Selfish Giant

Great art in this post-psychedelic ealy 70's production by Reader's Digest. A great Christian message from one of the Victorian era's notorious bad boys, Oscar Wilde. Point being our best Christian literature and song come from some of our times biggest prodigals, ex Bob Dylan, Townes Van Sant, Johnny Cash, Gram Parsons etc etc. Their heart puts the "non-sinners" efforts to shame.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Oscar
• Wilde
• Selfish
• Giant
• wounded
• boy
• Christ
• Paradise

[withoutthegate]

The copy was borrowed and I don't have it anymore

[Mollymooreteam]

I haven't seen this since I was a little girl. I look for it in the TV listings every Christmas season and no one airs it. Thank you so much for sharing it. Precious memories of watching it with my brother.

[Skulldini]

Very interesting point you've made there in your description box. Never quite thought of it like that. Your refering to Wilde's homosexuality right ?

[major600]

Ironic that you'd post a Reader's Digest version of a Reader's Digest cartoon. Why?

[christfer214]

I remember watching this movie as a child. It brings back so many memories to see this. I still own a copy in great condition on VHS and it still plays, even after all these years.

[lupocephalic]

@phealy02

Me too.

This and "The Happy Prince"

Oh ... and the Alistair Sim version of "A Christmas Carol"

Jeez ... now that I think of it ... I'm quite a softy, lol.

Anyway ... I think this is an edited version. Weren't there scenes of The Giant with his brother the Ogre?

[phealy02]

@Mollymooreteam

I loved your comment: "I look for it in the TV listings every Christmas"...but to no avail. So have I, for many many years, feeling eventually that I was the only one who loved it. And how like the giant's looking for spring is that? I too could be accused of having become bitter in my adult life, yet one view of this story ( and I know the cynical adult Oscar Wilde material very well)... brings tears to my once tear-proof adult eyes...

[phealy02]

@Mollymooreteam

I loved your comment: "I look for it in the TV listings every Christmas"...but to no avail. So have I, for many many years, feeling eventually that I was the only one who loved it. And how like the giant's looking for spring is that? I too could be accused of having become bitter in my adult life, yet one view of this story ( and I know the cynical adult Oscar Wilde material very well)... brings tears to my once tear-proof adult eyes... x

[DipeshJain02]

Thanks