![]() It was New Coke to Old Coke, I was expecting something more of the original and it just wasn't it. Disney's version was nice, but lacking the magical mystery of the original film. I suppose nowadays, if I had a recording of it I suppose I could have a music box custom made of it (well, the recording and a ton of cash!). They must have thought I was NUTS, this 8 year old demanding a song that didn't exist. This movie burned and stayed in my memory for years, the haunting melody of the music box was amzaing-I spent years asking people at various music box stores where I could get it. If you love children's novels, you should definitely see this incredible movie. The music sounds rather like a waterfall, and a soundtrack would be amazing, though I realize it's not a popular enough movie to have one. It's written by Malcolm Dalglish and Grey Larsen, who are both exceptional at the instruments they play (the flute, the hammered dulcimer(?), and others). I think almost my favourite thing about this movie, though, was the music. My favourite character was Jesse and I wish the actor (Paul Flessa) had been in other movies. I almost can't explain how magical this movie is. Soon she is drawn into the Tuck family's fantastic (and in a way horrible) secret, and must protect them from a man who's after them. There she meets a boy of seventeen, Jesse Tuck, who immediately takes a liking to her. It's set in the early 20th century, I think, and it's about a lonely, over-protected girl, named Winnie Foster (in the book she's supposed to be ten years old), who one day decides to take a walk in the woods. This movie is like a wonderful daydream, with beautiful scenery, and lovely music.
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