is this the series?


Is this that Heidi television animation I rented not too long ago entitled "The Story of Heidi" about Heidi (the little girl) and her village-like friends, Klara, Peter and the Grandfather? I could only remember three lines from it:

1> Where this little girl came up the valley to play with Peter and chitchat with her Grandfather?
2> Where she becomes fond of a little bird and then the dog ate it alive or something but it was saved.
3> The bagels I remember and I think those silly housekeepers were trying to eliminate them.
I rented a feature-length DVD a very long time ago and those IMDB pictures looked familiar to the show. I also remember that clip where Heidi passed out from something extremely distracting to her and got immediatly put to bed but can't remember what happened next. Is this is the series where all those stuff came from or am I thinking of something TOTALLY different? I would really like to know. There are two Heidi's that came out both in 1974 so if somebody who've seen the whole series knows. Pls tell me.

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Hi,

I own the feature length film on tape, which my mom bought me in the 80s.

I was very curious about this movie and looked it up and after I while I found out the movie is an edited down version of the TV series, which is the only release that was made available in America. It also doesn't seem to have it's own IMDb page, which I find odd.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heidi,_Girl_of_the_Alps#U.S._Release

I too remember the scenes you are talking about, and they were all on the edited down film release. I hope it get released soon on bluray or dvd, but if Disney got the rights to it, like other Hayao Miyazaki films, then I assume they will try to release it in theaters at some point or on dvd/bluray for an excessive amount of money.

Remind others of the film and try to get a buzz going, and they will release it sooner. Maybe you can buy a video copy on amazon. :)

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