Jason Alexander's vocal performance as the hambone father of Louie, a mute trumpet swan, is quite simply the most entertaining element of Trumpet of the Swan, an animated version of EB White's children's novel. Given to long-winded speeches and flamboyant displays (Alexander's extended "death scene" after his character is nicked on the wing is a hoot), the former George Costanza's hot-air waterfowl partially salvages this oddly unmoving family feature. The story concerns the silent Louie (his thoughts are spoken by actor Jeffrey Schoeny), who suffers the ridicule of... other swans but communicates a depth of feeling by playing a brass horn. The restless script has difficulty developing a coherent emotional rise; director Richard Rich (The Swan Princess) would have done well to cut back on the number of discrete episodes that rush by with dizzying, graceless speed. Joe Mantegna signs on as the voice of a big-city scoundrel who signs Louie to an exploitative music contract, while Mary Steenburgen plays Louie's mother, and Reese Witherspoon speaks for the hero's true love. --Tom Keogh, Amazon.com [show more]
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Louis is a young swan with a problem. He is deeply in love with the beautiful Serena but, because he can't speak, is unable to declare his feelings to her. However, when his father steals a trumpet for him, Louis becomes an accomplished musician, gets hip to the jazz sound, and heads off to the big city to make his name. Soon Louis finds that music is the only language he needs to tell Serena how he feels.
Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play &39;The Trumpet Of The Swan&39; lovingly tells the story of Louis a young trumpeter swan who cannot trumpet In fact he cannot make a sound and that spells trouble when he tries to woo Serena the most beautiful swan he has ever seen Through the help of his sensitive and highly dramatic father who heroically steals a trumpet for him and Boyd a young boy who becomes his friend and mentor Louis learns how to play the trumpet becomes a renowned musician and eventually wins the affection of his beloved Serena Actors Voiced By Jason Alexander Mary Steenburgen Reese Witherspoon Seth Green Carol Burnett Joe Mantegna Dee Bradley Baker Sam Gifaldi Little Richard & Jeffrey SchoenyDirector Terry L Noss & Richard RichCertificate Universal Suitable for AllYear 2000Screen WidescreenLanguages English ; German ; Dutch - Dolby Digital (51)Duration 1 hour and 44 minutes (approx)
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