BALTOÂ (PG)
D: Simon Wells
Universal/Amblin (Steve Hickner)
USA/UK 🇺🇸 🇬🇧 1995
77 mins
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Animated/Historical
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W: Cliff Ruby, Elana Lesser, David Steven Cohen & Roger S.
H. SchulmanÂ
Mus: James Horner
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voices of: Kevin Bacon (Balto), Bob Hoskins (Boris), Bridget
Fonda (Jenna), Jim Cummings (Steele), Phil Collins (Muk/Luk)
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Obviously, creative licence has been taken with this true
story, unless the history books have lied about the existence once of a talking dog, otherwise it's a decent
animated film for kids with a bit of legendary American folklore thrown in.
It begins as a live action movie with a grandmother &
granddaughter in Central Park, New York and becomes an animated movie when the grandmother explains the origins of the statue in the park commemorating Balto, a dog used to transport medicinal
supplies in Alaska in the 1920's.
The animation isn't quite up to Disney standard but output
from other production companies rarely is. A string of straight-to-video sequels followed.
5/10