Disney's American Legends (2002)

Directed by

Lara Shapiro, Jack Kinney, Les Clark, Mark Henn

Genre

fantasy film, children's film

Country

United States

Runtime

58 min

Rated

G

Rating

7.4 of 10 from 20 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This is an anthology film that collects four animated shorts from Disney about American folk heroes. It tells the stories of a brave railroad engineer, a giant lumberjack, a steel-driving man, and a kindhearted apple farmer. James Earl Jones narrates the segments.

nostalgicwhimsicalupliftingfolksylightheartedearnestgentlemusical

What happens

Disney's American Legends is a 2002 American animated anthology film narrated by James Earl Jones. A compilation of four previously released animated musical shorts from Walt Disney Animation Studios based on American tall tales, the collection includes The Brave Engineer (1950), Paul Bunyan (1958), John Henry (2000), and The Legend of Johnny Appleseed which is a segment from the 1948 film Melody Time. The film's new short is based on John Henry and stars Alfre Woodard and Tim Hodge. John Henry was later released on Blu-ray in Walt Disney Animation Studios Short Films Collection on August 18, 2015. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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