Holliday, John Pollack, and Jon Ross (1:24) as
well as optional episode length commentaries for “The Thanksgiving Episode”,
“Road Trip”, and the “Revised Pilot – Stage Fright.” A storyboarded
episode that was never completed under the title “The Lost Tale” (24:37) is
also included along with previews for “Madagascar” and “Wallace And Gromit”
(5:28). The interactive menus are well rendered and easy to navigate.
“Father
Of The Pride: The Complete Series” is available on DVD-Video now at retailers
on and offline courtesy of DreamWorks Home Entertainment.
©
Copyright 2005 By Mark A. Rivera
All Rights Reserved.
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