Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who (Deluxe Edition)

Chuck Jones did a fabulous job bringing these modern fables to animated life. The fact that Warner Brothers chose to preserve the original style of the art adds that much more to the joy of watching them. Sometimes I even screen them with children in the room.

I meant what I said and I said what I meant. I still love Horton, One-Hundred per cent.

I live in a different state than my Grandchildren do. I happened to find 2 stuffed blue elephants at a Department Store and I wanted a DVD to go along with them. I got on line to Amazon and was able to find Horton Hears a Who. The last time that I visited them I brought these gifts to them.I have 3 year old girly girl twins and the day after we watched this video my grand daughter puts her hand to her ear and she was intimidating Horton. This happened a few months ago but every time I remember her acting like she was on a search and listening for Horton I crack up. This DVD has far exceeded my expectations of my purchase. Good memories/good times.

My memories were to have seen it in Spanish, and I found out it is can be enjoyed in both languages. In Spanish is presented with the original voices I recall (remarkable Mexican actors and actresses back in the 70's) The translation to Spanish is elegant, high level, and not forced to rhyme. Unfortunatelly the credits of such a superb translation do not appear. Great for bilingual teachers who want to foster the CALP in their classes.

The only reason I bought this was for the included short, Horton Hatches the Egg. The best Dr. Seuss film of all time. Not available anywhere else other than on this DVD, and believe me, I know where to look. Finally completed a long awaited piece of my collection.

I remember this from when I was a child, and wanted to see the original again before the new animation comes out. It was the same animation I recall (the Deluxe DVD Edition). I had forgotten the details of the story - I remember "we're here, we're here, we're here!!". And then I was fascinated that one reviewer thought this was an anti-abortion message.... So, with that review in mind, I watched, and I can see WHY someone might interpret it that way, but certainly not a child who knows nothing about such things. From a child's perspective (and my memory as the youngest in the family) it's more a message of "hey don't forget about me", and the kind people like Horton who stick up for the little guy against overwhelming odds. (I just read What Is the What (Vintage) - and trust me, there are whole generations all over the world being slaughtered while the rest of the planet just shrugs.) So, anti-abortion? There are so many other interpretations.Meanwhile, another reviewer was shocked at the fish in another of the cartoons on the DVD taking out a revolver and shooting himself in the head... Ever seen Roadrunner / Coyote cartoons where they constantly blow each other up? If you really consider what they're doing, it's really quite violent. Remember the rhyme "..I don't know why she swallowed the fly.. perhaps she'll die..."? I overheard a mother reading a sample of that to her daughter in a bookstore, and put it aside saying it was "sick". Read any Brothers Grimm? Hopefully children will not take these things literally because they don't have the context of an adult... hopefully.This is a classic Seuss story with his usual moral message. I think it's about compassion, faith, responsibility to the world community, and friendship. These are things a child wouldn't understand - to them it's about a cute elephant who befriends a tiny community of cute tiny people that can't defend itself. If you're not sure, watch it before your child sees it.

This is a charming animation of Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who.(I took my daughter to see the new 2008 movie and it was a hit.)Horton Hears a Who is a classic and this DVD was a treasure to find!My daughter loves it! You won't be disappointed.There are bonus stories and features some you will enjoy more than others.

Love it from great grandson

The original cartoon it’s wonderful and an added bonus my favourite Horton and the Egg excellent copy great picture and sound for such an old cartoon that I watched as a child. Love it absolutely love it.

Great movie my kids love it

Bloody brill. Bought 4 my 3yr old after reading the book. This version v close 2 the book & my daughter loved it watched it a lot plus it included other stories all of which wer good except 4 the butter battle we liked the story but the animation was not as good as the other stories. Also these r old cartoons (grandad loved these as much as daughter) so don't expect modern style

I was worried that the violence might be too much in hindsight -- cartoons used to be very violent when we were kids. I am glad to say it was just find and the 3 year old it was for giggled all the way through and very much enjoyed it.

Horton Hears a Who was a great movie. We watch it over and over. It was a great price to boot!