Product Details
- Starring: Bob Holt, Harlen Carraher, Athena Lorde, Eddie Albert
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- Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
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- Binding: VHS Tape
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- Director: Hawley Pratt
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- EAN: 9780783291628
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- Format: Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
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- ISBN: 0783291620
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- Label: Universal Studios
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- Manufacturer: Universal Studios
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- Number of Items: 1
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- Product Group: Video
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- Publisher: Universal Studios
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- Release Date: 2003-10-07
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- Studio: Universal Studios
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- Theatrical Release Date: 1972-02-14
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- Title: Dr. Seuss - The Lorax/Pontoffel Pock & His Magic Piano
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- UPC: 096896199638
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Avg Customer Rating: 
Product Description: This adaptation of the Dr. Seuss book about pollution and environmental damage may be a bit heavy for younger kids. But children age six and older, as well as adults, will find much to ponder in its story of capitalist greed gone amok. The Lorax is a creature that once lived in a beautiful paradise, populated by animals and trees. When Mr. Once-Ler comes along and starts cutting down trees to make the profitable (but useless) Thneeds , the Lorax voices concern, saying, "I speak for the trees! Let 'em grow! They say I'm old fashioned and live in the past, but sometimes I think progress progresses too fast." Mr. Once-Ler ignores the Lorax's warnings, and lives to regret it. Eventually, paradise has become a barren wasteland. All the trees are cut down; the factory has closed; the animals, birds, and fish have fled; and the air is polluted. Even the Lorax is gone. The fate of the Lorax is put in the hands of a young child at the end, when the chastened Once-Ler gives him the last tree seed, with the admonition: "Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing will change." The themes of capitalism, depletion of resources, and selfish affluence may be a bit heavy for kids under five, but with some parental guidance this makes for an educational and moving tale that can spark family discussions about the importance of respecting the wealth we all inherit from the natural world. --Elisabeth Keating
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Customer Reviews
Well Received!
The Lorax is a timeless moral lesson about human greed and its impact on our environment. This story book should be on every child's bookshelf. The two videos on the DVD were well received by my son although the music and animation are quite characteristic for its time (early 1970s).
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Great!
Great! The DVD came quickly and was able to be used in a classroom lesson re: the environment!
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easter present for my girlfriend
I got these for her because she is a huge dr seuss fan, because she grew up watching them. She loved watching them.
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A neccessary addition
I watched them as a kid, and read the books too. Now I get to share the books and videos with my kids and we are all happy about that. Wonderfully done and ready to enjoy this one is a good place to start, or a good way to continue your collection.
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This is a story every family should have access to
My boys love this story, and what's more, it's not pointless entertainment. It's an important message about being better stewards of our environment. We do everything we can at home to do our part, but this story drives the point home why it's so important.
Great story, very well told. Highly recommended.
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