The Journey of Natty Gann Rating: Release Date: 21 May, 2002 Retail Price: $14.99 OUR Price: $13.99 You SAVE: $1.00! Cast: Meredith Salenger John Cusack Bruce Campbell Verna Bloom Complete Cast (9 total)

The Journey of Natty Gann Reviews

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R2 IS ANAMORPHIC WIDESCREEN
The region 2 version is Widescreen Anamorphic with good picture quality and optional English subtitles.

The Best Of Disney
In the mid-1980s, the Walt Disney Company wanted to break out into a market in which they could target more than just the family audience and have some mature themes. Thus, Touchstone Pictures was born- their first film being Splash!

THE JOURNEY OF NATTY GANN was produced under the Walt Disney Pictures banner, but it quite easily could have been produced by Touchstone Pictures since it goes slightly beyond the regular Disney family fare. Set during the Depression, it tells the story of a teenage girl called Natty Gann (played by Meredith Salenger who would go on to guest star in the second season of "Buffy The Vampire Slayer" and the fifth season of "Dawson's Creek"), who travels across America to be reunited with her father, who due to necessary circumstances has had to take a job on the other side of the country. Along the way, Natty is befriended by a Wolf and a fellow traveller (John Cusack of "Serendipity".)

This movie is what it is. It's not particularly action-oriented, or overly-romantic (a fake kiss between John Cusack and a much younger Meredith Salenger - probably due to various child laws - is towards the end of the picture). The cinematography is excellent and looks natural and beautiful, and the film travels at a nice pace. Being that this movie is what it is, it does a beautiful job at being just that.

The DVD has no special features at all, and the film is only broadcast in Dolby (2.0) Surround, but there probably wasn't much extra material made at the time. This film is quite possibly the best of Disney's live action movies and it has a special place in my heart. Maybe it'll find a special place in your heart too.

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