Darby O'Gill is by far one of my favorite movies . One of Sean Connerys early flicks from 1959. This films a mystical Irish tale about Leprecahns and Ghosts and a lovable old Irish man named Darby O'Gill who befriends the king of the Leprecahns . One essential element of this movie is the beautiful effects for the time this film came out. The Leprecahns and main ghost called the Vancini look totally realistic. I first saw this movie on the Disney Channel when I was young. From then on I considered it one of my favorite movies . Very memorable.

Disney was always a perfectionist at special effects. This is definitely one of their best feats. Your eyes will definitely believe the little people are real. The movie colors are bright and the sound is perfect. Albert Sharpe, Sean Connery, Janet Munro, Jimmy O'Dea, and the rest the cast are marvelous. Probably the only movie you will see Sean Connery sing. He actually has a nice voice. Although filmed in California, the matte paintings and sets will have you believing it is Ireland.

On top of an outstanding movie you get some extra features like Disney's promo for the movie. Not a trailer but an actual short movie on how Disney went to Ireland to capture the King of the Leprechauns. You also get an interview with Sean Connery about the movie and a short background on how they created the effects for the little people. All in all a great buy for the money. This movie is Fullscreen for those that won't buy unless it is Widescreen. Your loss.

My family and I just saw this movie in the theater today - a small arthouse theater showed it as a kid's matinee. What a delight! Darby is a charming old rogue, and as clever as a fox. He gets into all kind of shennigans while trying to outsmart the king of the Leprechauns - King Brian (5000 years old and he has learned a new trick every day...although Darby - at the spry age of 70 - claims to have learned a hundred!).
This is a Disney movie that features a very young pre-Bond Sean Connery. The film is suitable for families, although if you have real little ones, the Banshee making an appearance at the end of the film can give them quite a fright.
The dancing leprechauns, singing, and folk music more than make up for that small fright.

Darby O'Gill and the Little People has been a St. Patrick's Day tradition of my family's for as long as I can remember. Every year, we sit down together with our corned beef, cabbage, boiled potatos and green tinted beer to watch this spectacular movie. I laugh at the drinking songs, cry in the black coach scene, and cheer along with Sean Connery as he courts and wins Katie. I can honestly say that the magic of Darby O'Gill and the Little People has not deminished as I have grown into adulthood. When I saw this movie was released on DVD, I was extraordinarily excited. I look forward to being able to share this movie, and the warm family memories that come with it, with my own children.

I saw Darby O'Gill when I was a small child. I loved it, but the siren and Death's Carriage scared the pants off me. So much I didn't watch it until I was much more grown up, when I caught it on TV. The siren and Death still creep me out, but the story is amazing!
Sean Connery is, and forever will be, my god. The effects for the siren and Death are very basic compared to 21st century digital animation (they're very similar to the dancing ghosts in the Haunted Mansion at Disneyland), it gives them a more realistic quality. While the 3D graphics of today could make a siren without effort, it's the see-through, looks projected graphics that make it look like something that could be real and haunting.
I absolutely love it, and recommend this to everyone!