Charlotte's Web is a 1973 animated film, based upon the 1952 children's book of the same name by E. B. White. The film, like the book, is about a pig who is saved from being slaughtered by an intelligent spider named Charlotte and was adapted into an animated musical film by Hanna-Barbera Productions and Sagittarius Productions in 1973. The film, distributed to theatres by Paramount Pictures on March 1, 1973, is the first of only three Hanna-Barb...
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Charlotte's Web is a 1973 animated film, based upon the 1952 children's book of the same name by E. B. White. The film, like the book, is about a pig who is saved from being slaughtered by an intelligent spider named Charlotte and was adapted into an animated musical film by Hanna-Barbera Productions and Sagittarius Productions in 1973. The film, distributed to theatres by Paramount Pictures on March 1, 1973, is the first of only three Hanna-Barbera features not based upon one of their famous television cartoons —Heidi's Song (1982) and Once Upon a Forest (1993) being the other two—and was a moderate critical and commercial success. The song score of lyrics and music was written by the Sherman Brothers, who had previously been responsible for the music in the family films like The Jungle Book (1967) and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968). The film has found a devoted following over the years due to television and VHS; in 1994 the film surprised the marketplace by becoming one of the best...
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