Three Lives of Thomasina | Patrick McGoohan, Susan Hampshire

Three Lives of Thomasina | Patrick McGoohan, Susan Hampshire | A Child's Love and a Father's Regret

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	Three Lives of Thomasina Patrick McGoohan, Susan Hampshire Walt Disney Video, 1996 average customer review:based on 56 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Great movie with a strong humane message

I remember seeing "The Three Lives of Thomasina" as a very young child and I never forgot it. It really touched me. Thinking back, what I remembered the most about the movie was the sequence in which Thomasina after losing her first life goes to cat heaven and climbs the stairs to see Bast the Egyptian Cat Goddess that sees over all cats who have gone on to the other world. I, also, remembered the wonderful theme song. Here are some lines from that song:

Thomasina, what are you thinking of?
Thomasina, what makes you so highbrow?
For I do think it very odd, if you are an Egyptian God that the wee little mouse runs in and out his house each time you blink or nod...

Recently, on the spur of the moment, I decided to see it again on DVD, and again, I fell under the movie's enchantment, however, now as an adult, I was able to fully appreciate the film; the fine acting, the chemistry between the actors, the beautiful Scottish setting, the wonderful storyline and of course, Thomasina herself. Thomasina is the narrator of the story. Her comments are humorous because we hear them from the perspective of a cat. Of course, cats being so proud, from Thomasina's point of view, she is the one who adopted the family with whom she lives [not the other way around] and the movie is "all about her!" It's all very humorous and sweet at the same time.

By the way, the movie, also, has a very good underlying message that was a bit ahead of its time back in 1964. All of the characters in the movie are animals rights activists who love their animals and protect them.. The movie makes a very strong humane, anti-cruelty to animals message.

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A Child's Love and a Father's Regret

I saw The Three Lives of Thomasina for the first time at age seven and have loved it ever since. Perhaps in today's flashy special effects world this movie is "boring," but it is full of rich characterizations, especially McGoohan's Andrew McDhui, a man hardened not only by the death of his wife, but by being forced into a profession he thought was demeaning. It is a rich psychological portrait of both the man and his daughter, whose realities are mixed after the untimely events surrounding the injury of her cat. Disney changed the modern setting of the original novel and made it a 1912 period piece, which is beautifully set. Karen Dotrice is wonderful as the troubled Mary, and Disney regulars Vincent Winter, Denis Gilmore (both were also in the television movie The Horse Without a Head), and Matthew Garber memorable and often amusing as her friends. Note: please don't judge the film by the saccharine DVD cover with Mary having dressed the cat up in doll clothes. This is a scene that lasts a minute or two; the film is much more than that: about life, death, and love overcoming the latter.

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The" Old Yeller" of Cat Movies

I really enjoyed watching "Thomasina". Filmed in the beauty of the Scottish Highlands. I love animal movies and was looking for a special story about a cat. It's a touching, sad, and funny movie about a lonely little girls love for her cat and her hardened widowed father. All the children in the movie are adorable. I love it when Thomasina goes to heaven and they give her a funeral, It's a unique heartwarming family movie. It reminds me of "Old Yeller" but with a much happier ending. I think anyone who loves cats and animals will love this lost treasure!

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Three Lives of Thomasina

This has got to be one of my most cherished movies from my childhood. Don't miss it!

The Three Lives of Thomasina

Really good story, and message. The kind of Disney movie that you wish they would make today. The power of prayer and what it did for one family and the woman who helped them.

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