Dr. Syn: The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh

As a person who first watched this when it came out, I have been waiting years for the release on DVD. I also bought 5 copies (it makes a great present). It is still a great story for the whole family.

This DVD is still available at Disney online. Just ordered mine yesterday and it was shipped today!

Suddenly, thanks to this fabulous Disney release, I'm a boy again back in the early 60s. It looks, sounds, and IS great. Thanks Disney! Thanks!

Thirteen days after the long awaited release of this DVD the manufacturer pulled the plug on its supply. The note on the description says, "his item has been discontinued by the manufacturer!" Talk about a real "Limited Series!" Anyone who was alive to see the original airing of the Micky Mouse Club will pass on that one in favor of the Scarecrow of Romney Marsh. I hope Patrick McGoohan got a copy for himself. No after Thanksgiving holiday gift giving of this DVD. If you did not purchase it in the first 13 days, then you may be out of luck.

This DVD is going to end up like the DVD version of Peter Pan with Mary Martin, Cyril Ritchard, Maureen Bailey, and Margaio Gillmore which at times has sold for 300 plus dollars new and used. A lot of these so-called new DVDs are actually DVD-R. I think pulling Dr. Syn: The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh is just going to promote bootleg DVD-R copies being sold in the internet. Another sad case of the manufacturer who could care less than the real fans of the movie and the Disney series.

I have not seen a DVD release and short run on the market like this one. I am wondering if they sold enough to make production value, or was it basically done as a right-off, and a public service. It it was done as a public service, then I would think they would have produced enough to have it being sold for sometime so new people learn about the Scarecrow of Romney Marsh.

I guess this means there may be hope for a two week release of FOOL'S PARADE, FLIM-FLAM MAN, and LEADBELLY movie DVDs.

On 11/10/2008, I was chatting with my friend about all the cool things we watched when we were kids. When Disney Sunday's came up, the first thing I blurted was "Wow...the Scarecrow was GREAT!" My friend could not recall seeing it. "Oh...it had that British actor in it. He was AWESOME! He was also in 'The Prisoner' and 'Silver Streak'!" But I could not recall his name. So when I got home, I googled and discovered it was Patrick McGoohan. I went a bit further in my search and discovered Amazon's reviews of the VHS of 'The Scarecrow' that was released years ago. I eagerly read through the reviews to see if people of this time period liked the show as much as I did back in 1964. And to my relief, they did. I read one after the other until finally there was only one review left. It simply said "Thank God they're releasing the DVD on 11/11/2008!" OMG!!!! "That's tomorrow," I thought with glee! And sure enough, the next morning...there it was for sale on Disney.com! I immediately bought it. It came later in the week. I busted it open and popped in Disk One. From that moment until it ended some few hours later was one of the most visceral experiences of my life. Man...I mean I experienced some of the deepest, emotional, childhood memory trips of my life. It was all as I remember! The great story...the great acting...the great theme song...it was really like Tinkerbell had hit me over the head with her magic wand. Today, I found out that it has sold out of the 35,000 copies made. I see here on Amazon there might be a few left at the original pricing...but already there are some for sale for over $100. I go back now to the start of my review...discussing Disney on 11/10/2008...and then being able to buy something this awesome from my childhood...the very next day. I feel sorry for those who won't get to see it yet for awhile. But I think now that the Disney corporation has seen what a following this short little 3-part mini-series had that it won't be too long before they release it again on Blu-ray. And oh yes...I'll be buying it, too!