- Perri (film)
Infobox Film
name = Perri
director =Paul Kenworthy Ralph Wright
producer =Winston Hibler
writer = Original 1938 book:Felix Salten
Screenplay:
Ralph Wright
Winston Hibler
narrator = Winston Hibler
music = Score:
Paul J. Smith
Songs:George Bruns
Winston Hibler
Ralph Wright
Paul J. SmithGil George
Song arrangements:Carl Brandt
Orchestrations:
Carl BrandtFranklyn Marks
editing =Jack Atwood
distributor =Buena Vista Pictures
released =August 28 ,1957
runtime = 75 min.
country = flagicon|USA United States
language = English
imdb_id = 0050837"Perri" is a 1957 family film from the
Walt Disney Studios, based onFelix Salten 's 1938 book of the same name. It was the company's fifth feature entry in their "True Life Adventures " series, and the only one to be labeled a "True Life Fantasy". In doing so, the Disney team combined the documentary aspects of earlier efforts with fictional scenarios and characters.The story's title character is a young female squirrel who learns about forest life, and finds a mate in Porro, a male squirrel. In the film, there are seasons called the Time of Beauty, Time of Peace, and Together Time.
Instead of the European forest in which Salten set his work, a nine-man camera crew led by Paul Kenworthy and Ralph Wright shot "Perri" in
Utah 'sUinta National Forest andJackson Hole, Wyoming (for the winter sequences). Some 200,000 feet were shot during production; only 8,000 were used in the finished product."True Life" regular Winston Hibler not only continued as the series narrator, but for this film also served as a screenwriter, songwriter and producer.
Upon its release, "Perri" was generally well-received by critics and audiences. Along with all of the other "True Life Adventures", it premiered in December 2006 on
Disney DVD as part of the "Legacy Collection".Peri Gilpin , a star of "Frasier " and "", was named after this movie.References
*Maltin, Leonard (2000). "
The Disney Films ", 4th ed., p. 142-4. ISBN 0-7868-8527-0. Disney Editions. Accessed January 18, 2008.External links
*imdb title|id=0050837|title=Perri
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