Snow White (1987)

Memorable, crazy movie

Let's be realistic.

I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

obvious, it is her film. for the mix between costumes and splendid room and a great actress performance against a modest script. sure, it is far to be the expected Snow White but it is a nice adaptation. and only sin is the vain fight of Sarah Patterson for define her character in a better manner than the limits of script. not because she seems be too old for the lead role but for the less courage of director to give more force /freedom to an admirable actress for explore the nuances of her generous role. short, Diana Rigg saves this adaptation for the science to use each opportunity of a brilliant role.

I first saw this film when i was a 7 year old, i've always been a huge fan of the tale of snow white and i got this on VHS as a birthday present. It didn't disappoint! It was wonderful, from when the wonderfully slightly haunting music plays at the beginning right the way through to the end! Even watching it as an adult i love it, the simplicity of going back to the days before everything was cgi or 3d! When they actually built all the props! Its such a wonderful, wonderful adaptation! Sure the songs are a bit cheesy (this was the eighties though don;t forget) but it all adds to it! Sarah Patterson plays the part of snow white well, alluring yet innocent, really pretty without being overly provocative. The dwarfs are fab especially billy Barty who appears in pretty much every cannon movie tale film! I cannot rave about this enough! If you wanna go back to good old fairy tales without the cgi rubbish and the over acting then i highly recommend you check this out! I'm a big lover of all the cannon movie tales! If you watch and like snow white then be sure to check out Hansel and Gretel!

boy these movies bring me back twenty years. i can remember back in the 80's loving these Cannon Movie/fairy Tales so much i would get to the video store before it would open on the days these would be released. i loved fairy tales and really liked these and they were often gone off the shelves right away because they were popular children's releases at the time. that's why i would often be at the video store first thing on the morning of release anticipating each new fairy tale.'Snow White' is my favorite of all the Cannon Movietales. mostly because it has the legendary Billy Barty in the role of Iddy dwarf. and he does a charming and memorable job. as do all the little dwarfs. all these guys are very cute and endearing and amusing in the musical numbers.Diana Rigg is also a lot of fun as the wicked queen. her performance is part PBS Great Performances and part high camp. this also features the lovely Sarah Patterson from Neil Jordan's 'Company of Wolves'. for every fan of Jordan's surreal, dream masterpiece, this is a real treat and she does a really sweet job as Princess White. Little Nicola Stapleton from 'Hansel and Gretel' is also featured as a baby Princess White, and as usual, she's keeper.i've always been impressed with Cannon's ability to turn out these family gems on such low budgets and with limited resources, and still acquire interesting, name actors and provide them with quality musical scores. i guess its cheap to film in the Holy Land.i won't pretend this is the great cinema that the animated Disney classic is. but it's better entertainment than it's usually given credit for, and of the numerous TV and movie productions outside of Disney, this is, what i think, the cutest and best production and the most suitable for small children.

Diana Rigg, is outstanding, Nicola Stapleton as young Snow white is...young Snow White..,and Sarah Patterson is the epitome of Snow White.Sarah Patterson is such a wonderful surprise...I couldn't have anticipated a truer character. It is no wonder the prince fell in love immediately. They all are talented actors, but I saw the characters, not actors.