Emil And The Detectives

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THE STORY: A young boy named Emil (Bryan Russell) in Germany is put on a bus to Berlin to visit his grandmother, and he is deliver some money to her. On the train a pickpocket steals his money.. In actuality, the pickpocket is part of a bigger plan lead by a crime boss known as the Baron (Walter Slezak), to rob a bank, and since the police will not pay attention to a group of kids, they must stay on the case themselves. A Berloin boy nhamed Gustav (Roger Mobley) has a number of business including as a tour guide, a detective, and other assorted jobs, and basically harasses Emil into hiring him after the police ignore Emil. It turns out that Gustav has a whole team of boy detectives.

BEHIND THE SCENES & TRIVIA: The story idea for "Emil and the Detectives" comes from the beloved German classic children's book of the same name by Erich Kastner. It was turned into a screenplay by A. J. Carothers who had come to the Disney Studio a few years earlier to write the screenplay for...

Mystery Solved- "Emil" is finally on DVD!
Fans of "Emil and the Detectives" have been waiting impatiently these many years, and finally their long wait is over. The Disney Movie Club has finally released a DVD version of "Emil" via their monthly video club.

The film may feel dated to today's generation of cutting edge action and gross-out humor, but nonetheless it will still entertain viewers of all ages. The film's greatest strength is in it's exception cast. Truly good child actors are very tough to find, but this crop is really remarkable. They are all very sympathetic and engaging, and make you really want to be one of the club, no matter how old you may be now. The baddies are also a fun bunch, but the true appeal of this film is the marvelous cast of kids. The ones who play miniature adults crack me up every time with their spot on reactions to the drama.

Even with all our modern day trappings, seeing this film still makes the 1960s seem like a fantastic, thrilling new world. Brilliantly and...

A Fun and Adventurous Kids Movie
In life and in movies Kids should be Kids. It's fun to be a part of the joy of a band of kids searching for buried treasure or a dead body, putting on a talent show, or just playing baseball. As a youth I rode around on my bikes, played games and did other things befitting a boy of a young age. The activities that were either dangerous or unlikely to happen to me in real life, I sought out in the world of Cinema and books. `Emil and the Detectives I would have watched and loved had I seen it back in the day. It's still rather amusing at 40, reminding me that yes, they did once make decent smart films with and about kids.

Taking place in the great country of Germany, as Emil is sitting on a train on his way to visit his grandmother and cousin in Berlin, He is robbed by a petty crook named Grundeis who is on his way to a big bank heist with a mysterious villain, thought to be dead, known as `The Barron'. The bright and unmatched colors (which resembles some of my...

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