Filmtip for a Filmtrip - Film Reviews

(written on 24-01-1999) Feature Animation films that do not come from the Disney studios usually lead to a languishing existence. Some may still get to the cinema, but since Disney overflows the market old and new 'classics' all year round, most of the animation films from other studios immediately disappear into the cardboard displays of the video farmer. This is also the case (in the Netherlands) with the film Balto, a production from Universal's animation studio, which, like many other film companies, hoped to profit from the succes of market leader Disney. Unfortunately, the film flopped in America and was never released in the cinemas in the Netherlands. So I have every respect for the video distributor who dared to release a relatively unknown film ... and fortunately, because Balto is definitely one of the better (non-Disney) animation films of the last years. The film tells the (true) story of Balto, half-dog, half-wolf, a sled dog from the town of Nome