This double-disc set includes the above described film on the first disc, and the second disc has the original 23-minute short - simply titled "Johnny Lingo" - that was produced by BYU for the LDS Church's Sunday school in 1969. "The Legend of Johnny Lingo: LDS Classic Collector's Edition" (Deseret Book, 2003/1969, G, $25.95, two discs).
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Also, the New Zealand location cinematography is stunning.Įxtras: Full frame, trailers, chapters, etc. On the downside, the point of the original short film gets a bit lost in the muddle of plot devices here, the acting is uneven, there are a too many music-video moments that feel like padding, way too many product-placement moments (for Noni Tahitian juice, one of the film's financiers), and, as with nearly every film aimed at youths these days, there's a noisy flatulence gag.īut those complaints aside, it is, on the whole, a fairly satisfying family film, of which there are far too few these days. Meanwhile, the boy remembers his promise to return to the girl he loves, who has been shunned by her people as "ugly." Eventually, he will give her father an unheard-of dowry of eight cows, which will in turn give her a sense of self-worth that allows her to blossom as a beautiful woman. The feature fleshes out the story of the title character, a Polynesian trader who takes a troubled young orphan under his wing and helps him grow into a man of integrity.
This feature-length film is a remake of the 1969 Brigham Young University short that has become an icon in LDS circles. (As always, dollar figures listed here are retail prices, but most stores sell them for less.) "The Legend of Johnny Lingo" is new-to-DVD this week - in two versions, with one aimed directly at the LDS market.
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