Charlotte's Web

Directed by: Charles A. Nichols, Iwao Takamoto
Cast: Debbie Reynolds, Paul Lynde, Henry Gibson
Narrated by: Rex Allen
Story by: Earl Hamner Jr.
Based on Charlotte's Web by: E. B. White
Music by: Richard Sherman (Songs), Robert Sherman (Songs), Irwin Kostal (Score)
Released: February 22, 1973

Notes:

Charlottes Web is a heart warming film about love and acceptance. The animation is sp;lendid and the storyline is full of wisdom and insights into the insecurities that many of us carry through life. The main protaganist is Charlotte a young pig who has been harshly removed from her mother and the life she had thought she was going to enjoy.

When moving to the farm she soon meets a range of interesting characters. They each teach her about life and offer advice as to how to be useful so as to avoid becoming the main course at the table. Some advice, such as the singing mice, has rather funny results when Charlotte tries and sing for her safety.

The interactions with the sheep lead Charlotte to a whole new aspect of life. She learns she can be more than useful, she can find love, respect and a place to call home. The film is worth watching with the little ones.

M J Flack