Flicka Family Classics Collection (My Friend Flicka / Thunderhead: Son of Flicka / The Green Grass of Wyoming)

Love this movie

Can't believe I didn't see this movie as a child. It is a wholesome family film that displays respect, commitment, compassion,and love.

It's great that I can buy tons of my old childhood horse movies and watch them on Amazon in good quality. The story of flicka was always one of my favorites growing up, especially reading the books.

It was recieved quickly and was just as loved as when I was a kid!

Good

Very nice combo of the classic My Friend Flicka movies. Memories!

I AM VERY HAPPY THAT THIS CLASSIC HAS BEEN RESTORED, IT IS A GREAT ADDITION TO MY PERSONAL MOVIE LIBRARY.

For those of you who only saw the new film last year (I bought it with this sight unseen because it looked interesting and it allowed me to get my favorite free shipping deal) here's your chance to see the Original stories of Flicka and her son Thunderhead. These 3 films which I am told are pretty faithful to Mary O'Hara's novels of the same titles (I have them too but never read them). The main difference between them and the 2006 remake is that is the central character is named "Ken (rather than Katy McLaughlin", well at least the kept the same name in the remake) and is played by a young Roddy McDowell in the first 2 films and Robert Arthur in the third. The reason he probably didn't do "Green Grass" is that the same year (1948) he was making the second big screen version of Robert Louis Stevenson's Kidnapped. The first film was released on VHS years ago, and both the first 2 had been previously released on DVD to celebrate their 60th anniversaries. Unfortunately those discs are out of print, albeit some Amazon sellers are still offering them separately or together. But the copies in this set are exactly the same discs, except for the pictures on the jackets and the labels on the discs. The text on the back of the boxes and list of chapter stops (on the lists and discs) are exactly the same as the previous releases. This is also the only way to get all 3 (if you don't count the old copies) as only the first film has been re-released as a separate item (it also marks the first appearance of "Green Grass" on video in any way, shape or form). By the way, it was also made into the a short lived tv series in 1956 which I doubt we will ever see again. If you like the books and movies of Anna Sewell's Black Beauty and Walter Farley's Black Stallion and the 2006 remake interests (or interested you), get this set before they go out of print again.

Liked it all

I really enjoyed watching these old movies. Roddy McDowall as a child, in My Friend Flicka, and grown up more in the second movie, Thunderhead, Son of Flicka. Green Grass of Wyoming was enjoyable as well.

The days of wine and roses and romance. Wonderful. Still not suitable for children as life is not really like this and we shouldn't tell them it is, for look what happened to us from that era, fully believing this was life! Still lovely to watch.

Watched this as a kid another collection

An enchanting story for anyone who has a love of horses.A bond that developes between a boy and a new born foal, boy and horse grow together as they face different situations that build trust & friendship between them. The last time I watched this film on TV I must have been about 13 years old, it touched my heart strings & is definately something that all age groups can relate to.The scenery, family bonds, Wild rogue horse 'Thunderhead' stallion, who is regularly renowned for robbing the locals of their mares which is how Flicka came into the world. It will capture imagination, feelings of love, happiness & sad moments but will leave the viewer captivated. The original TV viewing had two continuations of this wonderful story, 'Thunderhead' & 'Green Grass of Wyoming', as yet I have never seen these out as DVD or Videos which is a terrible shame, none the less is great family viewing, a bit cheesy in places great family viewing, I highly recommend it.