Perri

"BEWITCHING! BEAUTIFUL! BREATHLESSLY EXCITING"

1957 1h 15m EN

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6.6

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★6.6TMDB · 26

FamilyFantasyAdventure

Synopsis

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This True Life Fantasy follows and shows how the life of a female squirrel, Perri, in the forest is filled with danger and fraught with peril. When not fleeing her natural enemy, the Marten, Perri finds time to fall in love with her prince-charming male squirrel.

“BEWITCHING! BEAUTIFUL! BREATHLESSLY EXCITING”

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Cast

Walt Disney
Presenter
Winston Hibler
Narrator

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Paul Kenworthy
Writers: Ralph Wright, Winston Hibler
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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Tight 75-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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2 / 8

ERA

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69 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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3 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "True-Life Adventures Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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4 / 8

ERA

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Paul J. Smith. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Jack Atwood shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

AWARDS

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Walt Disney and Winston Hibler carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "BEWITCHING! BEAUTIFUL! BREATHLESSLY EXCITING".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Paul Kenworthy directs. Paul J. Smith scores. Jack Atwood cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 75-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
269 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Part of the "True-Life Adventures Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
5Original score by Paul J. Smith. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Jack Atwood shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Walt Disney and Winston Hibler carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "BEWITCHING! BEAUTIFUL! BREATHLESSLY EXCITING".
9IMDB entry: tt0050837 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Only 26 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Original score: Paul J. Smith
Editing: Jack Atwood
Sound: Robert O. Cook
Runtime: 75 min · 1h 15m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Original language: EN
Certification (US): G
IMDB: Perri (1957)

Part of

True-Life Adventures Collection

In 1940 Walt Disney got the idea for the first ever nature documentary True Life Adventures during animal studies for his upcoming film Bambi. Instead of imitating the natural through animation, he could just use what was already there. When the sun rises and light enters through the eyelids the body is triggered to begin its wake-up cycle, including the release of cortisol. By the time the light is at full brightness, sleepers wake up on their own. An alarm is not needed anymore.