Kidnapped

While the dialog is challenging for an American ear, it is stimulating and carries the mix of political turmoil in Scotland at the time. The Scot scenery is lovely, the actors had been very well cast. Very absorbing and the extremely pleasant and respectful treatment of the Christian faith is highly appreciated.

I saw this movie a number of times when I was young. Some of the scenes are deeply etched in my memory. I bought this movie expecting to be disappointed--I worried that it might be cute and sanitized. I was completely wrong. Great production values, wonderfully etched characters and an exciting story. I was particularly surprised how challenging the Scottish brogue was to follow. I must have missed half of the dialog when I was young; I know that I missed some on my first viewing.I am not sure what ten year olds would make of it today. But if you saw this when young, it is definitely worth picking up.

I'm watching all the film versions of KIDNAPPED and this is by far the best -- most of the dialog is taken from the book, and they follow the plot closely, too. Peter Finch is definitely the best Alan Breck: swashbuckling, warm-hearted, generous, and open. The scene of him and Peter O'Toole as Macgregor playing the pipes is hilarious.....the young man who plays David Balfour is a bit wooden, but I can forgive that as the rest of it is so good. It's true to the SPIRIT of the book.Ironically,the script was written by Robert Stevenson -- no relation.

I'm not sure why the Disney version of Kidnapped gets a bad rap. True, the special effects are not believable, but for its time period it is not a bad film portrayal of the Robert Louis Stevenson novel. For starters, it was filmed on location in Scotland and at England's Pinewood studio, and featured almost exclusively UK and not US actors so that the accents would sound authentic. And although there were some parts skipped over, the production was very much trying to adhere to the novel as much as possible. I have heard that perhaps the 1971 version with Michael Caine as Alan Breck Stewart might be better, especially since it brings in some of the sequel novel Catriona, but I haven't had the opportunity to see that one. For someone who had just read the novel and was interested in seeing how my mind's envisioning of the Scottish highlands compared with a movie version, it was a nice watch. I think what would have made the movie better would have been more authentic music. Even in the novel Alan Breck is either whistling or singing "Hey, Johnny Cope!" at one point. Would have been nice to have some more of those tunes in here, especially maybe the "Skye Boat Song" as Stevenson wrote the more famous English lyrics.

I had this movie on VHS and have been looking for it on DVD for a long time. I'm glad I found it even though it is a Region 2 movie. I have a multiregional player, so no problem. I love the story and enjoy the characters and the amount of effort the actors and director went through to give it an authentic air. Good story to watch on a lazy afternoon when it's raining.

It was my utter disappointment with the 2005 British production of Kidnapped, as shown on PBS's Masterpiece Theater, that caused me to see for the 2nd time this more faithful 1960 Disney production. Whoever directed the 2005 film completely changed the plot from that found in the original. Not only were scenes not found in the book included in the film, but the names of the two main character's Alan Breck Stewart and David Balfourwere shortened and changed to simply Alan Breck and Davie Balfour. The 1960 film, however, was so well done when I first saw it while I was in high school, it inspired me to read the original book.

Actually, I do not know whether I like this movie or not! I ordered this from one of Amazon's associate suppliers and nowhere in the advertizing for this DVD did it imply that it was anything other than a region 1 disk. It turned out that it was actually a region 2, PAL format disk. I was forced to return it unopened and there were no offers made to provide the correct format and region. I would actually like to see this video if I can ever locate the proper one.

This was a rarity, as it was only released once, but it was worth the price for this classic movie from the best of the Disney live action years. It is a quite faithful encapsulation of the original novel, and a good, fairly safe adventure for younger ages, as there is little blood or gore, but sword-fights, fistfights, and small amounts of gunplay, all in historical settings. Hopefully Disney will release it from their vaults again!