The Greenstone Narrated by Orson Welles (1980) User Reviews

an excellent children's movie

[gabebixler · 6/10 · 31 May 2005]

The last time I saw this movie was when I was around 6 years old. I've been desperately trying to find it again, but its so far been impossible. The Greenstone had some really cool shots when the kid went into the alternate world. The movie also has cool Henson looking creatures in it. Orson Welles gives freaky narration that really scared the crap out of me as a child. I caught this movie on HBO one day as a little kid and it was terrifying. The movie itself is pretty dark looking, and the green-stone casts an overwhelming amount light that makes everything look even scarier. If you ever some how come across this movie, watch it.

So disappointing

[mrdonleone · 2/10 · 15 October 2019]

And all my life I never had the idea that there could be a movie stupidly made my Orson Welles all way to voice and acting talents of Orson Welles the movie is stupid the colors suck everything about it's just it's terribly bad the music the special effects it's just not interesting whatsoever and that is the thing which makes it very sad to see such talents like Orson Welles go to waste in such total crap really it is not worth the watch unless you're a little boy with a lot of imagination inshallah

Kenny Rogers Roosters

[VideoKidVsTheVoid · 10/10 · 2 November 2006]

Orson Welles, Kenny Rogers, and a feathered-hair boy in an ugly football shirt save the forest, and possibly the world(?), from evil hands in this bargain backyard mini-feature (50mins.). The boy does it with his zombie-like droll charm, Welles (!?) with oddly out of place "poetic" narration and Kenny Rogers (here played by Jack Mauck as "Mike, The Overseer") with his animal talk, feathered hat, sleepy disposition and deadly accurate bow. The ugly-shirted boy disobeys his grandmother's head and goes into his backyard forest chasing after the Lady In White, only to find a stone that is anything but "green" and some cranky dwarfs resting in a WWI-like trench. The evil forest princess is a Halloween costumed goth girl riding bareback who awkwardly falls off her horse after shouting a bold, scene-exiting statement like "You won't get me this time brother!" I guess the filmmakers decided to keep the footage in, however unintentional, because it looked dangerous and exciting. How I do love bizarre little meta-moments like this in my movies. In times past this could have been up there on a deceptive kiddie matinée double bill with a "Jimmy, the Boy Wonder" or "The Magic Christmas Tree" or "Santa And The Ice Cream Bunny".