Song of the South/Splash Mountain

[DisneyFan32WI]

It has been MANY years since I have seen Song of the South, but it is the movie that SM is made after, correct? Anyway, I can't find this movie ANYWHERE. I even went on Ebay and it is going for $50+ with MANY bidders. I can't remember anything about this movie except for the Zip-a-Dee-Do-Dah song and the rabbit bouncing all over. I'd like to watch it again...and with my own children this time. Why is this movie so hard to come by if they made a ride out of it?

 

[Kaler131]

I don't think it was ever released on video in the U.S. I saw it at the theater when I was a kid.

 

[That Mom]

I don't think Song of the South has been released on VHS or DVD because its not "politically correct". It used to be available in the UK but their video devices aren't compatible with ours.
Sorry, not much help.
Karen

 

[RMulieri]

it has not been re-released in the US for years.there was talk awhile ago about trying to get it released but apparently it is politically incorrect, and many people fiind it rascist so it is questionable if and when it will ever be back here.it is available in Europe but I don't think it is compatible with our dvd/vcrs here.The copies on ebay are usually pre-owned or boot legs .

 

[HappyGramma]

I sent you a pm. Mary

 

[misscrossbee]

This might provide more information for you.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Song_of_the_South

If the link doesn't work, just type Song of the South into the search function on wikipedia.org.

 

[goofyernmost]

What a coincidence...look below the last post (mine) and you will see an advertisement for a DVD of Song of the South. I got one last year.

 

[goofyernmost]

Oops, Sorry. It was there just before I posted. It must be on a rotation cycle of advertisement. Keep looking at the end of any thread or the bottom of any page of a thread. I'm sure it will return.

 

[mommy2aprincess4]

we just got it for DD on DVD a few months ago, I believe my DH got it on ebay, I don't remember how much he paid for it (wasn't $50 I'm sure but was more than $20). DD loves brair rabbit and all those stories so DH bought it for her, she only watched it once though, the boy dies I believe and she got quite upset. I asked DH if he didn't read these things before he bought them He said "but it's a disney movie"

 

[I loveStitchnippyjon]

DH loves SM so much that about 7 or 8 years ago I bought the video tape of Song of the South online (did a Google) that had been transferred to US technology from the European. Paid around $12.

 

[ireland_nicole]

Yes, we have a DVD of it (lived overseas for a number of years) I previewed it and will not let my children watch it. The attitudes are consistent with large segments of society and the time the film was made... however are not consistent w/ current understanding of equality, and also it's hard to follow, slow moving, and depressing...IMHO.

Any way, I have stories about brer rabbit and the gang, so the kids are familiar w/ those.
Nicole

 

[dmccall]

So why, in the few years pre-1992, would Disney theme a feature attraction with a 1946 story that is "too racist" for us to even watch these days?

This is but just one of the bizarre points I had about this ride when I rode it last week for the first time.

 

[SmallWorld71]

So why, in the few years pre-1992, would Disney theme a feature attraction with a 1946 story that is "too racist" for us to even watch these days?

This is but just one of the bizarre points I had about this ride when I rode it last week for the first time.

Why Disney decided to create the attraction when they did, I do not know. However, I think it is worth mentioning that the Brer stories are not Disney originals. They were stories told by slaves and written down in the late 1800's by Joel Chandler Harris. According to Wikepedia, Harris was a white man who was born to poor parents and left home at 13 to become apprentice to a newspaper publisher and plantation owner and it was on the plantation that he 1st heard the Brer stories. Boy, I didn't mean to sound so much like a teacher!

 

[M.I.C.]

That Wikipedia page was really interesting, I don't feel like I wanna see it now but I feel like I know alot more about it than before

 

[goofyernmost]

Yes, we have a DVD of it (lived overseas for a number of years) I previewed it and will not let my children watch it. The attitudes are consistent with large segments of society and the time the film was made... however are not consistent w/ current understanding of equality, and also it's hard to follow, slow moving, and depressing...IMHO.

Any way, I have stories about brer rabbit and the gang, so the kids are familiar w/ those.
Nicole

You know, I have wondered about that. I agree that it contained a number of stereotype things, but. it was not particularly degrading to black people, in my opinion. Yes, it showed the foolishness of bigotry (not a bad lesson, I'm thinking) but in the end actually showed the whites to be wrong and the blacks to be more caring and sensitive and wise then their, so called, suppressors.

Like it or not, that was our history and the film many times showed the thinking of the time. However, the end, if you will allow me the comparison, depicted the black man far superior to the white crowd. If kids were not exposed to that bigoted way of thinking in their current experience, they will not even put any emphasis on some of the negative and if they did, and asked about it...what better opportunity will one ever have to confront and destroy the stereotype once and for all. No one ever learned any lessons that were hidden away. You bring them to the surface and then dispel them.

 

[Robo]

DD loves brair rabbit and all those stories so DH bought it for her, she only watched it once though, the boy dies I believe and she got quite upset. I asked DH if he didn't read these things before he bought them He said "but it's a disney movie"

Your "review" here would likely be a bit more accurate if you would actually WATCH the film.

 

[mommy2aprincess4]

Your "review" here would likely be a bit more accurate if you would actually WATCH the film.

I'm sorry, I turned it off when the boy was taken from the field to the house because my daughter was upset, I said "I believe", I didn't say I was 100% certain.

 

[huge mickey fan]

You know, I have wondered about that. I agree that it contained a number of stereotype things, but. it was not particularly degrading to black people, in my opinion. Yes, it showed the foolishness of bigotry (not a bad lesson, I'm thinking) but in the end actually showed the whites to be wrong and the blacks to be more caring and sensitive and wise then their, so called, suppressors.

Like it or not, that was our history and the film many times showed the thinking of the time. However, the end, if you will allow me the comparison, depicted the black man far superior to the white crowd. If kids were not exposed to that bigoted way of thinking in their current experience, they will not even put any emphasis on some of the negative and if they did, and asked about it...what better opportunity will one ever have to confront and destroy the stereotype once and for all. No one ever learned any lessons that were hidden away. You bring them to the surface and then dispel them.

I agree 100%. I am not going to sheild my son from history but rather teach him some valuable lessons from it. While I am not proud of the white people behavior during this time I can only learn from it and change the future. I see this story no different then many books from the same time that are considered classics. Example Tom Sawyer, Huck Finn, Uncle Tom's Cabin or anything about the Cival War. If I had the opportunity to own this movie I would.

 

[SandrainNC]

We have a copy. It is not one bit worse than Gone with the Wind. In fact, GWTW is worse. Not releasing it is silly.

Sandra

 

[HollyH]

DisneyFan... I sent you a PM.